This piece by Stephen Wertheim in yesterday's Times is pretty close to my take on where US foreign policy ought to be headed. Yeah it's behind a paywall but if you can get to it, it's worth a read.
"Investing military might with self-righteous moralism has not only produced one policy failure after another, it has also tarnished the very ideals conscripted into power politics. In crusading to spread American-style freedom, presidents have put the credibility of liberal democracy on the line. When their campaigns failed abroad, a segment of Americans turned to strongman rule at home. Possibly Mr. Trump, with his bottomless performances of cruelty, could become president only after previous leaders treated fundamental issues of power and justice with superficial moralizing and left others to pay the price."
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