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US foreign policy, if it continues to be defined in terms of the extensive set of post WWII commitments & a continuing interest in world order, faces 2 possible futures. US policy can seek to restore the bipartisan consensus & mass confidence in public policy which was so dismembered during the years of Vietnam & by the spectacle of Watergate. If public enthusiasm for the consequences of America's commitments continues to be uncertain at best, the Ford & subsequent administrations, much like the Nixon Administration had attempted to do, can simply attempt to ignore PO in the hope that the trend of public indifference to foreign affairs can be managed so as not to exclude continuing global activism. If, however, the public is bestirred by a foreign policy which is costly & not immediately 'successful', future administrations may find real difficulty in ignoring &/or convincing an aroused public that its interests are best interpreted by national security managers. 2 Tables. AA.

Proposes improving US international competitiveness by shifting resources from near-term military strength to long-term economic growth. Partial contents: Policies to increase savings; Policies allowing cuts in military expenditures.