Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters at her Presidential campaign headquarters, Wilmington, Delaware, July 22, 2024 (Erin Schaff/Reuters)

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I joined Times Radio’s World in 10 podcast on Friday to analyze what a Kamala Harris administration mean for US foreign policy.

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I begin with the general distinction between Harris and her rival for the US Presidency, Donald Trump.

With a Harris Administration, the adults will continue to be in the room. They will continue to be competent, to abide by the rules of the game — especially the rules of the game alongside US partners and allies.

As she said in her Democratic National Convention speech, “We will stand with NATO, we will stand with partners, we will stand with Ukraine against Russia’s aggression.”

That puts her in the context of a US foreign policy which has been flawed, but which has been part of international order since the 1945s — versus a man who is quite happy to have disorder if he benefits personally from it.

I speak specifically about the US with respect to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “What does Vladimir Putin count on? If Donald Trump comes into the White House, he will break American support for Ukraine, and if America does not support Ukraine, then the international community cannot support Ukraine.”

And I go in-depth on Harris’s approach to Israel and Gaza, walking a tightrope between the Biden Administration’s support of Israeli military operations and her declaration that a ceasefire is necessary for the lives and welfare of Gazan civilians.