HONOLULU -- For the first time since the divisive Vietnam era, foreign policy and national security will most likely dominate the U.S. presidential election campaign this year, especially since the line between issues abroad and politics at home has become more blurred than ever.
From Korea to Karachi, Asians may want to watch these debates closely, tedious as they may be, because what is expressed in the heat of political battle before the vote on Nov. 2 might become policy when the new government takes office on Jan. 20, 2005.
Consider the mixture of foreign and domestic policy in recent days on issues that are already part of the political debate: