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doing so we must build a world with more partners and
fewer adversaries.
America cannot solve the most pressing problems on
our own, and the world cannot solve them without Amer-
ica. The best way to advance America’s interest in reducing
global threats and seizing global opportunities is to design
and implement global solutions. This isn’t a philosophical
point. This is our reality.
The president-elect and I believe that foreign policy
must be based on a marriage of principles and pragmatism,
not rigid ideology. On facts and evidence, not emotion or
prejudice. Our security, our vitality, and our ability to lead
in today’s world oblige us to recognize the overwhelming
fact of our interdependence.
I believe that American leadership has been wanting but
is still wanted. We must use what has been called “smart
power”: the full range of tools at our disposal—diplomatic,
economic, military, political, legal, and cultural—picking
the right tool, or combination of tools, for each situation.
With smart power, diplomacy will be the vanguard of for-
eign policy. This is not a radical idea. The ancient Roman
poet Terence, who was born a slave and rose to become one
of the great voices of his time, declared that “in every
endeavor, the seemly course for wise men is to try persua-
sion first.” The same truth binds wise women as well.
The president-elect has made it clear that in the Obama
administration there will be no doubt about the leading role

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