US President Joe Biden said that Washington must demonstrate to other countries the ability to solve complex problems.

“We need to make sure that we can show the world that we can achieve our goals,” the head of the White House said at a videoconference meeting with local officials.

According to Biden, earlier officials of a number of states expressed confidence that the United States could not solve the tasks assigned to them.

“I was at the NATO summit, at the G7 summit with the participation of the world's leading industrial powers, I was at a meeting with (Vladimir -

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) Putin ... Do you know what influences the attitude of the rest of the world towards America?

Our ability to achieve our goals.

And it's not a joke.

Not at all.

When I went there and in the course of negotiations with seven leaders said: “We are back,” my answer was: “For how long?

You cannot solve a single problem, ”said the head of the White House.

Biden also said that before his inauguration, the Prime Minister of Ireland expressed his doubts that the United States "can still achieve some results", since "it is no longer able to play a leadership role" and "even with the coronavirus can not cope."

“This is what the world expects of us.

Questions are asked there.

In addition, there are people like Xi Jinping and (Vladimir. -

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The world is changing so quickly that we are unable to unite and resolve difficult issues.

I'm serious.

True, ”the American leader emphasized.

On the eve of the White House, Biden allegedly "strengthened democracy in his country" and restored allied relations with the "democratic partners and allies" of the United States during his first six months in office.

“According to the President, the challenge of our time is to show that democracies are capable of delivering on what they promise, improving the quality of life of their populations and solving the greatest problems of the world as a whole,” the message says.

As noted in the White House statement, in December Biden intends to gather on a single platform the leaders of "various democratic countries of the world in the framework of a virtual summit in support of democracy."

"The virtual summit, scheduled for December 9-10, will give new impetus to commitments and initiatives in three main areas: protection from authoritarianism, fighting corruption, promoting human rights," the White House informs.

It is also reported that in about a year "a face-to-face summit will follow."

The idea of ​​cohesion of "democracies"

It is worth noting that Biden promised to hold a "summit in support of democracy" in the event of his victory in the elections last spring in a column for Foreign Affairs magazine.

Then he wrote that partnership with other states that share the values ​​and goals of the United States, "does not testify to the stupidity of the United States."

Biden also stressed that for the White House, such cooperation is "a guarantee of increased security and greater success."

“We are increasing our own strength, expanding our presence in the world and increasing our influence, while sharing global responsibility with interested partners,” - noted in his policy article.

Later, even before his inauguration, in December 2020, Joe Biden said in an interview with CNN that he plans to resolve issues affecting contacts with Moscow, Beijing and Tehran, not “alone,” but in alliance with other countries.

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“All these problems, it seems to me, will be very difficult to solve.

But I know one thing: we can't do it alone.

That is why in order to solve a whole range of problems concerning not only Iran, but also Russia, China and others, we must be part of a large group, ”Biden said at the time.

In March of this year, the US President, during his address to the participants in the European Council summit, called on them to cooperate closely "in solving common problems" and to ensure that "the rules of the game should be set by democracies, not autocracies."

"The President also expressed his desire to work together on issues of common interest in the foreign policy sphere, including Russia and China," the White House said in a statement.

In June, Biden again brought up the topic of democratic cohesion.

As the American leader noted on his Twitter page, such countries can unite to solve existing problems.

I'm on my way to the UK and Europe today for the first foreign trip of my presidency.

I know that democracies can rally together to meet the challenges of this new age - this week, in Europe, we have the chance to prove that.

- President Biden (@POTUS) June 9, 2021

"We have privatized democracy"

As HSE professor Dmitry Evstafiev noted in a conversation with RT, Biden wants Western, pro-American democracies to prove that they are "relevant in the modern world."

“But first, they still have to prove that they are democracies.

The same goes for the United States.

After all, what we see in the United States, including in connection with the presidential elections, in France regarding the relationship between the government and civil society, in Germany in terms of gerontocracy and political freakism, in Scandinavia, based on the decomposition of traditional values ​​- all this does not yet indicate that democracies of the Western type are in principle democracies, ”Yevstafiev said.

According to Biden's idea, Washington should take the banner of democracy and carry it somewhere, the expert said.

“The American leader wants to prove to everyone that America can solve global problems, and not create new ones, as happened in Afghanistan.

The United States, according to Biden, must defend the right to its global leadership.

But there is a nuance - America itself does not understand where to lead the world.

The United States has no vision of the future.

And this is the main problem for Biden and his entourage, since the world cannot jump from side to side following Washington, ”Yevstafiev noted.

According to Vladimir Batyuk, the head of the Center for Political-Military Studies at the Institute for the United States and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the more Biden declares that America is not at all in decline and is capable of being a global leader, the more doubts arise on this score.

“Against the background of the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the problems associated with the pandemic and the migration crisis, such loud theses are aimed at raising the prestige of the United States.

In addition, the United States demonstrates to democratic countries that Washington is their reliable ally, "he said in an interview with RT.

Batyuk also stressed that at least half of Americans, not to mention other countries, would not agree with the White House's statement about Biden's revival of democracy in the United States.

“With this kind of deep division in society, teaching someone democracy from the US is at least reckless.

This is also evidenced by the actions of the United States in the international arena, in particular the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, which is certainly not evidence of a successful and consistent American foreign policy, ”the analyst said.

At the same time, Evstafiev believes that in this context, it is no coincidence that Biden focuses on the positions of Moscow and Beijing.

“Russia is an example of an alternative scenario for the development of democracy.

China, on the other hand, is an example of an economically and socially successful autocracy.

At the same time, the Russian Federation and the PRC are developing along different vectors, but both of these countries make it impossible for the United States to monopoly on the vision of a common world future.

And this is extremely unpleasant and even deadly for Washington, since the United States can exist as a global leader only in conditions when only they determine where the world is going, ”the expert said.

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At the same time, it is now becoming even more obvious that the United States “has no relation to democracy for a long time,” Yevstafiev emphasized.

“This is evidenced by the adoption of a number of regulations in the United States, as well as curious details of the last presidential elections, the reliability of the results of which is still doubted by an impressive part of Americans.

At the same time, Washington for some reason believes that the list of so-called democratic countries should be approved precisely in the White House, that America should decide where there is democracy and where it is not, ”the analyst said.

As Yevstafiev noted, the United States "privatized democracy and the struggle for it."

“This is their means of production, a kind of tool for American geoeconomics.

Because the United States has to pay for the recognition by the United States of one or another country as a democratic one.

This is exactly what Washington's Atlantic allies in NATO are doing now, ”the expert said.

In turn, Batyuk noted that the "summit in support of democracy", which the United States intends to hold, is in fact intended to oppose Russia, China and Iran.

“The Biden administration realized that without partners, the United States alone would not be able to achieve its foreign policy goals - to contain Moscow, Beijing and Tehran, as well as other states whose policies do not suit Washington.

Hence the stake on the resumption of allied relations, which were seriously weakened under Donald Trump.

The forthcoming "Summit in Support of Democracy" is a step in the same direction.

However, whether its activities will be effective, given the mood of some countries, is a big question, ”the analyst concluded.