But crafting a diplomacy-first foreign policy to address issues like these depends on more than the new administration’s policy choices in its first year, as important as they will be.
But national security should actually mean protecting people from the threats – ranging from disease and violence to fire and floods – that affect their everyday lives. Likewise, if unequal Internet access prevents some Americans from obtaining education and health care, as well as a growing number of government and private services, then the US government must focus on how to make digital connectivity as ubiquitous as electricity across the country.
As one of us recently argued in the journal Democracy, the 20th century conception of the Foreign Service as a corps of career officials “deprives the United States of the talent, connections, and agility needs to advance national interests and address global challenges effectively in the twenty-first century”.
Short of that, elevating the director of the US Agency for International Development to a cabinet-level position could signal that the US regards economic development as a critical tool in its efforts to increase global human welfare.
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