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US-Ukraine policy under Trump would be similar to Biden's

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US-Ukraine policy under Trump would be similar to Biden's

There’s not as much daylight between Biden and Trump as people might think when it comes to US policy towards Ukraine, says Harvard Kennedy School’s Stephen Walt while discussing whether America's foreign policy on Kyiv and NATO would change depending on who emerges president come November.

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Biden vs Trump foreign policy: Political scientist Stephen Walt weighs in

Listen: On this episode of the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Stephen Walt discuss foreign policy differences between a second term for Biden or Trump on issues like China, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

What the West is doing wrong in the world's biggest crises

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What the West is doing wrong in the world's biggest crises

To fix our broken international political system, we need a crisis. For instance, a pandemic, climate change, Big Tech having too much power, or a Russia invasion of Ukraine. But it must be a crisis that's so destructive it forces us to respond fast, and together — like World War II. That's the crisis that created the international system we have today, and kept the peace until now. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer talks to Anne-Marie Slaughter, former US State Department official and now CEO of New America, and political scientist and Harvard professor Stephen Walt about the war and other crises.

Using today's crises to fix tomorrow's problems

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Using today's crises to fix tomorrow's problems

We're moving toward more illiberalism, zero trust in the US-China relationship, and other global crises. Are there any reasons for hope? Not for political scientist and Harvard professor Stephen Walt, who believes we can't tackle all these crises at the same time — otherwise, at some point people will just throw up their hands and say it's just too hard. What's more, he tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World, when a crisis hits, the temptation to turn to strongman rule to fix the problem "goes way up."