After taking office, Democratic candidate Joe Biden will abandon the approaches used by the current American leader Donald Trump in relations with other countries. The main supposed provisions of the foreign policy of the new head of state were predicted by experts in an interview with the Financial Times.
Former US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, currently at the Council on Foreign Relations, believes that the Biden administration is likely to stop supporting regime change in other countries and try to distance itself as much as possible from the ongoing coups. Foreign policy expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Karim Sadjadpour, in turn, noted that the new president will abandon various military adventures and focus on diplomatic solutions to emerging conflicts – such intentions, in particular, are evidenced by the announced appointments to the post of Secretary of State. and National Security Adviser Tony Blinken and Jake Sullivan, respectively.
According to Charles Kupchan, who worked at Biden's headquarters during the election campaign and also served in the Barack Obama administration, the Democratic candidate will be guided more pragmatic than ideological in his foreign policy. In particular, this may lead to the fact that Washington, disillusioned with the wars in the Middle East, will reduce its military activity.
In addition, analysts say, Biden, apparently intends to abandon Trump's isolationist policies and re-strengthen relations with traditional US allies in Europe. At the same time, most likely, the team of the new American leader will cease to maintain close contacts with the countries with which the current president was actively involved in establishing relations – Israel, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Poland and Hungary. At the same time, many experts agree that Biden's foreign policy decisions may turn out to be more stringent than those of Obama, whom some have criticized for being too timid and indecisive.
From an ideological point of view, Biden intends to return to the idea of US exclusivity and the promotion of the country as a moral leader. However, a number of analysts believe that this approach is generally outdated. For example, Andrew Bacevich, director of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Governance, said that such ideas about the role of the United States in the world are presumptuous.
Earlier in November, Biden revealed what he plans to do in his first 100 days as head of the White House. First of all, the politician plans to change migration legislation, as well as repeal Trump's decrees on the environment.
On November 3, the next presidential elections were held in the United States. The counting of votes and the proceedings on this issue are still ongoing. According to the media, Biden received the necessary number of electoral votes to win, thus beating Trump. The democrat has already proclaimed himself the elected president of the United States. Trump, in turn, said that Biden was quick to call himself the country's new leader.
