The Foreign Policy of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan

 According to Joe Klein, a veteran reporter for Time:

[Paul] Ryan and Mitt Romney have the least foreign-policy and national-security experience of any ticket, for either party, in the 10 presidential campaigns I've covered. (As Michael Cohen pointed out in Foreign Policy, they have the least overseas experience of any ticket since Thomas Dewey and Earl Warren in 1948.)

Even so, one doesn't need experience to have opinions on foreign policy, as Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay examine in the wonderful America Unbound about George W. Bush's foreign policy. This is the case with the Romney-Ryan ticket, as they have already expressed many of their foreign policy views. Here are some below:

Romney
- His "doctrine" will be "peace through strength," similar, if not identical, to that of Ronald Reagan. Indeed, he believes "When America is strong, the world is safer."
- On Israel, Romney wants to "keep disagreements between friends private."
- Romney likes "crippling sanctions" on Iran, but his foreign policy team seems divided on how to approach the issue of Iran's pending nuclear capabilities
- One big hole is that Romney has not yet laid out plans to deal with the euro crisis, although he has said "European socialist policies aren't right for the U.S."
- He promises to constantly drill, looking for shale gas.
- Romney has vowed to give troops whatever they need in Afghanistan.

Ryan
- Increase defense spending (like Romney).
- Cut diplomacy and development aid.
- Has yet to mention Syria.
- Believes "engagement in Afghanistan is necessary."

How you feel about the above is up to you. These are just the facts. Although one noticeable thing is that Afghanistan has been absent in this election (of course, this election is laser-focused on the economy). But, the answer may also lie in that "neither Obama or Romney have a solution" for Afghanistan. I think that might have something to do with it, too.