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Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Politics
Colum Lynch, Colum Lynch, Robbie Gramer, Colum Lynch

Biden’s Pick for U.N. Ambassador Will Have to Juggle Containment and Collaboration With China

Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, in Washington on Jan. 27. Michael Reynolds/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, struck a combative tone on China during her confirmation hearing last month, describing Beijing as a “strategic adversary” whose disdain for human rights and democracy “threaten our way of life.”

But the veteran U.S. diplomat may now have to win over Beijing in order to secure diplomatic wins in her first weeks at Turtle Bay.

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