Foreign Policy & Security
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Quincy Institute's Suzanne DiMaggio on Reimagining U.S. Foreign Policy
The Quincy Institute was founded to push for a more restrained foreign policy. We talk to its co-founder about how it's challenging conventional thinking and how it hopes to influence Biden. Read more
Mar 10, 2021
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The Democratic Taboo on Palestine Might be Breaking
With their new book, authors Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick are pushing to open up the conversation within the left-of-center coalition about Israel and the Palestinians. Read more
Mar 4, 2021
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With Strong Ties to Democrats, J Street Is Now at the Center of U.S. Israel Policy
The liberal organization J Street claims it speaks for most American Jews, but it had little influence under Trump. Now, with Biden in the White House, J Street's moment has finally arrived. Read more
Mar 3, 2021
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In a Test on Trade Policy, Progressives Push Biden to End “Vaccine Apartheid”
Advocates are calling on the White House to buck Big Pharma and support a change in trade policy to allow wider access to vaccines, tests and treatments for the developing world. Read more
Mar 1, 2021
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Conflicts Abound Between Weapons Makers and Biden Foreign Policy Team
According to two new reports from the Revolving Door Project and Responsible Statecraft, the Biden administration is wrapped up in Washington's hawkish, defense-industry-backed foreign policy "Blob." Read more
Feb 18, 2021
Matt Duss's State Department Appointment Is Biden's First Test on Israel
Duss, an adviser to Bernie Sanders and one of the left's most prominent foreign policy thinkers, would be a key addition to the Biden administration, but critics are denouncing him as "anti-Israel." Read more
Feb 16, 2021
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Four Foreign Policy Flash Points Where the Left Will Push Biden
Joe Biden has moved leftward on most issues, but not on foreign policy. Here are the places where the gap between him and progressive Democrats will be most obvious. Read more
Dec 31, 2020
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Here's Who is Trying to Build a Progressive Foreign Policy and Take on "the Blob"
A Biden administration isn't likely to be friendly to left-wing views on Israel or the Pentagon budget. But some people will be trying to exert as much pressure as they can to get that to change. Read more
Dec 18, 2020
