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Banks comments on President Bush's handling of 9/11 attacks in South China Morning Post
See related: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Terrorism & Extremism, U.S. National Security, United States
Jacobson discusses the removal of US troops from Afghanistan on MSNBC
"I just think that he [Biden] has been given, by his team, a false binary choice: either we stay indefinitely with a massive commitment, or we leave," says Mark Jacobson, assistant dean for Washington Programs who served in Afghanistan with both the Army and Navy reserves. "And there's a lot of areas in between, a lot of work we can do that is beyond that binary choice."
See related: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, International Agreements, United States
Lovely speaks to South China Morning Post about the EU's new trade policy
See related: China, Europe, Foreign Policy, International Agreements, Trade
McCormick discusses security between the US and Mexico in The Hill
See related: Defense & Security, Foreign Policy, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
Steinberg quoted in China Daily piece on improving US-China relations
See related: China, Foreign Policy, Government, International Affairs, United States
Steinberg discusses foreign policy issues facing Biden on Texas Public Radio
"The restoration of the State Department is critical," says University Professor James Steinberg. "That's particularly important with China because it is such an all-encompassing challenge for the United States. So we need to have our best people and we need to have...a comprehensive approach that makes clear what we can live with with China and what we can't," he says.
See related: Federal, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
Taylor weighs in on US-Russia relations under Biden in RFE/RL article
Clearer messaging could mean that "on certain issues, U.S. policy might be tougher than it has been under Trump," says Professor of Political Science Brian Taylor. "But it also might mean that in certain areas, it's easier to see possible so-called 'win-win' solutions that just aren't on the table now because of how dysfunctional the process has become."
See related: Russia, U.S. Elections, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
McCormick discusses post-election US-Mexico relations with Associated Press, CNN
If Biden wins the presidential election, "it's a return back to normalcy, the status quo, the way in which we knew politics to work across the border," says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Latin America & the Caribbean, U.S. Elections, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States
Steinberg discusses China, India, US connection on Horns of a Dilemma
University Professor Jim Steinberg analyzes, "the United States—for a long time—has viewed India through highly instrumental lenses...the question is, whether that will now change, and whether India will be more willing to be a partner with the United States in an across the board, new Cold War with China."
See related: China, Foreign Policy, India, United States
McDowell research cited in Bloomberg article on financial cold war
Daniel McDowell, associate professor of political science, argues that that the more the U.S. wields its unmatched financial power, the less it may have left.
See related: China, Foreign Policy, United States