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Biden's State Department needs an office to help local governments

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The leaders of America’s cities at times felt all alone in the world in the past year. The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic often fell from the top levels of government and landed on mayors’ desks. Without much guidance from federal leaders, mayors did not have the luxury of playing politics. We had too many problems to solve, too many lives at stake, too many livelihoods that were endangered and upended.
Cities have demonstrated their ability to act decisively in the face of a global crisis. As mayors, we had to make tough choices to get through unprecedented times. We canceled large, popular events, restricted our businesses that generate tax revenue for critical city services, and told residents to stay at home. We became public health aficionados, test and vaccine distributors, and disaster coordinators. ....

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It Is Time for the United States to Institutionalize Subnational Diplomacy

The start of the Biden-Harris administration presents the United States with the opportunity to harness subnational diplomacy to solve domestic and global problems. The primary delivery mechanism for this should be the establishment and permanent institutionalization of a Subnational Diplomacy Office (SDO) in the Department of State, headed by an ambassador-at-large. The administration can accomplish this by supporting the passage of the bipartisan City & State Diplomacy Act passed by the House of Representatives in 2020 to create such an office.
A first functional SDO was created by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she appointed Reta Jo Lewis as special representative of global intergovernmental affairs in the Department of State. While this innovative office was dissolved in 2013, its success in advancing U.S. global goals in the economic, strategic, and environmental arenas is well-known. It is time to establish a permanent SDO that carries out the following functio ....

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