As the United States applies smart power to advance . interests around the world, it is time to leverage the essential role that . global health policy can play. Americans have long understood that promoting global health advances our basic humanitarian values in saving and enhancing lives. In recent years, support for global health has also proven its broader value in bolstering . national security and building constructive new partnerships. A smart, strategic, long-term global health policy will advance America’s core interests, building on remarkable recent successes, making better use of the influence and special capabilities of the United States, motivating.