The current administration has fostered discord amongst Americans over foreign policy decisions that include stricter immigration laws, the implementation of new tariffs, and the adjustment of sanctions on international state actors. Has a gap opened up between the U.S. national security community and the general public over foreign policy? What happens when the advice and recommendations of the expert community clashes with political realities?

This panel is part of the larger effort by the U.S. Global Engagement program to examine drivers in U.S. politics pushing the United States to disengage from international affairs.

Asha Castleberry is a professor in Fordham University's Political Science Department and a fellow at Foreign Policy Interrupted. She is also an adjunct fellow at American Security Project, a member of the Truman National Security Project's Defense Council, and a U.S. Army veteran.

Ali Wyne is a policy analyst at RAND Corporation, non-resident fellow with the Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, and a security fellow with the Truman National Security Project.

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image - Demonstration in front of the U.S. Capitol building. CREDIT: Ted Eytan (CC)