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‘America is back’: Biden makes presidential debut on world stage

MM News Staff by MM News Staff
February 20, 2021

WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden drew a sharp contrast with the foreign policy of his predecessor Donald Trump and urged democracies to work together to challenge abuses by autocratic states such as China and Russia.

Speaking at the annual Munich Security Conference held by video link because of the COVID-19 pandemic,  the Democratic president distanced himself from the more transactional foreign policy of Trump, who angered allies by breaking off global accords and threatening to end defense assistance unless they toed his line.

Making his first major international address on foreign policy since becoming president in January, Biden said traditional US allies should once again have confidence in Washington’s leadership.

“I’m sending a clear message to the world: America is back. The transatlantic alliance is back,” he said from the White House. “The United States is determined, determined to reengage with Europe, to consult with you, earn back our position of trusted leadership,” he said.

Biden, who earlier spoke to leaders from the G7 club of wealthy democracies, said his administration was again stressing alliance building, in contrast to Trump’s isolationist policies and abrasive treatment of US partners.

“Our partnerships have endured and grown through the years because they are rooted in the richness of our shared democratic values. They’re not transactional. They’re not extractive,” Biden said in clear reference to Trump’s emphasis on redefining allies as economic rivals.

Biden said collective strength is the only way to succeed when a worldwide contest between democracy and autocracy is at an “inflection point.”

“In too many places, including in Europe and the United States, democratic progress is under assault,” Biden said. “Historians will examine and write about this moment. It’s an inflection point. And I believe with every ounce of my being that democracy must prevail.”

Biden said he was not seeking a return to “the rigid blocs of the Cold War,” insisting that the international community must work together on issues like the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, even where deep disagreements exist on other issues.

H said the return of the United States to the Paris climate agreement was proof of Washington’s intentions. “We can no longer delay or do the bare minimum to address climate change,” Biden said, calling this a “global existential crisis.”

Biden delivered harsh warnings about the threats he said are posed by Russia and China. “The Kremlin attacks our democracies and weaponizes corruption to try and undermine our system of governance,” he said. President Vladimir Putin “seeks to weaken the European project and our NATO alliance.”

Again urging Western unity, Biden said, “it’s so much easier for the Kremlin to bully and threaten individual states than to negotiate with a strong, closely united transatlantic community.”

The White House said Biden has ditched Trump’s controversial efforts last year to reestablish the G8, which became the G7 after Russia was expelled in response to its seizing of the Ukrainian region of Crimea. “I don’t think we are making new invitations to Russia or reiterating new invitations to Russia,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.

Similarly, said Biden, US partners should stand together against “the Chinese government’s economic abuses and coercion that undercut the foundations of the international economic system.” “Chinese companies should be held to the same standard” as US and European companies facing onerous restrictions on their presence in China, he said.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, also speaking via video link at the Munich event, echoed Biden’s concerns. “The rise of China is a defining issue for the transatlantic community with potential consequences for our security, our prosperity and our way of life,” he said. “That is why NATO should deepen our relationships with close partners, like Australia and Japan, and forge new ones around the world.”

On Iran, Biden reiterated his pledge to return to international negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear program, but said “we must address Iran’s destabilizing activities across the Middle East.

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