Kamala Harris had a thin foreign policy record before becoming Vice President in 2021. However, during her time as Vice President, she has had meaningful interactions with the UN system from which we can draw some important inferences about her views on the UN and how she might approach it as president.
Now that she is likely to be the Democratic nominee for president, we thought it would be useful to examine Kamala Harris’ views on the United Nations, how they are similar to or different from President Biden's, and what unique areas of the UN system she seems particularly poised to invigorate.
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Transcript edited for clarity.
Mark Leon Goldberg: Anjali, before we talk about Kamala Harris and the UN, it’s just worth acknowledging that in contrast to Kamala Harris and the UN, Biden has a very long, very deep history and relationship with the United Nations. Indeed, the legislation guiding Amer…
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