Foreign Policy Views of the Candidates for U.S. President 2020 from the Democratic Party

An important task is to analyze the foreign policy views of U.S. presidential candidates as people who can potentially become the head of state of the United States of America, which will give them a lot of powers, as well as opportunities to implement their foreign policy ambitions. It is necessary to briefly recall the main tools and functions of the U.S. President in foreign policy: the U.S. President is the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed forces; is the chief Executive of the Federal government; has the right to negotiate and conclude agreements with other countries; his powers include the appointment of federal employees, such as ministers and ambassadors, who can also play a significant role in the implementation of foreign policy, but after approval by Congress; has the right to issue effective decrees in the field of force of acts of Congress; sign or veto bills passed by Congress; the President is directly responsible for U.S. citizens who are abroad. These, as well as many other functions and responsibilities of the president are used by him to implement formed foreign policy goals that may be motivated by many factors, and depend on the current geopolitical situation, and on the president's personality as such, a set of his moral and volitional qualities, views, empathy or sympathy for specific political actors. The analysis of these views is currently of the greatest interest due to the fact that the foreign policy views of the main candidate and the current U.S. president – Donald Trump, have become known for 4 years, due to the possibility of their pragmatic analysis. While the views of the 8 democratic presidential candidates, including: Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, remain not so well known. Their analysis will allow us to anticipate the possible vector of foreign policy, as well as certain aspects of relations with different countries, if one of them wins the elections in 2020.

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