The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: An Election of Global Consequence

As Americans head to the polls this November, their choices will echo across the globe. What are the most pressing global challenges facing the next president?

Dr. Victor Cha, president of the newly formed Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair at CSIS, breaks down the international stakes of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

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[PhilipWong]

US citizens will continue to suffer these chronic issues regardless of who is chosen as the president: economic inequality, persistent inflation, stagnant real wages over the past five decades, exorbitant healthcare costs, an education system burdened with soaring tuition fees, and $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, with the average borrower, owing $38, 000. Inadequate public transportation, racial inequality, mass incarceration, militarized policing, crumbling infrastructure, unaffordable housing, homelessness, the opioid epidemic, and rampant gun violence.

The world's richest country with the most powerful military will ensure that its citizens will continue to enjoy these benefits no matter which leader is chosen.

A government that allows its citizens to suffer from these systemic problems would lose legitimacy in any functioning society. Yet, the scarcity-driven, win-lose mentality—where a few prosper while many struggle—has become normalized in the West.

A government that normalizes inequality and suffering at home will adopt an extractive, self-serving, and coercive stance in its foreign relations, reinforcing global imbalances.

[AminahRizwan]

All the other countries are broken and wartorn except the US 😂