Western Europe, essentially the EU, Switzerland, and Great Britain, post Brexit, is relatively easy to evaluate in terms of our criteria. It tends to exemplify our overall objective. It represents, for the most part a well-established set of long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships with nations and/or regions, whose interests are aligned with ours, who share our core values and where the economic return on investment in the relationship substantially enhances our economy. Geographically, it is not proximate to the U.S., but that is about the only drawback. Culturally, the U.S. was founded and built primarily by immigrants from the region, so there is a shared heritage and cultural affinity that tends to bridge the physical geographical boundaries, and a series of “special relationships”, both formal (e.g., NATO) and informal that have their foundation in shared and common conflicts over the last century. In short, we have been through a lot together, so there is a fundamental understanding of each other’s ambitions, motivations and objectives, and the overall elasticity in the relationships to weather whatever storms may arise, with the understanding that these situations can ultimately be managed to the mutual satisfaction of the participants.