When trouble arise among faraway people, we remain tempted to hide behind the principle of national sovereignty, to "mind our own business" when it is convenient, and to think of democracy as a suit to be worn in fine weather but felt in the closet when clouds threaten.

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.

Armageddon is not a foreign policy.