The Biden foreign policy team
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A guide to the Biden administration’s first moves and initial set of senior officials.
By Bob Silverman
(May 20, 2021 / Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security) Interest in the new U.S. foreign policy team in Israel and elsewhere in the region is strong and growing, following the latest Israeli-Palestinian violence and Biden administration responses. What follows is a guide to the group and to some of the individuals in it, with a focus on their impact on U.S. policy.
President Biden’s foreign policy people are members in good standing of the Washington foreign policy establishment. This establishment is composed of like-minded former government officials, Democrats, Republicans and independents. They sit in office suites throughout Washington, D.C., and work as lobbyists, strategic advisers on government affairs, consultants, lawyers, industry association officials and think tank scholars, with an occasional investment banker fro