April 28, 2025 — New York, New York
Should the United States remain actively engaged in the world or adopt a more restrained, nationalist approach? This question took center stage in AJC Global Forum’s signature session, the AJC Great Debate: "America First" or America Alone? Bill Kristol, esteemed political analyst, Editor at Large of The Bulwark, and a leading conservative thinker, and Ellie Cohanim, Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism (2019-21), co-author of An America First Approach to U.S. National Security, and U.S. foreign policy expert, debated the “America First” approach to U.S. foreign policy. With rising tensions between national strength and global responsibility, watch as they tackled critical questions about America’s role in the world and the future of U.S. democracy.
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