Leadership in International Diplomacy

Published February 10, 2022

Condoleezza Rice answers questions from students. How has China awakened the leadership of the United States to make a change? Is it premature to categorize Russia as a declining power? How can we identify rising global hotspots?

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Discussion Questions

  1. Why is it important for the United States to have allies in maintaining the liberal international order?
  2. How has American national security changed since the attacks on September 11, 2001?

Additional resources:

  • Watch “Global Hot Spots with Condoleezza Rice” on PolicyEd. Available here.
  • Watch “Condoleezza Rice on What Unifies Us as Americans” on PolicyEd. Available here.
  • Watch “One Hundred years of Democracy and Foreign Policy,” with Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Krasner, and Niall Ferguson, on PolicyEd. Available here.

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Condoleezza Rice

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