Foreign policy of the Susan Kwon government

  

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The foreign policy of Susan Kwon was the foreign policy of the Kingdom of Sierra that was taken by Susan Kwon during her tenure as prime minister (2020–2022) which was defined by its commitment towards non-interventionism and detente with countries that have been historic and/or modern rivals of Sierra and its allies. The goals of the Kwon government was to rebuild perceived damages done to Sierra's foreign relations under Daniel McComb and Nemesis Heartwell during their respective tenures as prime minister (2016–2017 and 2017–2020 respectively), the promotion and spread of democracy worldwide, support for social justice worldwide, and downplaying Sierra's overseas military deployments and operations that were deemed unnecessary and wasteful by the Kwon government.

Kwon's foreign policy was defined by several key moments, events, and decisions that occurred during her premiership as a result of her policies, choices by the government and other sovereign states, and events that transpired out of her control. Her first major act was to repair the relationship between Sierra and the United Commonwealth to rebuild relations between the two countries to avoid conflict. Kwon pursed similar efforts with other countries such as the United People's Committees and saw success with both countries. Kwon would also have Sierra mediate the conflict between China and Manchuria, meeting with premier Lin Renjian and other Chinese political leaders. Kwon also attempted to re-establish relations with Mexico, however faced less success and greater obstacles by comparison. Kwon continued to retain close relations between Sierra and the Conference of American States, maintaining an American unionist foreign policy, and retained close relations between Sierra and the European Community. Kwon ensured warm K.S. relations with the member states of both the CAS and EC, but controversially had disputes with conservative and right-wing heads of state and/or government from countries in both supranational unions such as European prime ministers Clive Spencer of the United Kingdom and Oscar de Saint-Just of France and Anietta Johnson and Donald Hartford of Superior.

Kwon oversaw major changes in Sierra's foreign policy was prime minister that were nearly unprecedented such as suspending arms sales to the Antilles, the first time since Sierra established informal ties with the island country, and ended Sierran material and military support to Hashemite Arabia during its intervention in the Yemeni Civil War. Kwon would begin negotiations with the Syrian opposition in order to help end the Syrian Civil War, leading to the signing of an agreement that allowed for the withdrawal of all remaining forces of the International Security Assistance Force which concluded in December 2022 shortly after the end of her premiership. Other key issues included supporting global cooperation to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, calling the latter an existential crisis that needed an immediate response.

Key advisors and personnel to Kwon's foreign policy agenda included K.S. Foreign Minister Maggie Chan, deputy prime minister Nazareth Ontoria-Diaz, and Defense Minister Orenda Bernard among others. In comparison to past prime ministers, Kwon's foreign policy is the most left-wing on record and was the most non-interventionist since the isolationism that existed before Great War I. Kwon's outreach to the United Commonwealth was the most of any prime minister and is the first prime minister to have openly criticized, cut off arms sales, and reduce trade with the Antilles due to her negative views on the Antilles as well as her sympathy towards leftist politics and governments, both of which the Antilles has been deeply hostile towards. Her foreign policy received mixed reception overall, receiving praise for its pragmatic diplomatic approach and criticism for failing to meet many goals she set out to achieve while as prime minister.

Appointments

Susan Kwon's foreign policy team

Nazareth Ontoria-Diaz

Maggie Chan

Orenda Bernard

Kwon government Foreign Policy Personnel
Deputy Prime Minister	Ontoria-Diaz (2020–2022)
Foreign Minister	Chan (2020–2022)

Americas

United Commonwealth

Main article: Kingdom of Sierra–United Commonwealth relations

KS–Continental relations went under a major revitalization under Susan Kwon who pursued a policy of detente and diplomatic reconciliation with the Continental States, Sierra's main historic rival, during her tenure as prime minister. Her policy focused on a fresh start for Sierran–Continental relations which included closer cooperation on matters of trade, economic development, technology, scientific research, combating COVID-19, and addressing the issue of climate change among others. While Kwon's outreach towards the United Commonwealth was driven by her sympathies for the Continental government, she sought a foreign policy where both countries would put aside politics and ideology to pursue the greater good for their respective peoples out of a sense of pragmatism. Kwon's outreach was a stark contrast to that of her Royalist predecessors, McComb and Heartwell, with the former taking an aggressive stance against the United Commonwealth while the latter was less aggressive, but publicly distrusting towards the Continental States and frequently chastised their involvement in the Syrian Civil War and support for the Ba'athist opposition. During her first months in office, Kwon talked with Daniel Muir on the phone where they discussed COVID, climate change, and future cooperation after her election.

In April 2021, Kwon visited the United Commonwealth in a major state visit where she met with Continental President Daniel Muir and First Secretary of the Congregationalist States Eliezer Steinberg among several other Continental officials. During her stay, she visited the New York City and Chicago, leading to a hot dog incident during the latter visit, and spent three days in the country. On the last day, Kwon spoke in front of the National People's Congress where she expressed support for and stressed the necessity of peaceful coexistence and praised the United Commonwealth for its achievements in workers' rights, healthcare, education, science and technology, and addressing economic inequality. During her speech, she uttered the most popular phrase in Landonist circles and one of the most common phrases in the United Commonwealth, our goal is the happiness of all mankind, to which she received a standing ovation by the congress. Footage of her visit and her speech would alter be used in pieces of Continental propaganda which received criticism back home in Sierra, but her visit received its fair share of support as well.

Antilles

Main article: Antilles–Kingdom of Sierra relations

Susan Kwon would take the most distant approach in regards to the Antilles throughout her premiership, maintaining minimal contact with the island state outside of standard pre-existing diplomatic procedures and maintaining the informal ties. She only met with Michael Abarough during his last months in office as president and refused to meet with his successor, Arian Lawrence, during her premiership. As prime minister, Kwon publicly criticized the Antilles where she accused it of being a reactionary state and denounced several of Lawrence's policies from his ban on gender affirming care for minors to accusing him of engaging in democratic backsliding. Despite not meeting with him, Chan met with president Lawrence on Kwon's behalf and the Antilles and Sierra retained diplomatic contact despite Kwon ignoring the island country, preferring normalizing relations with the United Commonwealth instead.

In January 2022, Kwon signed an executive order where she halted all arms sales to the Antilles, the first time that such a measure had been taken. Kwon canceled the order under the belief that it was unnecessary and that the Antilles was a quasi-authoritarian state and was thus not entitled to Sierran support as part of her foreign policy.

See also

• Second Cold War
• List of international prime ministerial trips made by Susan Kwon