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3 New Year’s resolutions for the foreign policy establishment

By Daniel DePetris
Published December 31, 2018 4:14pm ET
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3 New Year’s resolutions for the foreign policy establishment
U.S. Navy ET1, Roel Cabales, left, a surface warfare specialist with the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and U.S. Marine Cpl. Toriano Taylor, a field artillery cannoneer with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), salute the Indian INS Rajput (D51) to render honors while Anchorage and embarked 13th MEU participate in a cooperative deployment with the Indian vessel, INS Rajput (D51), to test their ability to communicate and improve on maritime capabilities between partners, Dec. 26, 2018. | (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Victoria Decker/Released)

As we close out the remainder of the year, it is time for people to make their New Year’s resolutions.

Average Americans, however, are not the only ones who should be sitting in their living rooms drawing up a list. If there is any section of society that could use an improvement heading into 2019, it is the men and women who propose, formulate, and execute U.S. foreign policy.

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