The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States of America,including all the bureaus and offices in the United States Department of State,as mentioned in the Foreign Policy Agenda of the Department of State,are "to build and sustain a more democratic,secure,and prosperous world for the benefit of the American people and the international community". Liberalism has been a key component of US foreign policy since its independence from Britain. Since the end of World War II,the United States has had a grand strategy which has been characterized as being oriented around primacy,"deep engagement",and/or liberal hegemony. This strategy entails that the United States maintains military predominance;builds and maintains an extensive network of allies;integrates other states into US-designed international institutions;and limits the spread of nuclear weapons.
The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the president of the United States for consideration of national security,military,and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House,it is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States,and composed of senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization in the United States founded in 1983 with the stated aim of advancing democracy worldwide,by promoting political and economic institutions,such as political groups,trade unions,free markets,and business groups.
Winston Lord is a retired American diplomat. As Special Assistant to the National Security Advisor and then as Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State,Lord was a close adviser to Henry A. Kissinger and was instrumental in bringing about the renormalization of U.S.-China relations in the 1970s.
The University of International Relations is a public university in Haidian,Beijing,China.
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) is a non-profit American non-governmental organization whose stated mission is to "support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation,openness and accountability". It is funded primarily by the United States and other Western governments,by major corporations and by nonprofits like the Open Society Foundations.
Leslie Howard "Les" Gelb was an American academic,correspondent and columnist for The New York Times who served as a senior Defense and State Department official and later the President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School is a private graduate school associated with the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica,California. The school offers doctoral studies in policy analysis and practical experience working on RAND research projects to solve current public policy problems. Its campus is co-located with the RAND Corporation and most of the faculty is drawn from the 950 researchers at RAND.
Jessica Tuchman Mathews is an American international affairs expert with a focus on climate and energy,defense and security,nuclear weapons,and conflict and governance. She was president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,an international affairs think tank headquartered in Washington,D.C.,with offices in five other countries,from 1997 to 2015. She has also held jobs in the Executive and Legislative branches of government,management and research in nonprofits,and journalism.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania is a governmental body of the Republic of Lithuania that shapes the national policy,and organises,coordinates,and controls its enforcement in the following areas:foreign affairs and security policy:international relations,economic security,foreign trade,protection of the rights and interests of the Republic of Lithuania and its persons and entities abroad;coordination of European Union membership;representing the Republic of Lithuania abroad diplomatic and consular relations,diplomatic service,Lithuanian national and diplomatic protocol,international relations;the policy of cooperation of the Republic of Lithuania;strengthening of expat connections with Lithuania.
Richard Rahul Verma is an American diplomat,who serves as the deputy secretary of state for management and resources,a position he has held since April 5,2023. He served as the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs from 2009 to 2011,and as the U.S. ambassador to India from 2014 to 2017. He served as the chief legal officer and head of global public policy at Mastercard,from 2020 to 2023,and as the vice chair of the Asia Group from 2017 to 2020,where he oversaw the firm's South Asia practice. He also practiced law for many years at Steptoe &Johnson LLP in Washington DC,and served as a Senior Counselor and Lead of the India and South Asia practice at Albright Stonebridge Group.
Damon M. Wilson is an American foreign policy expert and the President and CEO of the National Endowment for Democracy,an independent grant-making foundation supporting freedom and democracy around the world. From 2011 to 2021,he was the Executive Vice President at the Atlantic Council,a nonpartisan think tank focused on international cooperation. A former civil servant,Wilson served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council during the second term of President George W. Bush.
Douglas Haines Paal is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,where he directs the endowment's Asia Program. He served as the director of the American Institute in Taiwan from 2002 to 2006 and worked on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Reagan and George H. W. Bush between 1986 and 1993 as director of Asian Affairs,senior director,and special assistant to the President. He was vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International from 2006 to 2008. He also serves as a member of the board of trustees of the Asia Foundation.
Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan is an American attorney who is serving as the United States National Security Advisor,reporting directly to President Joe Biden. He previously served as Director of Policy to President Barack Obama,National Security Advisor to then Vice President Biden and Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Hillary Clinton at the U.S. Department of State. Sullivan also served as senior advisor to the U.S. federal government at the Iran nuclear negotiations and senior policy advisor to Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign,as well as visiting professor at Yale Law School. On November 23,2020,President-elect Biden announced that Sullivan would be appointed the United States National Security Advisor. He took office on January 20,2021.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an American diplomat who serves as the United States ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden. She served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield then worked in the private sector as a senior vice president at business strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington,D.C.
The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is the international relations and public policy school of Boston University. It was officially established in 2014 by consolidating and renaming a number of long-established programs in international and regional studies at Boston University dating back to 1953. The current dean of the Pardee School is Scott D. Taylor,an American scholar of African politics and political economy,with a particular focus on business-state relations,private sector development,governance,and political and economic reform. The Pardee School has nearly 1,000 students,including about 800 undergraduate students. It offers six graduate degrees,two graduate certificates,five undergraduate majors,and seven undergraduate minors,and also brings together seven centers and programs of regional and thematic studies.
The National Defence and Security Council is an eleven-member national security council responsible for security and defence affairs in Myanmar. Though the president is the chief executive of the government of Myanmar,the 2008 Constitution reserves certain important executive powers for the NDSC and certain actions of the president and the Tatmadaw (military) require approval by the NDSC. Of the 11 members,the commander-in-chief of defence services appoints 5 members and controls 6 votes. The NDSC's existence is enshrined in Chapter V of the Constitution of Myanmar,and it was formed on 31 March 2011.
Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall is an American national security and energy leader,public servant,educator,and author currently serving as the 11th United States Homeland Security Advisor to President Joe Biden since 2021. She previously served in the Clinton and Obama Administrations and held appointments at academic institutions and think tanks.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is a component of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsible for cybersecurity and infrastructure protection across all levels of government,coordinating cybersecurity programs with U.S. states,and improving the government's cybersecurity protections against private and nation-state hackers.
The 2024 United States Senate election in New York will be held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of New York. Primary elections took place on June 25,2024. Incumbent Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in January 2009 after Hillary Clinton resigned to become Secretary of State under President Obama. Gillibrand won the 2010 special election to retain the Senate seat,won her first full term in 2012,and was re-elected with 67.0% of the vote in 2018.
