Implications and bipartisanship under Biden

Abstract

Abstract“Implications and bipartisanship under Biden” summarizes the book’s findings, examines their continued relevance during Joe Biden’s presidency, and discusses their implications for the effectiveness of US foreign policy and efforts to foster bipartisanship today. Under Biden, Democrats and Republicans have formed bipartisan coalitions on a variety of foreign policy issues, even as overall polarization in American politics has remained sky-high. Yet bipartisanship in Congress on international issues has continued to coexist often with intra-party divisions or disagreement between Congress and the president, making it more difficult for the United States to carry out a coherent and effective foreign policy. The book’s findings further suggest that people at all levels of American society, from voters to advocacy groups to elected officials, can be forces for bipartisanship, but that their capacity to bring Democrats and Republicans together varies depending on the extent of pre-existing ideological cleavages on an issue.