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Mar 2024
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How the Campaign Trail Impacts Foreign P...

Foreign Policy
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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

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