How could the Biden presidency look?

Former vice president and senator, who has served for almost 50 years in Washington, Biden believes the United States can best approach global threats by leading coalitions of democratic states.

He has said that he would take immediate “steps as soon as he takes office, which, according to him, would strengthen the alliances and even “, America lead the world”.

However, Beden will face major internal problems, in the deeply divided state, including the pandemic and the coronary, high unemployment rate, racial tensions, and increased inequality, these, according to analysts, may force him to plan second initiatives on foreign policy.

Analysts have said the Biden administration could take several months to complete its foreign policy team and set more specific priorities.

NATO / EU

Beden has said he wants to repair transatlantic relations, which, for which, as he noted, President Donald Trump has damaged them by constantly criticising the European Union and NATO, setting tariffs on some European goods and withdrawing from international agreements.

Unlike Trump, who in 2016 called it NATO “outdated”, Biden has named the most effective political-military coalition in modern history”, and has said this alliance must remain strong as it adapts to new threats coming from Russia.

To combat Russian aggression, we must keep the alliance's military capacities sharp as we also expand its capabilities to counter non-traditional threats, such as armed corruption, dezination and cyber theft”, Biden wrote in the Foreign Affairs newspaper earlier in 2020, in the article where he announced his positions on a range of issues.

Russia/Ukrainian/Control

Beden has also said that he will have a more severe attitude towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling Moscow a “opponent”, as well as “threat<x3 to US security nowadays.

He has also criticised the Kremlin for its actions, including the annexing of the Crimea and for the role it has played in the war between Kiev and Russia-backed separatists in the Ukrainian region of Donbas. He has also accused Russia of interfering in American elections, as well as of standing behind attacks by journalists and civil society leaders in Russia. Trump has rarely criticized the Kremlin.

Contrary to Trump, I will defend democratic values and oppose the Ottomans like Putin”, Biden said in a Twitter post in August.

He has also threatened to punish Moscow if he intervenes in the 2020 presidential elections and has rejected Trump's idea of inviting Russia to become again part of G7, the group of more industrialized countries.

“We have to make Russia really pay for the violations it has made to international norms and stand by Russian civil society, which has risen to the ... authoritarian, kleptocratic system of Putin”, he wrote in the article published in Foreign Affairs.

Biden supports the annulment of the northern Stream 2 pipeline supported by the Kremlin. This pipeline brings natural gas from Russia to Germany. Opposers of this pipeline say it would deprive Ukraine of major tariffs for Russian oil transfer and increase Europe's dependence on Russian energy.

Beden, who was Barack Omaha's main man for Ukraine at the time he was US Vice President, has expressed his strong support for Ukraine's independence and its integration into Europe and has also supported sending weapons to Kiev to help fight against Russia-backed separatists.

Weapons Control

Biden has said he will extend the New Start treaty, which is the last nuclear arms treaty he has with Russia, but has added he will commit to negotiations to reach a new pact. The New Start Treaty, which imposes restrictions on the two states on strategic nuclear arsenal, expires in February, but could be extended for another five years if both sides reach agreement on such a thing.

The Trump administration has rejected Moscow's proposal to extend this treaty without new conditions, even the bid for this to be done for a year. Also, the Trump administration has not reached agreement on extending this treaty. Biden argues that this pact has benefits for US security and should be extended until a new deal is reached.

While Beden's positions on Putin and Russia's actions suggest tensions between Moscow and Washington will continue to be high and potentially worse when he assumes the president's office, gun control is one of the issues, according to analysts, could present a platform for productive negotiations between the United States and the Kremlin.

Iran

Beden has also said he will return the US to the deal with Iran, which has forced Tehran to reduce its nuclear activity in exchange for easing sanctions if Tehran is to resume the set conditions in the agreement reached in 2015.

Iran has violated the terms of the deal it has reached with world powers after Trump withdrew the United States from the agreement in 2018 and restored sanctions on Tehran. Sanctions have hit Iran's economy, but have failed to reach a new deal.

Beden has said he would work with other world powers, signatories of the deal Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China and the EU to change parts of the agreement, but after Iran resumes compliance with the pact.

“With our allies, we will work on strengthening and expanding the provisions of the agreement, while addressing other issues that are disturbing” like human rights violations and the imprisonment of foreigners, Biden has said.

China

In contrast to the time he was vice president from 2009 to 2017, Biden has toughened his stance on China in recent years, criticising Beijing for human rights abuse and accusing him of unfair trade practices.

However, he has also criticised Trump's policy, saying the American president would have to build a coalition with allies to fight China for its abuses and trade policies, rather than engage in a trade struggle with this state, which is the second largest economy in the world.

When we join other democracies, our power doubles. China won't be able to ignore more than half of the global economy. This gives us advantage to determine the rules of the road for everything, from conditions in jobs, trade, technology and transparency, so that they continue to reflect democratic interests and values”, he has said.

However, some analysts say Beden is not expected to rush the removal of tariffs imposed by Trump as his administration enters into negotiations with China over trade.

Afghanistan

Biden has said he will return American troops found in Afghanistan after almost 20 years since the U.S. led the invasion, which brought down Taliban extremists, following the 11 September 2001 attacks and will leave there only one small Special Forces contingent to carry out anti-terrorism missions.

Beden, during the time of US Vice President, had opposed sending a large number of American forces to Aftanistan.

Outscoring developments that could take place until before his inauguration on January 20th, he will inherit a historic but fragile process of peace negotiations that the Trump administration began, following the arrival of a political agreement with the Taliban in February 2020 that opened the way for peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government supported by the US.

Environment

Beden has called global warming “existential threat” and has said to return the US to the Paris Accords reached in 2015, aimed at combating climate change agreement since Trump withdrew, just a few months after taking office.

 

I will rejoin the Paris Clima Agreement on the first day of the Biden administration and then hold a summit with the world's largest carbon issuers, gathering states to express their ambitions and to postpone progress ahead of”, he wrote in the article on Foregin Affairs.

He has also said he will favour local renewable energy industries, such as wind energy producers and solar panels, in an effort to reduce hydrocarbon consumption in the country. Critics fear that Biden will place more regulators on the oil industry, thus blocking investments and economic growth.

During Trump's mandate, the United States continued to increase oil and gas production and became the world's largest hydrocarbon producer.

The rise in oil and gas production in the US, in part enabled Washington to impose energy-related sanctions on other countries, including Russia, Iran and Venezuela.

Democracy

Biden has said he will work with US allies to strengthen democracies worldwide and fight authoritarianism. He has also expressed concern over what is widely seen as turning back to democracy in some NATO member states, including Poland and Hungary.

During the first year as president, the United States will organise a world summit on democracy to revive the spirit and goals we share with all nations of the free world. The summit will bring together the democracies of the world and will be aimed at strengthening our democratic institutions, and facing sincere with countries that are slipping from that goal and creating a joint agenda”, Biden wrote earlier in 2020.

Internal Affairs

Beden will inherit a deeply divided state, which in recent months has faced protests on police violence against colored people, but also for measures decided to fight the Coronobristus.

Trump is accused of inciting some of these divisions, including racial and immigration, and Biden will face a difficult battle to unite the country, following a tough election campaign.

As for the choreographer, Beden has said that he will listen to scientists” and will do whatever is necessary to contain the spread of the virus in the United States, including the establishment of isolation measures, if necessary. He also said he would make it mandatory to wear masks in public.

The United States has the most cases of infection and death from coronary in the world. Pandemia has also increased unemployment rates, mainly affecting low-income workers and thus increasing inequality.

Beden has said he will give up Trump's decision to cut corporate and wealthy Americans' taxes and increase the minimum wage in order to benefit the poorest. Biden has also said he will strengthen the Law on Health Care, widely known as Obamacare. Trump has made some changes to this law, which, according to critics, have undermined this legislation.