Blinken Highlights Domestic Impacts of American Foreign Policy

I know that foreign policy can sometimes feel disconnected from our daily lives. It’s either all about major threats like pandemics, terrorism, or it fades from view. As a result, for some time now, Americans have been asking tough, but fair questions about what we’re doing, how we’re leading, indeed, whether we should be leading at all. With this in mind, we’ve set the foreign policy priorities for the Biden administration by asking a few simple questions. What will our foreign policy mean for American workers and their families? What do we need to do around the world to make us stronger here at home? And what do we need to do at home to make us stronger in the world? American leadership and engagement matter. We’re hearing this now from our friends, they’re glad we’re back. Whether we like it or not, the world does not organize itself. When the U.S. pulls back, one of two things is likely to happen: either another country tries to take our place, but not in a way that advances our interests and values, or maybe just as bad, no one steps up, and then we get chaos and all the dangers it creates. Either way, that’s not good for America. Another enduring principle is that we need countries to cooperate now more than ever. Not a single global challenge that affects your lives can be met by any one nation acting alone, not even one as powerful as the United States. And there is no wall high enough or strong enough to hold back the changes transforming our world.