Episode 62: The Intellectual Underpinnings of Biden's Foreign Policy

<p>The Biden Administration is in full swing but what does that mean for foreign policy?&nbsp;Les, Jamil, Loren, and first time guest Amira Valliani talk about <a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/09/23/making-u.s.-foreign-policy-work-better-for-middle-class-pub-82728" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Making U.S. Foreign Policy Work Better for the Middle Class</em></a> and Biden’s first hundred days.&nbsp;Is a foreign policy focused on the middle class only about economics?&nbsp;Why isn’t Congress leading on foreign policy issues?&nbsp;What do the first 100 days of the Biden administration reveal about President Biden’s priorities?&nbsp;All these questions and more answered in this week’s Fault Lines.</p><br><p>In this week’s under the radar segment Les highlights Biden’s <a href="https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-north-america-mexico-justin-trudeau-coronavirus-pandemic-070159520dd892ad0f4233cfec7e2827" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">promise</a> of $4 billion in Aid for Central America, Jamil focuses on the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/putin-navalny-russia-protests/2021/01/25/ba424592-5f34-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">protests</a> in Russia, Loren is tracking <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-consider-impeachment-alternatives-censure/2021/01/27/fdfd9b6c-60bd-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">impeachment</a>, Amira is watching for national security <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alien-extraterrestrial-oumuamua-space-object-whizzed-by-earth-harvard-professor/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">issues in space</a>, and Grant talks about <a href="https://www.ndi.org/elections-calendar" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">democracy promotion</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/priv