The U.S. Role in the World: Looking Beyond the 2024 Presidential Election

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April 22, 2024 | Not since the election of Barack Obama in 2008 has a U.S. presidential election appeared so consequential for the world. The sudden ascent of a black man to the highest office in the United States repositioned the country globally, after the disaster of the war on terror, as a beacon of multicultural democracy-a model for inescapably diverse societies everywhere. Subsequent administrations have failed to uphold that promise. While many in Washington, DC, might still see the United States as the leader of the free world, the crisis of its democracy and the failures of its foreign policy have undercut its authority and influence internationally.
How might the next administration realign U.S. foreign policy with the interests of peace and democracy in a multipolar world? Might we expect dramatic reversals or interventions in global theaters, from the Middle East and Ukraine to East Asia and Latin America? Whatever the election outcome, are we heading for a period of dangerous instability or one of precarious peace? Verónica Gago, Mohsin Hamid, Ece Temelkuran, and Ben Rhodes will be exploring these questions in a conversation moderated by Leonard Benardo.
This event is part of the Georgetown Global Dialogues, which feature leading intellectuals from the Global South in forward-looking conversations with U.S.-based thinkers across a range of topics. It is co-sponsored by the Department of Government, Institute of Politics and Public Service, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution program, and Master of Science in Foreign Service Program at Georgetown University.
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