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Positions and Views on Other Issues where Information is Available: |
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| Foreign Policy |
Positions and Views |
| Foreign Policy, a General Statement |
Biden: This Administration has dug us into a very deep hole internationally. We need to end the war in Iraq and to restore our place in the world.
Joe Biden knows that the Bush Administration has left the next president with virtually no margin of error diplomatically. With decades of experience on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and now its chairman, Joe Biden is the most qualified candidate to clean up the mess George Bush has made. Russia is rising on the world stage using oil as a weapon and China is becoming a greater force, both politically and militarily. Democracy is struggling in Latin America and oil has empowered dictators around the world who hold us hostage with their high prices. We need to end the genocide in Darfur as well as check Iran and North Korea’s progress on nuclear weapons and prevent them from increasing their nuclear arsenal. America needs a president with Joe Biden's experience to address these global challenges. As president, Joe Biden's foreign policy will draw upon all of America's strengths, including our ideas and our ideals, as well as our military might.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/01/2007 |
| Unilateralism |
Biden: No Response |
| Promotion of Democracy Around World |
Biden: Joe Biden believes that democracy cannot be forced on any people and he will work to help build the political infrastructure to support democracies and prevent extremists from taking hold of weaker, growing democracies.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/01/2007 |
| America's Image Abroad |
Biden: No Response |
| CIA |
Biden: No Response |
| United Nations (UN) |
Biden: Joe Biden has been a strong supporter of UN funding and fought to pass groundbreaking legislation providing for payment of U.N. arrears based on organizational reform.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/01/2007 |
| International Criminal Court (ICC) |
Biden: No Response |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
Biden: When the Cold War ended and new democracies emerged in Eastern Europe, Joe Biden led the effort to expand NATO to include Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, and he’s been a strong supporter of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/01/2007 |
| Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
Biden: Sen. Biden is a forceful and dedicated advocate for arms control. Nuclear arms pose a grave threat to humanity and Senator Biden has worked tirelessly to curtail nuclear proliferation. To advance the cause of peace and stop the spread of nuclear weapons, Sen. Biden successfully fought for continued funding of the International Monitoring System to detect any illegal nuclear weapons tests.
Senator Biden has spent much of his career advocating for smarter arms control. He has led efforts to stem the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction expertise from the former Soviet Union, and has supported the Nunn-Lugar program and related efforts to secure nuclear material in the former Soviet Union and around the world, so that we do not have to take military action to disarm or respond to a nuclear-armed terrorist.
Source: biden.senate.gov/issues Date: 04/22/2008 |
| Nuclear Treaty with India |
Biden: No Response |
| US Treaties |
Biden: No Response |
| Worldwide HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria |
Biden: No Response |
| North Korea's WMD Program |
Biden: To meet our national security objectives, any final agreement must deal comprehensively and verifiably with the north's nuclear weapons facilities and programs, including its efforts to develop the ability to enrich uranium. To meet North Korea's objectives, any deal must provide meaningful security assurances, preserve the right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and also lay the foundation for North Korea's economic and political integration into the community of nations. Within these boundaries, the United States should remain flexible and continue to work closely with our friends and allies -- especially with South Korea -- to accomplish our common objectives.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/10/2007 |
| Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro |
Biden: No Response |
| Third World Debt Relief |
Biden: No Response |
| Foreign Aid |
Biden: No Response |
| Cuba |
Biden: No Response |
| Latin America (South, Central and Mexico) |
Biden: No Response |
| Asia and China |
Biden: No Response |
| Russia and Eastern Europe |
Biden: No Response |
| India |
Biden: No Response |
| Africa |
Biden: No Response |
| Darfur |
Biden: Immediately send to Darfur the U.N. “Heavy Support Mission” (Phase 2) – 3000 police and soldiers to bolster the African Union and prepare the way for the full U.N. peacekeeping mission (Phase 3). Press other countries to immediately provide the needed helicopter and ground vehicles. If they won’t, the U.S. must.
Set a deadline for Khartoum to accept the full U.N. peacekeeping force (Phase 3) – 23,000 peacekeepers – and secure commitments from other countries to take part. If Khartoum rejects the full force, impose and enforce additional sanctions, impose and enforce a No Fly Zone over Sudan and commit U.S. forces to help the African Union protect civilians and ensure access for humanitarian groups. Put all parties on notice – including Khartoum, the militia and rebel groups – that they will be held accountable for failing to ensure the access and safety of humanitarian workers. Launch a sustained, coordinated diplomatic offensive with the U.N., the A.U. and leading countries to bring the rebel groups together and negotiate a political settlement between them and Khartoum . In the Darfur region of Sudan, a methodical and relentless genocide has taken place.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/10/2007 |
| Europe |
Biden: No Response |
| Balkans |
Biden: When Joe Biden sees atrocities in the world, he acts to put a stop to them. As president, Joe Biden will continue his record of promoting peace and justice as he did when he called for U.S. intervention in the Balkans in the 1990s. Joe Biden’s efforts to bring US intervention helped Bosnians and Kosovars find and keep peace.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/01/2007 |
| Burma |
Biden: No Response |
| G8 (Group of Eight Countries) |
Biden: No Response |
| Dubai Ports Administration Purchase |
Biden: The legitimate outcry over the proposed takeover of six American ports by Dubai Ports World, a company controlled by the United Arab Emirates, was dismissed in a News Journal editorial as unjustified "chest-thumping jingoism." I disagree. Members of Congress from both parties reacted because this deal, approved alarmingly fast, raises some real security concerns. The White House has come around to this view. It convinced Dubai Ports World to submit to a full assessment of the security implications of the proposed buyout.
Source: www.joebiden.com Date: 12/10/2007 |