Election 2024: Foreign Policy in Focus
The Future of America’s International Alliances and Partnerships
The United States is at a critical juncture for its foreign policy. As U.S. policymakers confront long-term strategic competition with China, major wars in Europe and the Middle East are unfolding. How the next U.S. administration and Congress address these key challenges will define America’s global leadership role for decades to come.
The Brookings Foreign Policy program in partnership with the Baker School at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, hosted a fireside chat with former U.S. Senator Bob Corker in conversation with Brookings Vice President and Director of the Foreign Policy program Suzanne Maloney and the Baker School’s Director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs Krista Wiegand, offering perspectives on America’s role in the world.
Following the fireside chat, an expert panel continued the discussion to consider how best to work with partners and allies to manage global challenges. Included on the panel was Tara Varma, Visiting Fellow, Center on the United States and Europe, Foreign Policy, Brookings; Michael O’Hanlon, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Foreign Policy, Brookings; Krista Wiegand, Director of the Center for National Security and Foreign Affairs, Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, and moderated by Joel Christopher, Executive Editor of the Knoxville New Sentinel, USA Today Network.