Bangladesh, Aug. 3 -- Vice President J.D. Vance has increasingly emerged as one of the most influential voices shaping the Republican Party's foreign policy identity. While President Donald Trump remains the dominant figure in the GOP, Vance has become a focal point in a growing ideological struggle between two competing visions of America's role in the world. Recent criticism from prominent conservative commentators Bret Stephens and Marc Thiessen underscores that this debate is no longer confined to think tanks or policy circles-it is becoming one of the defining political battles ahead of the 2028 presidential election.

The attacks on Vance are notable not simply because they are sharp, but because they come from writers associated w...