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Breaking: Understanding Kamala Harris’ foreign policy,Though often aligned with President Biden, her unique worldview, especially on Israel-Palestine relations, promises distinct leadership on the international stage…
In the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race and vice president Kamala Harris’ ascension into the role of Democratic nominee, a crucial question emerges: How would Harris’ foreign policy depart from Biden’s?
Biden assumed office as the most experienced foreign policy president of our generation. He was a long-time member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, having played a vocal role in national security debates for decades.
As vice president, he spearheaded key Obama administration diplomatic initiatives. Harris’ pre-White House resume — career prosecutor, state attorney general, and first-term senator — was decidedly sparse by comparison on the foreign policy front.
However, four years as vice president have provided Harris with a crash course in international relations that few Democrats or Republicans can match.
She has received the President’s Daily Brief every morning, sat in on most of Biden’s meetings with visiting heads of State, and been present in the Situation Room when critical national security decisions were made.
She has also travelled to more than 20 countries, met with over 150 foreign leaders, and led many key delegations herself — including the past three to the Munich Security Conference.