What We’re Learning About Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The Democratic National Convention concluded Thursday night with Vice President Kamala Harris accepting the party’s nomination. What did we learn about a potential Harris foreign policy? Matt Duss, former foreign-policy advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Anne-Marie Slaughter, former director of policy planning at the State Department, join FP Live to unpack this week’s DNC. Suggested reading (FP links are paywall free): Michael Hirsh: Preparing for a Less Arrogant America Michael Hirsh: Kamala Harris’s 21st-Century Foreign Policy Matthew Duss: Harris Candidacy Gives Democrats a Change to Pivot on Gaza Matthew Duss: The Democrats’ Pro-Worker Agenda Can Go Global Financial Times: What Might a Harris Foreign Policy Look Like? Bhaskar Chakravorti: If Kamala Harris Was the Czar of Anything, It Would Be AI Abdelhalim Abdelrahman: Democrats’ Gaza Policy Is Repelling Arab American Voters FP Staff: The Kamala Harris Doctrine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.0	Welcome to the show. All week, millions of Americans and people around the world
0:46.2	watched the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. It was a made-for-TV event replete
0:52.5	with music, celebrities, and a lot of speeches.
0:56.6	The point of these conventions is, of course, to formally anoint a nominee, but that was a
1:02.2	foregone conclusion here. The real point was for Democrats to generate excitement, showcase a
1:08.7	big tent, and to unify around their candidate. They had two former
1:13.2	presidents speak, as well as the current one, in sharp contrast to the Republican National
1:18.5	Convention, where there are almost no party grandees. The DNC had representatives from across
1:24.3	not only their political spectrum, they also included several Republicans
1:28.8	who warned Americans not to vote for Trump. Foreign policy doesn't play a huge role in these
1:35.9	conventions, but it was a factor. In her speech on Thursday night, Vice President Kamala Harris
1:42.6	tried to contrast her support for Ukraine with what
1:46.2	she suggested was Trump's coziness with dictators. She promised a strong military, signaled
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