On April 30,
Foreign Policy published its biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs.
In this column, they discuss the Biden administration’s approach to tackling climate change, Biden’s acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide, and the US response to India’s surge in Covid-19 cases.
People talk about climate change as an area for U.S.-China cooperation, but it is simply another zone of competition. Making progress on this issue will require coercing Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants.
How Does Biden s Foreign Policy Stack Up After His First 100 Days? | Opinion On 4/28/21 at 2:00 PM EDT
President Joe Biden entered the White House on January 20, 2021, with the weight of the nation on his shoulders. More than 3,000 Americans were dying of the coronavirus every day. Biden made it abundantly clear that his top objective was to turn the page on the pandemic. With COVID-19 deaths now down by 76 percent, the American people have given a thumbs up on Biden s overall job performance during his first 100 days.
Being president of the United States, however, is not just about getting the nation out of domestic crises. It s also about defending U.S. national security interests overseas and knowing the limits of U.S. power. For scholars and analysts who have spent years pleading for more realism and humility in U.S. foreign policy, Biden s first 100 days can best be described as a jump-ball: promising in some areas of the world, but concerning in others.
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Dr. Mathew Burrows, who spent 28 years at the CIA and State Department, serves as director of the Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative and co-director of the New American Engagement Initiative at the Atlantic Council. Barry Pavel is an Atlantic Council senior vice president and director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. He served for almost 18 years in a wide range of senior positions in the Defense Department. He was the special assistant to the president and senior director for defense policy and strategy on the National Security Council during the Bush and Obama administrations. The views expressed in this commentary belong to the authors. View more opinion at CNN.
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