EPISODE · Feb 6, 2025 · 1H 30M
The Manshel Lecture with Ben Rhodes / American Foreign Policy in the Trump Era
from Weatherhead Events · host Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University
Speaker Ben Rhodes, American writer, political commentator, and a former deputy national security advisor for strategic communications and speechwriting under President Barack Obama. Chair Melani Cammett, Center Director; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University. All events hosted or sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Events here are also available to watch on video at our YouTube channel. Follow the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs:Weatherhead Center WebsiteEpicenter WebsiteFacebookLinkedInInstagramBlueskySimplecastYouTube
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Ben Rhodes argues US foreign policy mirrors its domestic identity, contrasting JFK’s aspirational USAID era with Trump‑era nationalism, dismantling of aid, and renewed talk of territorial expansion. As great powers ignore rules and inequality deepens, he says renewal abroad requires rebuilding US democracy and shared identity through reform, organizing, solidarity, and uncensored dissent.
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