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With the conclusion of the 2024 U.S. elections, we know that Donald Trump has been reelected president, the Senate has shifted from a slight Democratic leaning to a Republican majority, and the balance of the House of Representatives is still up in the air. What does this mean for U.S. foreign policy in the next administration, including toward China, Russia and Ukraine, the Middle East, and Europe? Join Perry World House experts Michael C. Horowitz and Marie Harf, who have extensive experience in the U.S. foreign policy and national security establishment, as they discuss potential foreign policy priorities for the Trump administration, where they may differ from the Biden administration's current strategies, and key challenges and opportunities.
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Marie Harf comes to Penn with two decades of varied experience in the U.S. federal government, higher education, media, and politics. Previously she worked as senior advisor for strategic communications to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and deputy spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, as the foreign policy director on Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, and as a Middle East analyst and spokesperson at the Central Intelligence Agency. She has also held senior roles at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and for Congressman Seth Moulton's political organization. Since 2017, Harf has been an on-air commentator for Fox News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Indiana University with concentrations in Jewish Studies and Russian and Eastern European Studies, and a master's degree in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
Michael C. Horowitz is director of Perry World House and Richard Perry Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Politics and the co-author of Why Leaders Fight. He won the Karl Deutsch Award given by the International Studies Association for early career contributions to the fields of international relations and peace research. He has published in a wide array of peer-reviewed journals and popular outlets. His research interests include the intersection of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics with global politics, military innovation, the role of leaders in international politics, and geopolitical forecasting methodology. Professor Horowitz previously worked for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy in the Department of Defense. He is a senior fellow for defense technology and innovation at the Council on Foreign Relations. Professor Horowitz received his PhD in government from Harvard University and his BA in political science from Emory University.
