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99 Foreign Aff. 64 (2020)
Why American Must Lead Again: Recusing U.S. Foreign Policy after Trump

handle is hein.journals/fora99 and id is 274 raw text is: Why America Must Lead Again Rescuing U.S. Foreign Policy After Trump Joseph R. Biden, Jr. By nearly every measure, the credibility and influence of the United States in the world have diminished since President Barack Obama and I left office on January 20, 2017. President Donald Trump has belittled, undermined, and in some cases abandoned U.S. allies and partners. He has turned on our own intelligence profes- sionals, diplomats, and troops. He has emboldened our adversaries and squandered our leverage to contend with national security challenges from North Korea to Iran, from Syria to Afghanistan to Venezuela, with practically nothing to show for it. He has launched ill-advised trade wars, against the United States' friends and foes alike, that are hurting the American middle class. He has abdicated American leadership in mobilizing collective action to meet new threats, especially those unique to this century. Most profoundly, he has turned away from the demo- cratic values that give strength to our nation and unify us as a people. Meanwhile, the global challenges facing the United States-from cli- mate change and mass migration to technological disruption and infec- tious diseases-have grown more complex and more urgent, while the rapid advance of authoritarianism, nationalism, and illiberalism has un- dermined our ability to collectively meet them. Democracies-paralyzed by hyperpartisanship, hobbled by corruption, weighed down by extreme inequality-are having a harder time delivering for their people. Trust in democratic institutions is down. Fear of the Other is up. And the in- ternational system that the United States so carefully constructed is coming apart at the seams. Trump and demagogues around the world are leaning into these forces for their own personal and political gain. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., served as Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and is a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. 64 FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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