Commentary A timely debate is taking place in conservative circles regarding policy priorities and where foreign policy should fit. One side says that given how the Joe Biden administration’s initiatives have led to chaos at home—inflation, high crime, unconstitutional vaccine mandates, etc.—foreign policy is at present a distraction from the real fight here at home. The other camp notes that regardless of our domestic turmoil, we should support the government’s efforts abroad to advance our security and economic interests, and defend allies and confront adversaries. The two sides have typically mischaracterized each other, with one side described as interventionists and the other isolationists. What’s fair to say is that first camp is made up largely of the GOP establishment and the second comprises writers and activists outside the Beltway. The former believes that any effort to reassess the significance of its foreign policy mission would forfeit the limited power it …