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US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday released his first list of nominees for national security & foreign policy cabinet positions. Many have been longtime Biden advisers and confidants. In a statement Joe Biden said, "There is no time to lose when it comes to our national security and foreign policy."

Here's a look at Biden's Nominees & Appointees.

Results from a Teaching, Research, & International Policy (TRIP) survey of 708 international relations scholars at US universities found that international relations scholars are far more likely to support Biden than Trump for president and overwhelmingly agree that Biden will be better able to achieve his foreign policy agenda.

 During the meeting, sources said, both sides highlighted the need to take forward shared objectives and build capabilities across all domains so as to ensure a safe, stable and rule based regional and global security environment.

The crucial BECA pact will pave the way for India to get access to geospatial information, including nautical and aeronautical charts, via highly accurate US satellites. 

 Criticising the Trump administration for taking the US out of the Iran nuclear deal and isolating America, Harris called Trump's foreign policy "unilateral", and "isolationist".
 

India’s first five Rafale fighter jets – 3 single-seat and 2 twin-seat, finally tore into its skies and landed at the Ambala air force station on July 29 after a 7,000 km flight from France. Dubbed as a game-changer, the 36 Rafale fighter jets is expected to further increase India’s strength and strategic depth in the region. Find out more about the Indian Air Force's most advanced aircraft from Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retired), IAF test pilot, and Defence and Foreign Policy Analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra in this episode of Newsable Defence Diaries.

The first batch of the French Rafale fighter jets touched down at Haryana’s Amala on July 29 after covering a distance of nearly 7,000 km to join the Indian Air Force fleet. These jets, which are India’s first major acquisition of fighter planes in over 2 decades, will introduce new capabilities in IAF's fighter fleet that will be unrivalled in the region. We asked Defence and Foreign Policy analyst Abhijit Iyer-Mitra if the induction of this omnirole fighter sends a strong message to China and Pakistan about India’s air power and defence preparedness and here’s what he had to say.

US will try to resolve its differences with North Korea with economic sanctions, but will not hesitate to strike back if things spiral out of control.

Allah, Army and America – a triple A rating underpinned the Islamic republic for so long that, for many Pakistani diplomats and army officers, the brave new world that Pakistan now faces is very awkward.