History teaches that such a posture invites foreign aggression and costs far more than is saved through short-term and short-sighted cuts.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Consequential election

Items at the bottom of the list include improving the standard of living in poor countries, helping to spread democracy and protecting weak nations against foreign aggression.

ECONOMIST: View from the summit

Sound foreign policy predicates on peace, but not pacifism, strength, but not aggression, and expanded commercial relations.

FORBES: A Common Sense Approach to Foreign Policy That Both Candidates Miss