Opinion Has It: US Foreign Policy after “America First,” with Kori Schake

Schake find reasons for hope – and trepidation – in Joe Biden’s foreign-policy plans. The PS Say More Newsletter | [View this message in a web browser]( [PS Say More]( In this week's Say More newsletter, we present the newest episode of our podcast, Opinion Has It. Every other week in Opinion Has It, host Elmira Bayrasli is joined by a leading expert to examine a critical – and timely – question. [Kori Schake]( In this episode, Elmira talks with Kori Schake, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy at the American Enterprise Institute, former Deputy Director of Policy Planning, and former Director for Defense Strategy and Requirements at the US National Security Council. To listen to the full episode – in which Schake assesses Joe Biden's foreign-policy team, predicts their likely approach to China, and says what should be at the top of their agenda – [click here](. Also available on [Apple]( [Soundcloud]( and all other listening apps. America is back. That’s the message President-elect Joe Biden plans to send to the rest of the world. But it's easier said than done. After four years of Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy, and following a shocking assault on the US Capitol by a mob egged on by Trump, will Biden and his foreign-policy team be able to restore America’s global standing – and the relative stability it once provided? Elmira Bayrasli: Kori, we are recording just 24 hours after a mob of Trump supporters swarmed the US Capitol, smashing windows, vandalizing offices, and sending political leaders running for cover. Before we dive into the specifics of Biden’s likely foreign policy, I want to ask: What impact is this failed insurrection likely to have, both on the Biden administration’s ability to govern and on the world’s perceptions of the US? Kori Schake: I'm really glad we're talking about this, Elmira, because it feels like the most consequential moment in American domestic politics in my lifetime, and it's hugely damaging to the Republic that... [Listen now]( [PS. Subscribe now and receive a copy of The Year Ahead 2021]( Previously in Opinion Has It [Previously in Opinion Has It: Danielle Allen on America's Broken Social Compact]( [Repairing America’s Broken Social Compact]( with [Danielle Allen]( a professor at Harvard University One issue links the political ructions and failures that have afflicted America in 2020: trust – or, rather, the lack thereof. Neither a COVID-19 vaccine nor a new president will solve this problem; only a new social compact can. [Listen now](. [Check out the Opinion Has It archive]( Coming Soon in Say More [Anatole Kaletsky]( [Anatole Kaletsky]( – Chief Economist and Co-Chairman of Gavekal Dragonomics – on the post-pandemic economic order, the enduring risks of Brexit, and his return to bullishness. [Raghuram G. Rajan]( [Raghuram G. Rajan]( – Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India – on Modern Monetary Theory, the pandemic's distributional impact, and the future of central banking. [Check out the Say More archive]( [PS. Give the gift of knowledge]( Project Syndicate publishes and provides, on a not-for-profit basis, original commentary by the world's leading thinkers to more than 500 media outlets in over 150 countries. This newsletter is a service of [Project Syndicate](. [Change your newsletter preferences](. Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( and [YouTube](. © Project Syndicate, all rights reserved. [Unsubscribe from all newsletters](.