The Realignment Horns of a Dilemma: Danielle Pletka - What the 2024 Election Means for America's Foreign Policy
Nov 5, 2024
Danielle Pletka, a distinguished senior fellow at AEI focused on foreign and defense policy, offers sharp insights into the implications of the 2024 election for U.S. foreign policy. They discuss a troubling shift toward isolationism and the need to confront instability in the Middle East, alongside lessons from the 1930s regarding global threats. The conversation highlights the complexities of defining victory in Ukraine, the intertwining of domestic politics with foreign strategy, and a call for strategic unity in tackling challenges from China and beyond.
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U.S. Parties Shift to Isolationism
- Both major U.S. political parties show isolationist leanings toward the Middle East, though expressed differently.
- Efforts like the JCPOA and Abraham Accords aimed to extricate the U.S. but have not fully succeeded.
Iran Drives Middle East Instability
- Iran is the central source of instability in the Middle East across multiple countries.
- Effective U.S. policy must confront the Islamic Republic rather than patching symptoms.
U.S. Policy Vacuum on Iran
- The Biden administration lacks a coherent policy to address the Iranian threat despite claims otherwise.
- This paralysis has allowed Iran to escalate its nuclear program and destabilize the region.