Schmidt Comments on Biden’s First 100 Days
Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, appeared in an International Institute of Peace (IIP) video commenting on President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office.
In her comments, Schmidt discussed how, under Biden, diplomacy and multilateralism is back and the United States has rejoined the global conversation on climate change. Schmidt provided comment along with a number of other international experts, including Bruno Macaes, former Europe Minister of Portugal; Angela Kane, Vice President of the IIP, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management; and Fred Tanner, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, former Senior Advisor to the OSCE Secretary General, IIP Advisory Board member
The video containing Schmidt’s remarks can be viewed below.
Vivien Schmidt is Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and was the first Director of BU’s Center for the Study of Europe, housed at the Pardee School. Schmidt’s research focuses on European political economy, institutions, democracy, and political theory—in particular on the importance of ideas and discourse in political analysis. Read more about Professor Schmidt on her faculty profile.