Authors: Michèle Flournoy, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense, and Janine Davidson
July/August 2012
Foreign Affairs
Tough economic times are often met in Washington with calls for retrenchment. But for decades, write two former top Pentagon officials, long-term forward deployments of U.S. forces and robust alliances have guaranteed stability and uninterrupted trade, the very conditions the United States needs for economic prosperity. The Obama administration gets it.
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