In the wake of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race and vice-president Kamala Harris’ ascension into the role of Democratic nominee, a crucial question emerges: how would Harris’ foreign policy depart from Biden’s?

Biden came into office as the most experienced foreign policy president of our generation. He was a longtime member of the Senate foreign relations committee as a senator, having played a vocal role in national security debates for decades. As vice- president, he spearheaded key Obama administration diplomatic initiatives. Harris’ pre-White House resume — career prosecutor, state attorney-general and first-term senator — was decidedly sparse by comparison on the foreign policy front...

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