Middle Class Foreign Policy

Using Charles Kupchan and Peter Trubowitz's Foreign Affairs
article "Why an Internationalist Foreign Policy Needs a Stronger
Domestic Foundation" as a basis for discussion, Chris, Zack, and
Melanie sit down to talk about President Joe Biden's "foreign
policy for the middle class." Who, exactly, is in the "middle
class"? Are certain positions on foreign policy pro- or
anti-middle class? Is there a connection between the domestic
programs the administration is pushing and a better foreign
policy? Is it possible to evaluate whether our foreign policy is
working for the average American? Zack gives a shoutout to
people who can disagree on important issues and still be friends,
Melanie wishes the people who make the rules would follow them,
and Chris praises two scholars for a new report on Taiwan.


 


Links


Daniel Drezner, "Real Talk about a Foreign Policy for the
Middle Class," Washington Post, May 20, 2021

Charles A. Kupchan and Peter L. Trubowitz, "Why an
Internationalist Foreign Policy Needs a Stronger Domestic
Foundation," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2021

Salman Ahmed, Wendy Cutler, et al., "Making Foreign Policy
Work Better for the Middle Class," Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, September 23, 2020

Jake Sullivan, "What Donald Trump and Dick Cheney Got Wrong
about America," The Atlantic, December 13, 2018

Antony Blinken, "A Foreign Policy for the American People,"
U.S. Department of State, March 3, 2021

Kirk Siegler, "Why Support for Refugees in Higher Than You
Might Think in Parts of 'Trump Country,' NPR, May 11, 2021

Brian Slodysko, "As Pandemic Spread Pain and Panic,
Congressman Chased Profit," AP, May 21, 2021

Mackenzie Eaglen and Dov S. Zakheim, "The White House Should
Show Their Cards Earlier: Reveal the Defense Budget Passback
Guidance," War on the Rocks, May 21, 2021

Dan Baer, "Tracking Biden's Progress on a Foreign Policy for
the Middle Class," Carnegie Endowment, April 6, 2021

Patrick Porter and Michael Mazarr, “Countering China’s
Adventurism over Taiwan: A Third Way,” Lowy Institute, May 20,
2021

Craig Hooper, “Despite Promises, USS Ford Heads to Shock
Trials With 4 Broken Elevators,” Forbes, May 13, 2021