State Department Counselor Derek Chollet on Top Foreign Policy Challenges

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🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with State Department Counselor Derek Chollet about the top foreign policy challenges facing the United States, and how the State Department sees the way forward with regard to Russia, Iran, Afghanistan and China. Chollet outlines the U.S. strategy for deescalating tensions with Moscow amid its continued military buildup at Ukraine's border, discusses the prospects for brokering a nuclear deal with Iran, and offers thoughts on how the U.S. will approach challenges stemming from China's rise. He also describes ongoing efforts to bolster U.S. alliances and reinvigorate U.S. diplomacy.

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0:00.0	This is Intelligence Matters with former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morel.
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0:12.3	For us to choose this course of escalation, it is going not to be not just an issue for Ukraine,
0:19.5	it's not just a European security issue, it's not just a US Russia issue, it's going to be a global issue.
0:25.4	We hope that all of our partners are sending the same message to Moscow, which is choose the path that the poem is in here.
0:31.6	Because if they take the steps, we're worried about they're going to take it's going to have a huge impact on the global agenda over the next year.
0:40.8	The US-China relationship is really complex. It's hard to put it on a bumper sticker. If you tried, you'd really need a really long bumper.
0:47.1	Do you guys have a strategy for dealing with China or are you still working on the strategy?
0:52.8	We're well aware we're at one of those moments in history where it's very important for obviously the President, the Secretary, all of us to be articulate a strategy publicly.
1:01.7	That's going to be something that folks will be seeing at the coming year.
1:07.7	Derek Sholei is the current consular of the US Department of State. He previously served in jobs in the State Department, Defense Department, and the National Security Council staff.
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