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b'This weekend, President Joe Biden is headed to Europe. His first stop: the U.K.\\n\\nBiden is scheduled to meet with both His Royal Highness King Charles, an old acquaintance and fellow head of state; and the Right Honorable Rishi Sunak, Britain\\u2019s prime minister and a fellow head of government \\u2013 who just visited Biden in Washington this past month. \\n\\nOn the agenda for these meetings: climate change, the war in Ukraine, and the \\u201cAtlantic Declaration\\u201d \\u2013 that\\u2019s the diplomatic term for Biden and Sunak\\u2019s push to renew the U.K. and America\\u2019s partnership across a host of economic and security issues facing the West. \\n\\nJoining to talk about these issues as well as Britain and America\\u2019s special relationship is Karen Pierce, the British Ambassador to the United States. Pierce is one of the U.K.\\u2019s most experienced diplomats, having held an array of senior positions including ambassadorships to the U.N., the WTO, and Afghanistan; as well as directing British policy throughout South Asia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan during some key years of the War on Terror. \\n\\nOn this episode of Playbook Deep Dive, Pierce tells host and Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza what Sunak hopes to get out of Biden\\u2019s trip to London; how Britain and America\\u2019s relationship has changed throughout her many years of service; how the war in Ukraine is driving the two countries closer \\u2013 and occasionally further apart; who Brits admire the most in our nation\\u2019s history; and what her secrets are for dealing with cagey diplomats on the other side of the bargaining table.'