So Max, even after this week-long blitz of Vice President Kamala Harris,

positioning herself for the presidential election, there is this big question I still have about her.

What is her foreign policy?

Oh, yeah.

So far she's mostly talking about like abortion

and housing assistance and paid family leave.

You know, I get that foreign policy is not her big thing

and maybe it's not feeling like an electoral winner,

but this is a moment when it really matters.

Right, the US is mixed up in Israel's war in Gaza.

It's involved in Ukraine's defense against Russian invasion.

If Harris wins, her actions on those two issues alone could have sweeping consequences

for tens of millions of people and shape the future of both the Middle East and Europe.

Yeah, no pressure.

She's not revealed a ton on how she'd handle those conflicts

beyond a few prior statements that people are now reading

very, very, very closely for clues.

Well, on this week's show, we've got something a lot better than some year-old press release to extrapolate from.

I'm Max Fisher and I'm Josie Duffy Rice filling in for Aaron Ryan.

This is how we got here a series where we explore a big question behind

the week's headlines and tell a story that answers that question. Our question this week, how would

a president Kamala Harris handle foreign policy? So strange as this may sound, if you want to answer that,

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