Under President Donald Trump, American foreign and security policy has differed substantially from previous administrations. Some observers believe the policy will by and large remain unaltered if Trump wins a second term, whereas others predict he will change tack if he no longer has to think about re-election. A Joe Biden presidency, on the other hand, would likely bring back some familiar elements from the pre-Trump era. Nevertheless, a Biden administration would be conducting foreign and security policy in an entirely different global landscape than any of Trump’s predecessors, facing new challenges such as the global pandemic and the rivalry with China. What would American foreign and security policy look like during Trump’s second term or Biden’s first? How would their approaches differ and what similarities might there be?
This webinar is also the launch of Transatlantic Currents – a FIIA webinar series.
Transatlantic Currents is a monthly webinar series hosted by FIIA featuring American experts of political science and international relations. The series will cover a wide array of timely topics from foreign policy to domestic issues. The webinars will be hosted by Ambassador Deborah McCarthy or Senior Research Fellow Leo Michel from the Institute for National Strategic Studies.
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Visiting Research Fellow
Expert, Heritage Foundation Vice President, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy
Chief Strategy Officer, Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
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Ambassador (ret.) Deborah A. McCarthy is an expert on U.S. foreign and national security policy. Currently, she is the Senior Advisor on U.S. Engagement in the UN Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime in the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement at the U.S. Department of State. She is also a non-resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Recently, she was a Senior Fellow at Harvard University.
In her diplomatic career, she served as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania (2013-2016), Deputy Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Greece and at the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua. In Washington, she was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Narcotics and Law Enforcement, Senior Advisor for Counter Terrorism and Special Coordinator for Venezuela. Other diplomatic postings include Consul General Montreal, Economic Counselor U.S. Embassy Paris, Financial Economist U.S. Embassy Rome and assignments in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Ms. McCarthy received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and a joint M.S. in Economics and Foreign Service from Georgetown University. She serves on the Boards of the Academy of Diplomacy and of the Command and General Staff College Foundation. She is a member of the Advisory Council for the MSFS Program at Georgetown University.