Episode 65: Now It Matters

<p>President Biden may be new to the job but the foreign policy challenges haven’t slowed down.&nbsp;Les, Jamil, Jodi, and Michael discuss President Biden’s first foreign policy speech and how the ideals he laid out in it will be applied to the coup in Myanmar and protests in Russia.&nbsp;Is Biden really laying out a new foreign policy vision?&nbsp;Will his team be decisive or dithering?&nbsp;How should America promote democracy abroad?&nbsp;All these questions and more answered in this week’s Fault Lines.</p><br><p>In our under the radar segment, Grant pushes the Biden administration on refugee status for <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55357495" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hong Kongers</a>, Michael mentions Israeli Prime Minister's ongoing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/world/middleeast/netanyahu-trial-plea.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">corruption trial</a>, Jodi discusses America rejoining the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/us-rejoins-un-human-rights-council-reversing-trump-era-policy/2021/02/08/91694b3e-6a1a-11eb-9ed1-73d434b5147f_story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UN Human Rights Council</a>, Jamil focuses on the Pope's trip to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/28/pope-to-meet-top-shia-cleric-sistani-on-iraq-visit-cardinal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Iraq</a>, and Les highlights <a href="https://t.co/IyxKVEHXAB?amp=1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a statement</a> from USAID's Acting Administrator Gloria Steele.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>