America Needs A Business Plan

The United States needs a national strategic narrative. We have a national security strategy,
which sets forth four core national interests and outlines a number of dimensions of an
overarching strategy to advance those interests in the 21st century world. But that is a document
written by specialists for specialists. It does not answer a fundamental question that more and
more Americans are asking. Where is the United States going in the world? How can we get
there? What are the guiding stars that will illuminate the path along the way? We need a story
with a beginning, middle, and projected happy ending that will transcend our political divisions,
orient us as a nation, and give us both a common direction and the confidence and commitment
to get to our destination.

By Anne-Marie Slaughter and Bert G. Kerstetter

Full Report: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/A%20National%20Strategic%20Narrative.pdf

(Many thanks to Kemble Fletcher for bringing this to our attention)