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Quintin Newman

Quintin Newman is studying a Masters in Public Administration at Xavier University in Ohio, USA. She graduated out of the Philosophy, Politics, and the Public program at Xavier University and has a BA in International Relations. Her undergraduate thesis focused on Russian cyber-security attacks in the 2016 US presidential election. She has studied in France, Israel and Germany. She has also served as the President of Xavier ChildÕs Play, a non-profit organization, and has worked as a field intern for the campaigns of Representative Sean Casten, Marie Newman and Cincinnati City Council Member Greg Landsman.

The Dragon’s Back: China, US Foreign Policy and the 2020 Election

By | Published October 29, 2020

Politics Research

Foreign policy is often said to be something that does not win elections, but in certain scenarios it can help lose them. Both Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joseph Biden have focused on presenting different visions in relation to domestic policy, but they also have both made points to outline divergent foreign policy concerns. Biden has made it clear that he wishes the United States to return to Obama-era diplomacy and Trump’s rhetoric against Iran and others has not cooled.[1] However, there is one aspect of foreign policy that both share some similarity in: namely in how to respond to China economically, militarily and culturally. Signs point to both candidates having negative views of China’s emergence as a world power with Vice President Mike Pence declaring, “ But our message to China’s rulers is this: This President will not back down” and Biden remarking how “the South and […]