How the Campaign Trail Impacts Foreign Policy

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🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Foreign policy is not typically a priority for the American voter. And yet, the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election will have an outsized impact on world affairs. How are allies and adversaries alike weighing the 2024 election? Former diplomat Richard Haass joins Ravi Agrawal to discuss. Richard Haass is president emeritus at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of the popular substack at Home and Away. Suggested reading: Richard Haass: The War That Israel Could Have Fought Richard Haass: At Home and Away Fareed Zakaria: The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad Damon Wilson and Lynn Lee: South Korea Can Be a Democratic Leader Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	America is changing. And so is the world.
0:04.5	But what's happening in America isn't just a cause of global upheaval.
0:08.7	It's also a symptom of disruption that's happening everywhere.
0:12.5	I'm Asma Khalid in Washington, D.C.
0:14.7	I'm Tristan Redman in London, and this is the global story.
0:18.8	Every weekday will bring you a story from this intersection, where the world and America meet.
0:24.4	Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	Hi, I'm Ravi Agarwal, Foreign Policy's editor-in-chief.
0:35.5	This is FP Live.
0:40.3	Welcome to the show.
0:42.4	November 5th is still many months away, but it feels like election season is taking
0:47.5	off in the United States.
0:49.7	Earlier this month, U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his 2024 State of the Union address.
0:55.5	From a foreign policy perspective, he spoke about Ukraine, the Middle East, and immigration.
1:01.2	But perhaps most tellingly, the address itself felt a bit like a campaign speech.
1:07.4	Meanwhile, the Republican field has cleared up, and Donald Trump is almost certainly the party's nominee.
1:13.7	His speeches are always campaign events.
1:16.5	As the race for the White House intensifies, one of the things I wanted to explore today is how the campaign trail impacts foreign policy choices.
1:26.3	For example, with public perception on a particular
1:28.9	issue, say the Middle East, shape how the White House thinks about it? Or is there a threshold for that
1:35.9	to happen? What are the historical precedents? These are all good questions to pose to my guess
1:42.4	this week. Richard Haas is the President Emeritus of the
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