Washington Rightly Chooses to Prioritize Competition With Beijing Over Ideological Agendas

Chinese workers examine solar panels at a manufacturer of photovoltaic products in Huaibei in central China's Anhui Province on March 21, 2012. AP Photo

Commentary

To the great consternation of foreign policy ideologues, the U.S.-led Western world is finally coalescing around the reality that cold national interest is the primary driver of a country’s foreign policy.