OPINION

President Biden's daunting foreign policy challenges

News, Amitav Acharya, Published on 23/01/2021

» There is little question that the Biden administration will focus first and foremost on domestic challenges, especially the economic downturn and the Covid-19 pandemic. But four years of Donald Trump have also severely damaged US standing and credibility globally. In particular, the Trump years severely undercut US credibility and prestige around the world and damaged the world order, or what pundits call the liberal international order, which was created and led by the US since World War II.