When President Biden came to office in January 2021, he promised a foreign policy that would bring America back to the table, repair our alliances, address global challenges with global cooperation, promote democracy, confront autocracy, and be more responsive to the needs and interests of the American people. It was a daunting agenda. Fourteen months into this administration, how has President Biden’s foreign policy measured up to his administration’s plans and promises? And what should we expect in its second year?
Elizabeth Shackelford is a senior fellow in U.S. foreign policy with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She was a career diplomat with the US Department of State until December 2017. She served in Somalia, Kenya, South Sudan, Poland, and Washington, D.C. For her work in South Sudan during the outbreak of civil war in 2013, she received the Barbara Watson Award for Consular Excellence, the Department’s highest honor for consular work. Shackelford is the author of The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age, winner of the 2020 Douglas Dillon Book Award.
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