Biden's Foreign Policy Agenda: Aspiration Meets Reality

Joe Biden took office with ambitious plans to reengage with the world and revitalize international alliances. Less than a year into his presidency, however, is his agenda still on track? Take a deep dive into the policy challenges, and opportunities, the administration now faces across multiple issues, including climate change, cyber security, U.S.-China relations, and the state of democracy here at home.

Panelists:
Marshall Burke ’02, deputy director at the Center on Food Security and the Environment, associate professor of Earth System Science, and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Didi Kuo, senior research scholar and associate director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Oriana Mastro '05, center fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Asfandyar Ali Mir ’12, MA ’12, lecturer in political science
Alex Stamos, director of the Stanford Internet Observatory, adjunct professor at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution

Moderator:
Michael McFaul, ’86, MA ’86, director and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

This talk was recorded at Stanford Reunion 2021.