The U.S. role in the world refers to the overall character, purpose, or direction of U.S. participation in international affairs and the country's overall relat

America will remain the world’s only superpower for the foreseeable future. But what sort of superpower? What role should America play in the world? What role

Examines the detailed history of American foreign policy and America's debate over the direction its foreign policy should take in the future.

A decade and a half of exhausting wars, punishing economic setbacks, and fast-rising rivals has called into question America's fundamental position and purpose