After Bush

The Bush administration has been bedeviled by foreign-policy problems – and the Economist predicts that Bush’s successor will struggle likewise. To be sure, Democrats and Republicans have foreign-policy differences: Democrats oppose the war in Iraq, favoring multilateralism and diplomacy, while Republicans remain committed hawks. Inheriting an overburdened national-security establishment, the next White House must also confront bitter division among Americans at home and with traditional US allies. US voters expect change with the 2008 presidential election, but the many foreign-policy problems confronting the world’s sole superpower could also define the next president, Democrat or Republican. – YaleGlobal