Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide

Bridging the Foreign Policy Divide brings together twenty leading foreign policy and national security specialists―some of the leading thinkers of their generation―to seek common ground on ten key, controversial areas of policy. In each chapter conservative and liberal experts jointly outline their points of agreement on many of the most pressing issues in U.S. foreign policy, pointing the way toward a more constructive debate.

In doing so, the authors move past philosophical differences and identify effective approaches to the major national security challenges confronting the United States. An outgrowth of a Stanley Foundation initiative, this book shows what happens when specialists take a fresh look at politically sensitive issues purely on their merits and present an alternative to the distortions and oversimplifications of today's polarizing political environment.

Derek Chollet is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution, and an adjunct associate professor at Georgetown University.

Tod Lindberg is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and editor of its journal, Policy Review.

David Shorr is a program officer at the Stanley Foundation, focusing on national security strategy and the U.S. role in the world.

The Stanley Foundation is a nonpartisan, private operating foundation that focuses on peace and security issues and advocates principled multilateralism.