Foreign Affairs in the Colleges: Strengthening International Education
Ignorance and misinformation can handicap the progress of a city or a company, but they can [also], if allowed to prevail in foreign policy, handicap this country's security. In a world of complex and continuing problems, in a world full of frustrations and irritations, America's leadership must be guided by the lights of learning and reason-or else those who confuse rhetoric with reality and the plausible with the possible will gain the popular ascendancy with their seemingly swift and simple solutions to every world problem.1