AnalysisDemocracyDiplomacyEuropeFeaturesGlobal IssuesHistoricalHuman RightsLeadershipNorth AmericaPoliticsWorld
What Joe Biden Can Learn from the Greek War of Independence
Two centuries ago, a fight for freedom in a distant land forced America to balance foreign policy idealism with realism.
We need to find the right balance for today.
- Paul Glastris
- Washington Monthly
Few presidents have entered the White House with as much foreign policy experience as Joe Biden—30 years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, four as its chairman, eight as…
Yet he is already struggling to manage one of the central tensions of American statecraft—between the need to make cold-blooded decisions to protect U.S. interests and the…
In a February 5 speech before State Department employees, Biden…