Senator Kim believes American foreign policy must meet this moment of anxiety and change. In a speech at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs on April 7th, 2026, he laid out seven principles of resilience to build opportunity for Americans.

Read Senator Kim’s full remarks, as delivered, here.

1. Economic security is national security. We should protect the economic security of American families with the same intensity as we do our nation’s physical security.

2. Resource and energy security is national security. We must provide a comprehensive framework for securing our supply chains, building refining and processing capabilities, and increasing our energy production.

3. Resilience isn’t self-reliance. We can’t do this alone—resilience-focused democracy means updating and adapting our alliances to be more flexible and durable, organized not just around our defense relationships or geography, but around the economic and technological relationships that will power the future global economy.

4. Resilience demands that we modernize our defense capabilities and posture as we build new infrastructure for diplomacy. The global order is shifting around us—to one that is more multipolar, where autocrats are on the rise, where the pace of technological innovation will have unknown benefits and consequences, and where American global leadership is in question. We must break down the artificial barrier between foreign and domestic policy.

5. Resilience requires pragmatism. We need to commit ourselves to employing our military only in vitally important circumstances core to our national interests. The current misguided war in Iran only underscores the costly consequences of pursuing a war of choice.

6. Restoring Americans’ faith in government and rooting out corruption is paramount. We cannot lead globally if foundations are not strong at home. You deserve a government that works for you, not against you.

7. Resilience isn’t an end in itself—it is an enabling state to build something even greater.