Washington's opponents see his weakness as a benefit to them
British writer: The immigration crisis in Europe confirms Biden's weakness
“We are human,” a sign carried by a migrant child stranded at the Belarus-Poland border.
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A group of migrants waits to be seen by a doctor after falling ill from the cold due to their stay in the open.
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Migrants receive food rations in a shelter camp set up on the border area.
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Putin and Lukashenko... the most important beneficiaries of the migrant crisis.
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Coinciding with the decline of the American role at the global level in more than one issue, the immigration crisis between Belarus and the European Union came to confirm once again the decline in Washington's role, and the weakness of President Joe Biden's administration in taking a decisive position to support his most important allies.
Nothing demonstrates the ability of rogue states to take advantage of Joe Biden's pathetically weak leadership than the role played by the authoritarian Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's creation of a migrant crisis in the heart of Europe.
And Biden's modest performance during a recent video summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping showed that the US president appears increasingly out of his depth on the world stage, to the point that Washington's opponents see Biden's weakness as their advantage.
condescending accent
Coughlin believes that President Xi's confidence that he has nothing to fear from Biden was clearly reflected in the condescending tone with which he dealt with the American president since the beginning of their three-and-a-half-hour summit, referring to President Biden as his "old friend", although he Obviously not.
In addition, Xi demonstrated his apparent sense of superiority over his American rival by warning that he was "playing with fire" on the Taiwan issue.
According to Beijing's statement, Xi said, "Some people in the United States intend to use Taiwan to control China.
This trend is dangerous and like playing with fire, and those who play with fire will get burned.”
Conversely, Biden has proven unwilling to raise any issues that might be uncomfortable for the Chinese leader, such as Beijing's role in causing the COVID-19 pandemic that has wreaked havoc around the world.
And China is not the only country that believes that the weakness of the Biden administration gives it a carte blanche to do damage in other parts of the world.
Another example of rogue leaders fully exploiting Biden's impotent leadership is the deepening migrant crisis in Eastern Europe, where President Lukashenko has been accused of deliberately fomenting unrest at the Polish and Lithuanian borders by encouraging thousands of illegal immigrants to try to seek asylum in the European Union.
European Union officials believe Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is personally responsible for triggering the crisis, and have accused the Belarussian leader of adopting an "inhumane gang-like approach".
stir up a crisis
Covlin indicated that Lukashenko seeks to provoke the crisis with the aim of blackmailing the European Union into lifting the sanctions it imposed on him, after his regime launched a brutal crackdown on opposition activists in the wake of the country's presidential elections last year 2020, which were widely condemned as a sham election.
Additional sanctions were also imposed after Lukashenko ordered the Belarusian military to intercept a Ryanair plane in May and divert it to Minsk so that the authorities could arrest two activists who were traveling on the plane.
While Lukashenko's main defense in provoking the crisis centers on lifting sanctions, it is also very clear that Putin is keen to use the crisis as an opportunity to sow division and discord within the Western alliance.
Coughlin considered that the "tyrannical" Russian president is also well aware of Biden's weak position, as a result of the three-hour summit attended by the two presidents in Geneva last June, and the most prominent result was the complete surrender of the US president to Moscow over the long-standing demands for arms control.
Since then, Putin has made clear his unwillingness to take any disarmament issues seriously by taking a number of provocative actions, such as demonstrating Russia's ability, finally, to destroy a satellite with a newly developed missile.
Excuse
Putin is always looking for an excuse to weaken the Western alliance, so the recent migrant crisis in Europe has presented him with an ideal opportunity to cause unrest.
The Kremlin issued its usual denials of being in any way responsible for the crisis, but those denials were rejected by countries such as Poland, which accused Russia of using migrants as tools in an attempt to further destabilize the European Union.
Judging by the criticism that is growing in intensity among European leaders, Coughlin said, we will find that the migrant crisis is achieving the intended effect of dividing the member states of the European Union.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision, for example, to schedule a phone call with Lukashenko, his first contact with a Western leader since the 2020 election, drew sharp criticism from a number of eastern European countries.
Poland, which is on the front line in the crisis, has complained that it has been left out of discussions over its borders, while Lithuania, which has declared a state of emergency, has accused Merkel of fulfilling Lukashenko's wishes by giving him the recognition he craves.
Despite the tensions between member states, the EU is trying to take a tough line by resisting pressure to ease sanctions against Minsk.
In addition, under normal circumstances, the European Union would expect support from the United States in its crisis with Russia.
On this occasion, Coughlin argued, Biden's inability to deliver anything close to clear and effective leadership meant that the United States was being asked to take the back seat, an unfortunate situation that Putin, as well as other adversaries, such as China's President Xi, would not miss.
This situation is a measure of the Biden administration's impotence, which is that although Europe is Washington's closest ally, the White House has so far been unable to appoint new ambassadors to major European countries such as Britain, France, Germany and Poland, which severely reduces Washington's ability to maintain contacts. high level with its allies.
Kon Coughlin concluded his report by saying that Putin and his Belarusian ally Lukashenko are likely to be the sole winners of Europe's recent migrant crisis, while for Biden, it is only further evidence that, while remaining in office, he has absolutely no power in Concerning the exercise of influence in world affairs.
• Biden has proven unwilling to raise any issues that may be uncomfortable for the Chinese leader, such as Beijing's role in causing the "Covid-19" pandemic that has spread havoc and destruction around the world.
• European Union officials believe that Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is personally responsible for provoking the crisis, and accused the Belarusian leader of adopting an “inhumane gang-like approach.”
• Nothing illustrates the ability of rogue states to take advantage of Joe Biden's pathetically weak leadership more than the role played by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in creating an immigrant crisis in the heart of Europe.
• Although Europe is one of Washington's closest allies, the White House has so far been unable to appoint new ambassadors to key European countries such as Britain, France, Germany and Poland, which severely reduces Washington's ability to maintain high-level contacts with its allies.
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