Abandoning Trump's approach to unilateral diplomacy

Biden's Secretary of State promises to return America to a "leadership" role and to strengthen alliances

Blinken said that "the American leadership is still being counted on."

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Secretary of State in the Biden administration, Anthony Blinken, pledged yesterday to restore America to the role of "leadership" and to strengthen alliances, to abandon the unilateral diplomacy adopted by Donald Trump, in the text of his pre-recorded speech before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

According to his pre-prepared speech, Blinken spoke of "a world in which nationalism is on the rise, democracy is in decline, and in which competition with China, Russia, and other authoritarian states grows."

"We can excel in competing with China, and remind the world that a government for the people, chosen by the people, can achieve results for its people," he added.

"We can strengthen our core alliances, which strengthen our influence around the world," Blinken said, adding, "Together, we are in a much better position to address the threats posed by Russia, Iran and North Korea."

Blinken called for strengthening alliances, in order to better confront Russia's threats.

"The American leadership is still being counted," Blinken said, adding: "Guided by these principles, we can overcome the (Covid-19) crisis, the biggest common challenge since World War II."

Joe Biden, portrayed by many Republicans as "weak", insists that "the United States must be firm in its dealings with China."

But will these packages turn into a new cold war, which was heralded by Secretary of State in the outgoing administration, Mike Pompeo, or into a clear but quieter strategic competition, in line with the Europeans' desire?

The answer to this question will determine "the success or failure of US foreign policy," as said before the November elections, former diplomat Bill Burns, appointed by Joe Biden as head of the CIA.

Also, urgent benefits await.

Washington and Moscow have until February 5 only to extend the New START treaty for nuclear disarmament.

The Biden administration, which is determined to show more assertiveness on Russia than the policy of Donald Trump, who wanted to get closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will have to find a way to negotiate quickly.

The Iranian file may be more urgent.

Joe Biden promised to return to the international agreement reached in 2015, under Barack Obama, who was his deputy, with the aim of preventing Tehran from obtaining the atomic bomb, from which Donald Trump withdrew.

In order to do so, he will have to lift the sanctions that the Republican president has reimposed, and continued to tighten them until the last minute to complicate the mission of his successor, while also ensuring that Iran returns in return to the terms of the agreement after gradually abandoning some of its obligations under it.

At the same time, the Democrat will have to prove to the skeptical American political class that he will be able to show firmness in the face of Tehran's actions in the Middle East.

The role of Anthony Blinken, his faithful 58-year-old adviser, will be as important as that of the future president because the new administration will be confronted with several internal crises: the epidemic, economic recession and racism.

The Trump era has damaged the image of the United States.

The final weeks of his tenure also exacerbated the situation, with the Republican billionaire's blows on democratic institutions by denying his defeat, and then the attack by his supporters on the Capitol.

On the other hand, Acting US Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said that the FBI is assisting the US military in conducting an audit of more than 25,000 National Guard soldiers, who are being deployed to help protect the Congress building, during the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Due to security concerns.

Miller said, in a statement, that "scrutiny is normal in major security events," and stressed that "while we do not have intelligence information indicating an internal threat, we will spare no effort in securing the capital."

After the attack carried out by President Trump's supporters on the Congress building on the sixth of January, which killed five people, and forced members of Congress to go into hiding, the US government imposed unprecedented security measures, including the erection of impenetrable fences with barbed wire, and a large security area not allowed For the public to enter it.

The Washington Post reported that the FBI had warned, in an intelligence report, law enforcement agencies that right-wing extremists had considered posing as members of the National Guard in Washington, but the report did not mention any specific plots to attack the facts of the inauguration. .

The Trump era has damaged the image of the United States, and the final weeks of his tenure contributed to the exacerbation of the situation.

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