On paper it looks straightforward: expand technological and defense cooperation between the United States and Israel. Will the United States continue leaning on ever-closer strategic partnerships, or will it gradually pull back toward a more limited, domestically focused approach? A single section of the defense bill has managed to capture a larger tension that has been building for years. How lawmakers settle it will offer one more clue about the kind of global role the United States is prepared to play in the years ahead. His area of interest is the United States’ relations with Eurasia.