Download or read book Friends, Foes, and Future Directions written by Hans Binnendijk and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report evaluates strategies for dealing with U.S. partners and adversaries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East in a time of diminishing defense budgets and American public preference for a domestic focus. The three proposed strategies are to be more assertive, to be more collaborative, or to retrench from international commitments. Each strategy is constrained and a balance will need to be struck among them that varies from region to region.