An intense focus on foreign policy placed him in the heart of a bipartisan foursome on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that included Messrs. Biden and Lugar, who alternated as the panel's chairman and ranking minority member, and Mr. Kerry.
President Trump's surprise decision to rapidly withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria is meeting with intense criticism by foreign policy experts, who denounce it as strategically stupid, reckless for national security and a blow to America's global credibility.
There have been other hurricanes, along with tornadoes, oil spills, fiscal calamities and intense, sometimes devastating foreign policy developments.
There were intense disagreements over foreign policy, civil rights, and a thousand other issues, but there wasn't the gridlock and brinkmanship we see today.
As the debate continued, the two moved into another intense exchange over foreign policy, with Sanders appearing ill at ease as the moderators, Rachel Maddow and Chuck Todd, pressed him to detail his views.
That's a comparative lifetime in the world of issues and practical problems such as a new Benghazi type attack that demands an intense look at foreign policy concerns and decisions, another shoot up of a school or mall that demands a fresh reassessment of gun control laws, or a new oil supply disruption that demands a hard look at energy costs and policy.
The president's trip comes during an intense stretch for his foreign policy agenda.
In the international arena, there are now more regular and intense interactions between science advice, foreign policy and science diplomacy.
Both men dispense with traditions and reject advice from experienced career personnel, and neither hesitates to engage in aggressive foreign policy despite intense concerns that fuel extremism at home.
