WASHINGTON -- As a senior foreign policy official in the Obama administration, Daniel Russel attended every meeting that then-Vice President Joe Biden had with Chinese President Xi Jinping and former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Russel, now vice president for international security and diplomacy at the New York-based Asia Society Policy Institute, had a front-seat view on how the president-elect works. He describes Biden as a "doer," more interested in progress than fiery rhetoric.
