Indo-PacificHarris foreign policy spotlights international order, rules and norms
VP downplays 'democracy vs. autocracy' framing, which was unpopular in Asia
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is also the Democratic presidential nominee, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on Sept. 26. © Reuters
KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asia diplomatic correspondent
October 3, 2024 05:01 JST
WASHINGTON -- Defending the rules-based order will be a hallmark of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' foreign policy if she is elected as the next president, political observers and an aide to Harris say, signaling a shift to a more pragmatic approach than the ideological policies of President Joe Biden.