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Biden faces a changed world from when he last held power, and not for the better
When Joe Biden left the vice president’s office four years ago, the United States was a champion of the Paris climate accord, the architect of the multinational Iran nuclear deal and the leader of a 12-nation free-trade pact in the Pacific Rim region intended to limit China’s growing influence.
None of those things is true anymore as he prepares to be inaugurated as commander in chief next month.
Even as he will be preoccupied by the deadly coronavirus crisis at home, Biden faces a daunting array of global challenges, frayed alliances and emboldened adversaries. And he must confront these issues even as the country he’s set to lead has increasingly become skeptical of interventionism and a robust leadership role internationally — especially after President Trump’s inward-looking “America first” approach.
Source: LosAngelesTimes #Dec07
https://t.co/V6lA7ThE6V?amp=1
#JoeBiden #UnitedStates #China #leadership
When Joe Biden left the vice president’s office four years ago, the United States was a champion of the Paris climate accord, the architect of the multinational Iran nuclear deal and the leader of a 12-nation free-trade pact in the Pacific Rim region intended to limit China’s growing influence.
None of those things is true anymore as he prepares to be inaugurated as commander in chief next month.
Even as he will be preoccupied by the deadly coronavirus crisis at home, Biden faces a daunting array of global challenges, frayed alliances and emboldened adversaries. And he must confront these issues even as the country he’s set to lead has increasingly become skeptical of interventionism and a robust leadership role internationally — especially after President Trump’s inward-looking “America first” approach.
Source: LosAngelesTimes #Dec07
https://t.co/V6lA7ThE6V?amp=1
#JoeBiden #UnitedStates #China #leadership