Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her new running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, campaign ahead of the party’s convention; world leaders and diplomats reach out to Iran and Israel to head off a wider regional war after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran spurred retaliation threats; Bangladesh prepares an interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country; and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government responds to anti-immigrant riots across the country.
Mentioned on the Podcast
Fred Kaplan, “Kamala Harris Has Been Much More Involved in Foreign Policy Than We Realize),” Slate
Jonathan Masters, “The U.S. Vice President and Foreign Policy),” CFR.org
Recommended Reading
Swift Boats at War in Vietnam)*, *edited by Guy Gugliotta, Neva Sullaway, John Yeoman
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