In the short run, doing less in Iraq and Afghanistan will allow the US to concentrate on the two most immediate external threats to US interests: Iran and North Korea. In the long run, the US needs to generate domestic and international support for regional and global arrangements designed to manage the defining problems of this era, from the spread of nuclear materials and terrorism to maintaining an open world economy and slowing climate change.
在短期内，减少在伊拉克和阿富汗的行动能使美国将精力集中在对国家利益影响最为紧迫的两个外部威胁之上：伊朗和朝鲜。长期来说，美国需要获取国内外对区域性和全球协议的支持，以应对这个时代的种种重大问题：从核材料和恐怖主义的扩散，维持开放的世界经济，到减缓气候变化的进程。这需要一个聚焦于21世纪新兴势力的外交政策，而这些势力绝大部分都分布在亚洲。