President-elect Joe Biden’s interest in foreign policy matters has been well documented, and as former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Biden has played an active role in shaping US foreign policy.
Many of the promises he has made for his first day in office, such as re-joining the Paris Agreement and World Health Organization, indicate that he will continue to make foreign policy a top priority during his presidency, with a renewed focus on strengthening multilateral organizations.
But what will this next phase of international politics portend for the United States and its role in the world? Will this be a period of restoration, or of a more palatable form of diplomacy that nonetheless provides as a cover for US retrenchment and restraint?
Or, will this be a period in which we see a new form of internationalism, one that seeks to craft a new social contract at home and to renegotiate US international engagement?
Participants
Dr Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America
Dr Thomas Wright, Director, Center on the United States and Europe; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution
Lionel Barber, Editor, The Financial Times (2005-2020)
Chair: Dr Leslie Vinjamuri, Director, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House
