{"id":92409,"date":"2021-01-30T07:11:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T12:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=92409"},"modified":"2021-01-30T07:11:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T12:11:08","slug":"auto-draft-469","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2021\/01\/30\/auto-draft-469\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s National Security Approach Sees Merger of Foreign, Domestic Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"VOA \u2014 The administration of new U.S. President Joe Biden is essentially doing away with the traditional distinction between domestic policy and foreign policy when it comes to tackling threats to the country\u2019s security.<\/p>\n

“Foreign policy is domestic policy and domestic policy is foreign policy,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan told a virtual audience Friday.<\/p>\n

“We have to put ourselves in a position of strength to be able to deal with the challenges we face around the world,\u201d Sullivan said. “Right now, the most profound pressing national security challenge for the United States is getting our own house in order.”<\/p>\n

The approach, on its face, might appear to be similar to the national security strategy former President Donald Trump rolled out just more than three years ago, which aimed to strengthen the country by putting \u201cAmerica First.\u201d<\/p>\n

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U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s new national security strategy will provide the country with a “clear and actionable playbook” to counter the most dangerous and persistent threats, according to senior administration officials. \u00a0 The White House unveiled the strategic document Monday, almost 11 months after his administration began work on it.Trump explained how much of the strategy is already impacting U.S.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Sullivan, though, pitched the decision to stop categorizing threats as purely foreign or purely domestic as one of necessity \u2014 an acknowledgement that many of the dangers confronting the new administration do not respect borders or boundaries.<\/p>\n

“We are facing a COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ravage our population,” he said. \u201cWe’re obviously facing the effects in every part of our country of a climate crisis.”<\/p>\n

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Sullivan also said the Biden administration is concerned about the way U.S. adversaries are increasingly using Washington\u2019s domestic politics to gain leverage on the global stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cChina is essentially making the case that the Chinese model is better than the American model,\u201d he said. \u201cThey’re pointing to dysfunction and division in the United States and saying, ‘Take a look at that \u2014 their system doesn\u2019t work. Our system does.’ “<\/p>\n

The Biden administration national security adviser also argued that a strengthened U.S. foreign policy is critical to addressing domestic threats, such as domestic violent extremism, that are flourishing not in isolation but as part of worldwide trends.<\/p>\n

Unlike the Trump administration, which increasingly frayed ties with traditional U.S. allies<\/a> with its \u201cAmerica First\u201d approach,\u00a0Sullivan also said strengthening alliances would be a key priority as part of the Biden administration approach to national security.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going to be most effective in advancing our vision for what a free, prosperous, equitable society looks like if we are doing so in lockstep with democratic allies and partners,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

“By ourselves, we represent about a quarter of the world’s economy. With our allies and partners in both Europe and Asia, we represent more than half of the world’s economy,\u201d Sullivan argued. \u201cIt provides us a chorus of voices that can drive the argument that says, ‘We are going to stand up for a certain set of principles in the face of aggression.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

Despite such differences, Sullivan said, there are few disagreements between the Trump and Biden administrations about the countries posing the greatest threat to the U.S. He listed China, Russia and Iran as some of the biggest challenges.<\/p>\n

Still, Sullivan said, how the U.S. deals with those threats will be changing.<\/p>\n

China<\/strong><\/p>\n

During his four years in office, Trump\u2019s rhetoric on China swung from praise for Chinese President Xi Jinping to criticism of Beijing over the spread of the coronavirus and for interfering in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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