Biden’s State of the Union

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When U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address, foreign policy was higher up on the agenda than usual. How did the White House make the case for more aid to Ukraine? How did Biden address the worsening human rights disaster in Gaza? Susan Glasser, a staff writer at the New Yorker and also a former editor in chief of Foreign Policy, joined Ravi Agrawal for a morning-after analysis of the speech.

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  • New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser shares her take on U.S. President Joe Biden’s State of the Union.

  • Glasser on how U.S. domestic politics has an outsized effect on global trends.

  • Glasser on the ongoing hostage negotiations ahead of a potential cease-fire in the war in Gaza.

  • Glasser explains how the Biden administration’s pivot to China has taken a back seat to other foreign-policy priorities.

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

What Biden’s State of the Union Revealed About Foreign Policy and the 2024 Election

A postgame analysis with Susan Glasser.

Insider  |  Ravi Agrawal

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