Winning the election wasn't easy for President-elect Donald Trump. Governing will be much tougher.

He has an opportunity to dramatically reshape a conventional wisdom that has consistently failed America. The United States has been constantly at war since the end of the Cold War. Belief in America's "unipolar" movement led to disastrous, militarized hubris.

Trump's foreign policy views are sometimes inconsistent and often ignorant. His bombastic rhetoric and undisciplined nature is no boon for diplomacy.