Campaign 2012: America’s Role in the World

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Despite America’s longstanding status as the world’s only superpower, rapid globalization and new global security threats have raised questions about America’s role in the international order. The U.S. must contend with the rise of strong economic actors like China and Brazil, while volatile regions like the Middle East and the Korean peninsula remain dependent on America’s international security presence. The next president will have to manage these dual realities while protecting American interests at home and abroad.

On May 25, the Campaign 2012 project at Brookings held a discussion on America’s role in the world, the sixth in a series of forums that identify and address the 12 most critical issues facing the next president. Deputy White House Editor Edward-Isaac Dovere of POLITICO moderated a panel discussion with Brookings experts Bruce Jones, Strobe Talbott and Homi Kharas, who presented recommendations to the next president.

After the program, panelists took questions from the audience.

You can follow the conversation on this event on Twitter using the hashtag #AmericasRole or on our @BICampaign2012 Twitter feed.

Download papers from the event:

• Reviving American Leadership: The Next President Should Continue on the Path Obama Has Set, by Bruce Jones, Thomas Wright, and Jane Esberg
• It’s the Climate, Stupid!, by Strobe Talbott and John-Michael Arnold
• Less Agreement Than Meets the Eye, by Homi Kharas
   

Campaign 2012: Twelve Independent Ideas for Improving American Public Policy is an indispensable guide to the key questions facing White House hopefuls in 2012.