Joe Biden is driven by a conviction that the corona pandemic and the climate crisis can only be solved through international cooperation and coordinated efforts.

It is a clear break with Donald Trump's policy where the guiding light was

"America First", and where international agreements and commitments were described as a "bad deal" on behalf of the United States.

In a recent interview with CNN, Biden said that "Trump stuck a finger in the eye of all our friends and allies while embracing every authoritarian leader in the world - we have lost our friends."

Now Biden wants to breathe new life into the relationship with old allies such as the EU, Japan and South Korea.

And then he must restore confidence in the United States.

Will push China for coal power

During the election campaign, he promised to restore several of Donald Trump's most controversial decisions.

This includes re-entering the Paris Agreement, adopting a plan for the United States to become carbon neutral by 2050 and contributing money to the UN Green Climate Fund, which helps developing countries deal with the climate crisis.

Joe Biden has promised that he will pressure China to phase out coal power.

After China made its historic decision to become carbon neutral by 2060, cooperation between the world's two largest emitting countries can create new business opportunities on the road to clean energy.

Joe Biden has also said that the United States will once again become a member of the World Health Organization WHO and participate in the Covax collaboration, which will help countries that themselves do not have the resources to buy vaccination doses against covid-19.

But the re-entry of the United States is not unconditional.

Donald Trump criticized the WHO for joining China's ligaments and Biden now wants to see guarantees that China does not have undue influence over the WHO's decision.

For women's right to abortion counseling and sexual reproductive health, there will be a total change of course.

Under Trump, US aid organizations that run health clinics were banned from even mentioning abortion.

As recently as October, the United States signed the "Geneva Conseus Declaration" which dismisses abortion as a right and wants to restore the nuclear family, among the signatories are countries such as Brazil, Poland and Saudi Arabia.

That ban is expected by Joe Biden to lift and re-allow aid funds to go to global health reforms that include abortion counseling.

The world has changed

During his 100 days, he has promised to invite to a global climate summit and within the first year to a summit for democracy where the theme will be human rights, the fight against corruption and authoritarian regimes.

Joe Biden has also said that he wants to resume negotiations with Iran with a view to re-signing the international non-proliferation agreement left by the United States.

But the risk is that he promises too much.

Joe Biden has huge challenges at home.

This includes dealing with a galloping corona pandemic and soaring unemployment figures.

And the world has changed since Joe Biden left the White House in 2016.

It was a long time since the United States was seen as an undisputed leader of the free world.

But as a partner to those countries that still believe in the UN, democracy and multilateral cooperation, the United States is making a welcome comeback.