Via FAS – U.S. Role in the World: Background and Issues for Congress, Updated February 14, 2019. – “…The overall issue for Congress is how to respond to recent developments regarding the U.S. role in the world. Potential key issues for Congress include but are not necessarily limited to the following:

• Is the U.S. role changing, and if so, in what ways?
• Should the U.S. role change?
• Is a change of some kind in the U.S. role unavoidable?
• How are other countries responding to a possibly changed U.S. role?
• Is a changed U.S. role affecting world order?
• What implications might a changed U.S. role in the world have for Congress’s role relative to that of the executive branch in U.S. foreign policymaking?
• How might the operation of democracy in the United States affect the U.S. role in the world, particularly in terms of defending and promoting democracy and criticizing and resisting authoritarian and illiberal forms of government?
• Would a change in the U.S. role be reversible, and if so, to what degree? Congress’s decisions on this issue could have significant implications for numerous policies, plans, programs, and budgets, and for the role of Congress relative to that of the executive branch in U.S. foreign policymaking..”