Democracy, Populism, & Domestic Politics, Power & Security, United States Biden’s NSC to focus on global health, climate, cyber and human rights, as well as China and Russia

Perry World House Director of Communications and Research John Gans is quoted in this piece on President-Elect Biden's National Security Council picks.

The incoming Biden administration plans to restructure and expand the operations of the White House National Security Council, establishing new senior positions on global health, democracy and human rights, and cyber and emerging technology, signaling a sweeping shift in priorities, according to a senior adviser to the Biden transition...

Rather than the contests for influence over policy and resentments that have plagued so many administrations, “having a lot of smart and seasoned people at the table is a high-class problem to have,” said John Gans, author of “White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War.”

“History suggests that positions don’t cause problems, people do. Kerry, Blinken, Sullivan and the president-elect have worked together constructively and cordially in the past; there’s every reason to think they can do so again.”

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