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To ensure that America remains the world’s strongest, richest, most powerful, and most successful country for decades to come, our country needs a coherent, focused strategy for how we interact with the world. And to get that right, all Americans need to know what, exactly, it is we are trying to do and why.

A “strategy” is a concrete, realistic plan that explains the essential connection between ends and means: it begins from an accurate assessment of what is desired and what tools are available, or can realistically be created, to achieve the desired outcomes.

A strategy must evaluate, sort, and prioritize. Not every country, region, issue, or cause—however worthy—can be the focus of American strategy. The purpose of foreign policy is the protection of core national interests; that is the sole focus of this strategy

American foreign, defense, and intelligence policies must be driven by the following basic principles: Focused Definition of the National Interest; Peace Through Strength; Predisposition to Non-Interventionism; Flexible Realism; Primacy of Nations; Sovereignty and Respect; Balance of Power; Pro-American Worker; Fairness; and Competence and Merit.