This issue guide offers a framework for deliberating over the priorities
that should inform our nation's role on the world's stage. It presents
three different options for moving forward--each based on a different
way of looking at our greatest threats and each involving a different
set of prescriptions for what should be done. Most important, each
option has significant downsides and drawbacks. Each of these will need
to be considered if we are to decide how best to use our economic,
military, and diplomatic resources.
**Option 1: Make America's Needs Our Top Priority
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Option 2: Assert US Power
Option 3: Work with Others to Solve Global Problems
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