{"id":21487,"date":"2016-03-02T16:19:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T21:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=21487"},"modified":"2021-02-17T16:33:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T21:33:59","slug":"bth-foreign-policy-and-the-2016-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2016\/03\/02\/bth-foreign-policy-and-the-2016-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"BtH: Foreign Policy and the 2016 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Experts discussed the foreign policy implications of the 2016 United States presidential election at a March 2, 2016 panel held at the\u00a0Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University<\/a>.\u00a0The event was part of the School\u2019s \u201cBeyond the Headlines @BUPardeeSchool,\u201d or BtH series.<\/span><\/p>\n

The panel, entitled “Foreign Policy in the 2016 Elections,” included Stephen Kinzer<\/a>,\u00a0Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs at the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University and Ambassador\u00a0Paul Hare<\/a>, Senior Lecturer at\u00a0the Pardee School. The discussion was moderated by\u00a0Pardee School Dean Adil Najam<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Kinzer,\u00a0an award-winning foreign correspondent formerly of the New York Times<\/em>, said the range of opinions on foreign policy in the modern American presidential campaign is narrow,\u00a0and that\u00a0candidates often exaggerate the number and severity of threats to the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We definitely as a nation want to have a focus for our\u00a0enmity, we need to know there’s someone out there who wishes us ill and we’re going to go out and get that guy,”\u00a0Kinzer said. “The candidates do have a chance to vent on whichever enemy seems to be out there for the day.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Hare,\u00a0a British diplomat for 30 years and the British ambassador to Cuba from 2001-2004, brought a foreign perspective to the discussion, noting\u00a0that the process of American presidential campaigns\u00a0are strange to observers outside the United States, especially in secular European countries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“The immediate soundbites played on <\/span>BBC<\/em> or <\/span>Al Jazeera<\/em> or wherever around the world don’t go into the complications of the process,” Hare said. “Similarly, references to the Constitution, references to religion in the narrative, are I think very strange to most overseas observers.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Hare also said he believes Sen. Bernie Sanders has failed to challenge Hillary Clinton on several foreign policy missteps she made while serving as Secretary of State.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kinzer echoed Hare’s point, arguing that foreign policy experience and knowledge does not always ensure that a candidate will make the best decision when in office.<\/p>\n

“If you read those stories in the\u00a0<\/span>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>about Hillary’s involvement in the Libya debacle over the last couple of days you realize she knew a lot but she still came to the wrong decision,” Kinzer said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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