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In a recent piece in the Washington Monthly, Paul Glastris explores how American popular support for the Greek revolution sparked a debate in the US over the balance between realism and idealism in American foreign policy. He argues that the need to find the balance between principle and practicality in foreign policy is as great today as it was 200 years ago, pointing out that there are a number of lessons from 1821 that President Biden should take into account when formulating its own foreign policy doctrine. 

Paul Glastris, the editor in chief of the Washington Monthly who is also currently writing a book on America’s involvement in the Greek War of Independence, joins our podcast to talk about his latest piece.

Read Paul Glastris’s piece in the Washington Monthly here: What Joe Biden Can Learn from the Greek War of Independence

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Government pleased with first Mitsotakis-Biden talk

Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece

President Biden holds a virtual Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Greek Revolution for the Greek American Community

EU vaccine politics reach fever pitch; Britain a target

EU stops short of vaccine export ban

Frustrated EU leaders pass vaccine fight to ambassadors