President-elect Joe Biden is finalizing his diplomatic team, to “fix” American foreign policy.
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LPresident-elect Joe Biden on Saturday finalized the composition of his diplomatic team, which will include many Obama-era alumni, with a marked desire to break with Donald Trump’s unilateralism and “fix” American foreign policy.
The future head of state had already announced at the end of November that he had chosen another former member of the Obama administration, Antony Blinken, for the crucial post of secretary of state.
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The number two in American diplomacy will be Wendy Sherman (71), already a diplomatic advisor under Bill Clinton before becoming Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs during Barack Obama’s second term.
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Future Assistant Secretary of State, Ms. Sherman was notably one of the American linchpins of the Iran nuclear deal and had worked on the North Korean issue in the Clinton government
Another designation announced on Saturday, that of the Assistant Secretary of State for Management and Resources, a sort of operational manager of American diplomacy.
This is Brian McKeon, a close friend of Joe Biden, whom he advised for a long time when he was still a senator, before occupying various positions in the government during Barack Obama’s two terms.
With Antony Blinken, this team will have the mission to “repair” the American foreign policy, indicated, in a press release, the transition team of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, “but also to reimagine it”.
“America is back”
As he had done when the name of Antony Blinken was announced, the future president thus clearly wants to mark the break with the nationalist and unilateralist foreign policy of Donald Trump, to reconnect with a resolutely multilateralist line.
The new faces of American diplomacy “embody my deep conviction that America is strongest when it collaborates with its allies,” said Joe Biden, quoted in the statement.
The future president thus wants to “restore the moral and world leadership” of the United States, supported by these allies. “America is back,” he summed up.
On Saturday, Joe Biden also officially chose three Under-Secretaries of State, three women who all worked in the government of Barack Obama.
The appointment of each of these personalities will be subject to a vote by the Senate.
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