National Security is Based on the Economic Security of Workers and Families

In a major speech at Princeton University last month, Senator Andy Kim laid out seven guiding principles for American leadership in an era of global uncertainty. The first and most foundational was simple but powerful: Economic security is national security. That phrase has come into use over the past few years to make the point that we cannot be secure as a nation if our economy is not competitive or our key supply chains are at risk. Senator Kim defines economic security as individual economic security, meaning that the United States is only a secure nation if our families and workers feel secure.

He goes on to say that our trade and foreign policy cannot deliver for the American people, or position us to shape the world around us, if it is disconnected from what we are doing at home. We need to do a better job of coordinating and blending domestic and foreign policy.

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