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The American New York Times discussed in a report on Saturday the external challenges facing Joe Biden, who was declared by the US media to win the US presidential election.
Among the most prominent of these challenges, according to the newspaper, is the Middle East and the reform of relations with China and Europe.
China
China is an economic superpower and a geopolitical competitor to the United States.
During the era of President Donald Trump, relations between Washington and Beijing witnessed huge differences over trade, the South China Sea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and intellectual property rights, and the Corona epidemic, which originated in China exacerbated these differences.
The New York Times says that Biden attacked China during his election campaign and described its president as a “bully.” But this was seen by some as a political tactic in light of Trump’s allegations that Biden was lenient on Beijing, especially when he was vice president during the Obama era.
Middle East: Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran
The Middle East is a thorny file in US foreign policy, and Biden may find greater challenges in light of the changes the region has witnessed during the Trump era, especially with regard to Iran and the peace process.
Biden described Trump’s policy toward Iran as a failure and vowed to fix it by reverting to the nuclear deal that the major powers under Obama signed with Tehran in 2015.
Biden vowed to immediately lift the travel ban that Trump has imposed on Iran and other mostly Muslim countries.
However, the New York Times quotes experts as saying that Biden will face tough challenges in any negotiations with Iran.
The newspaper believes that a US rapprochement with Iran may alienate Israel and Saudi Arabia, which see Iran as a destabilizing “enemy” in the region.
On Friday, a foreign policy report painted a bleak picture of the future of the US-Saudi relationship, completely different from what it was under Trump.
The report did not rule out that Riyadh would respond to Biden’s possible policy by strengthening relations with China.
The report hoped that Biden, a defender of the settlements, would follow a different path in the peace process that would lead to contact with the Palestinian leadership, which accuses Trump of favoring Israel.
This, according to the report, may not be comfortable for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite previous statements by Biden in which he said it would not reflect Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.
Notably, the Israeli opposition leader got ahead of Netanyahu by congratulating Biden on his victory.
Europe
The New York Times notes that, with the exception of Great Britain, relations between the United States and Europe, under Trump, witnessed severe tensions stemming from various reasons, including Trump’s opposition to the Paris climate accord, his call for change. on NATO and trade agreements, not to mention his strong encouragement for Britain’s exit from the Union. European (Brexit).
As for Biden, the newspaper report continues, he expressed different positions, so he may find himself in an embarrassing position, especially with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who embraced Trump. The report believes that Biden is in no rush to complete the Brexit deal.
North Korea
Biden described Trump’s rapprochement with North Korea as appeasement of a dictator and a failed policy that did not lead to Pyongyang’s nuclear disarmament, while North Korea vehemently attacked Biden.
Biden said he would push for denuclearization and “support South Korea,” but did not specify how he would deal with North Korea’s aggressive tendencies.
Russia
The New York Times report expected Biden to pursue a tougher policy toward Russia than that followed by Trump, who questioned the usefulness of NATO, downplayed intelligence warnings about Russia’s interference in the US elections, and expressed admiration. by President Vladimir Putin.
Biden, who lobbied, as Obama’s vice president, to impose sanctions on Russia for its annexation of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine in 2014, may seek, according to the report, to extend these sanctions and take other punitive measures.
Paris Agreement and international obligations
Unlike Trump, Biden said that once elected president, he would return to the Paris climate agreement to curb global warming, as well as restore his country’s membership in the World Health Organization, as well as reverse Trump’s anti-immigrant decisions.
However, the report points to the difficulties Biden may face in doing so in light of the strong support for many of Trump’s policies in the United States, and the report infers the public divide evident in the presidential election.
