How should US foreign policy change?

The image of the US around the world has sharply deteriorated since the start of the war in Iraq, but the latest Pew Global Attitudes survey found that people in a number of countries believe US foreign policy will change for the better after the presidential election.

For the first US presidential debate, eight experts from around the world give their view of what the next US leader must do to restore the country's standing in the world.
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From Europe in general, there is the need to see the reconciliation of America with the world, a healing of the emotional gap, and an America that would give priority to the restoration of the American image.
Clearly, if the next US president were to be Barack Obama, the colour of his skin would do a great deal to change radically the image of America in the world.
Obama would be more in tune on diplomatic and strategic matters with the Europeans, though not necessarily on economic matters, where Democrats tend to be more protectionist.
But in terms of political culture, there would suddenly be a gap between Obama's America and Europe.
Suddenly America would move from a culture dominated by fear to a culture dominated by hope, at a time when Europeans would still be deeply immersed in a culture of fear. And, of course, the question is, can Obama rally the Western world behind him?
There is also a major debate in Europe about Nato.
Should Nato continue to enlarge its mission or should it return to its old mission, given the return of Russia, if not as a threat, at least as a serious problem? Why should we go as far as Afghanistan when we have to protect the Baltic republics?
Clearly there's a difference between the global vision of America and the regional one Europeans tend to have. The problem is to know if Russia today is still a global threat or just a regional actor.
The majority of French people, as well as the majority of European people, are clearly pro-Obama, partly because they are anti-Bush and they see Obama as the candidate of change. But there is also a certain element of esteem for McCain.

Dominique Moisi, founder and senior adviser at the French Institute for International Relations (Ifri).