Foreign Affairs LIVE: Presidential Foreign Policy
On the evening of the final U.S. presidential debate, Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Jonathan Tepperman moderated a bipartisan panel discussion on the foreign policy issues facing the candidates.
On the evening of the final U.S. presidential debate, Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Jonathan Tepperman moderated a bipartisan panel discussion on the foreign policy issues facing the candidates. Daniel Drezner, professor of International Studies at Tufts University, and Rachel Kleinfeld, founder and president of the Truman National Security Project, debated the candidates' positions and highlighted the global issues and regions that should get attention in these debates but seldom serve campaign purposes and therefore are not sufficiently addressed.
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Africa's thriving democracies and economies, and its alarming transnational security threats, make it more important than ever to the United States. Obama, however, has largely ignored the continent. Regardless of who wins in November, Washington cannot afford to continue on the president's current path.
In the first debate focused on national security issues, GOP presidential candidates sparred over tactics to end Iran's nuclear program, fight in Afghanistan, and challenge China. Only, as they tried to undercut Obama, they repeatedly demonstrated how little, actually, their worldview differed from his.
Since 2001, the West has tried to build a strong centralized government in Afghanistan. But such an approach fits poorly with the country's history and political culture. The most realistic and acceptable alternative models of governance are decentralized democracy and a system of internal mixed sovereignty.
