The Foreign Policy of 2021 Democrats

[BeckyDem]

Joe Biden represents the so-called establishment’s last chance to reform U.S. foreign policy so it is better aligned with how Americans see the world.

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Thomas Wright
Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution

Joe Biden is running as a restorationist, offering a return to the Obama era. But he likely won’t govern as a restorationist, at least when it comes to foreign policy and America’s role in the world.

The Biden campaign believes that the candidate’s connection to Barack Obama is an asset, and no political benefit exists in distancing Biden from the former president, except in the gentlest of ways. However, an influential group in the wider Democratic foreign-policy community from which Biden will draw if he wins, including some people who are a formal part of his campaign, have not been thinking about how to return to Obama’s policies. They have spent much of the past three years thinking about what they need to do differently if they have another bite at the apple.

For simplicity’s sake, call them the 2021 Democrats. The group is informal, with no organization or meetings; some members are part of Biden’s team, others have worked for other campaigns or none at all. They are foreign-policy experts, academics, politicians, and congressional staffers. On Capitol Hill, they include Senator Chris Murphy and several freshman members of Congress who were elected in 2018. They may not even think of themselves as a distinctive group but what unites them is a shared belief that U.S. foreign policy must change and move beyond where Democrats have been for the past two decades.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/foreign-policy-2021-democrats/608293/

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1. I already have a meme for it

America needs to become self-sufficient again.

[William769]

2. ...

Joe Biden laid out his foreign policy vision for America to restore dignified leadership at home and respected leadership on the world stage. Arguing that our policies at home and abroad are deeply connected, Joe Biden announced that, as president, he will advance the security, prosperity, and values of the United States by taking immediate steps to renew our own democracy and alliances, protect our economic future, and once more place America at the head of the table, leading the world to address the most urgent global challenges.

In a Biden administration, America will lead by example and rally the world to meet our common challenges that no one nation can face on its own, from climate change to nuclear proliferation, from great power aggression to transnational terrorism, from cyberwarfare to mass migration. Donald Trump’s erratic policies and failure to uphold basic democratic principles have surrendered our position in the world, undermined our democratic alliances, weakened our ability to mobilize others to meet these challenges, and threatened our security and our future.

In a speech at The Graduate Center at CUNY in New York, Joe Biden laid out his blueprint to repair the damage wrought by President Trump and chart a fundamentally different course for American foreign policy for the world as we find it today—and as we anticipate it will be tomorrow. Biden will continue to build on this vision over the course of the campaign.

https://joebiden.com/americanleadership/

One thing is for sure, he will not be coddling Socialist, Dictators or terrorists.

[beastie boy]

3. A very important article. Thanks for posting.

It is becoming clear to everyone, even the staunchest conservative libertarians, that government in the service of corporate interests at the expense of the interests of its citizens is unsustainable, and a transition of government to become a principal force to guide the US economy towards promoting the country's social and geopolitical interests is absolutely necessary for its survival and prosperity. The fairy tale of the wise self-correcting free markets, an idea that has been obsolete for at least a hundred years but still promoted by international corporate interests, is not fooling anyone anymore. Government is the only force that can guide the economy to serve its national interests and is the only force to guarantee that the markets remain relatively free in any meaningful way.

Biden, with his firm grasp of the need to balance out the social and geopolitical issues, as well as vast experience in actually creating and managing the policies that are likely to fulfill this need, is perfectly positioned to lead the country through this transition period.

[BeckyDem]

4. You're very welcome. I thought it provided some insight into where they're headed on foreign policy.