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Joe Biden in Des Moines, Iowa, August 2019. CREDIT: Gage Skidmore (CC)

Biden, Sanders, & Foreign Policy after Super Tuesday, with Nikolas Gvosdev

Mar 4, 2020

Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev looks at the foreign policy discussions after Super Tuesday, with only Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders left with realistic chances at the Democratic nomination. When it comes to the U.S. role in the world, what are the big differences between these two candidates? Is Biden's "restorationist" agenda risky? And looking ahead to a post-Trump future, how have relationships changed between the U.S. and its allies?

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