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The Head of Every Table: Joe Biden’s Impossible Foreign Policy Aspirations
If the president and his team don’t rethink the United States’ presence across the world, our real security will be the first casualty.
Introducing key members of his national security team, Joe Biden exulted, “America is back.
- Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
- The Nation
Ready to lead the world, not retreat from it.
Once again, sit at the head of the table.
Ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies.”
In his confirmation hearings, Secretary of State Antony Blinken—said to have a “mind meld” with the president—echoed the sentiment:
“America at its best still has a greater ability than any country on earth to…