{"id":15190,"date":"2024-02-07T01:46:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/bidens-foreign-policy-success-stems-from-reversal-of-trumps-policies-expert-says\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T01:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:46:15","slug":"bidens-foreign-policy-success-stems-from-reversal-of-trumps-policies-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/bidens-foreign-policy-success-stems-from-reversal-of-trumps-policies-expert-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden\u2019s foreign policy success stems from reversal of Trump\u2019s policies, expert says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Biden\u2019s first three years in office have forced him to confront numerous foreign policy challenges, leading to mixed reviews from experts on how well the president has responded on the world stage.<\/p>\n

\u2018One of the most important accomplishments of the Biden administration has been re-invigorating NATO, which is the most successful military alliance in U.S. history,\u2019 David Tafuri, a foreign policy analyst who served as a foreign policy adviser to the Obama campaign, told Fox News Digital. \u2018The future of NATO was in question during Trump\u2019s administration.\u2019<\/p>\n

Tafuri\u2019s comments come as Biden faces multiple international crises ahead of his reelection bid in November, including Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, a war in Gaza, and continued tense relations with adversaries such as Iran and China.<\/p>\n

To date, Tafuri said the president has demonstrated an improved foreign policy over that of former President Trump\u2019s administration, a comparison that could weigh heavily again as the former president seeks to solidify his grasp on the Republican nomination for president and set up a rematch with Biden.<\/p>\n

When it comes to rebuilding the alliance with NATO, Tafuri said Trump \u2018openly discussed withdrawing from NATO\u2019 and \u2018openly feuded with other NATO members and flirted with [Russian President] Vladimir Putin,\u2019 something that only worked to embolden Russia.<\/p>\n

\u2018Trump\u2019s encouragements to Putin and attempt to blackmail [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelenskyy by withholding weapons from Ukraine (for which he was impeached by the House of Representatives), more than anything Biden did, led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine,\u2019 Tafuri said. \u2018Now, the front line for protecting democracy and rule of law runs through eastern and southern Ukraine.\u2019<\/p>\n

Tafuri also lauded Biden\u2019s handling of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, noting that the president was well ahead of Putin\u2019s plans and began readying Ukraine and allies to respond to the invasion months in advance.<\/p>\n

\u2018This gave Ukraine and its allies time to prepare for the invasion, which proved crucial in Ukraine\u2019s early success in defending Kyiv as well as most of the territory that Russia thought it would be able to occupy,\u2019 Tafuri said. \u2018Biden led NATO to work more collaboratively than it has in decades to provide billions of dollars in aid and sophisticated weapons systems to Ukraine, again flustering Russia\u2019s intentions.\u2019<\/p>\n

But Ian Bremmer, the president of Eurasia Group, said that as the war in Ukraine drags on it is getting harder for Biden to claim it as a win.<\/p>\n

\u2018A year ago, maybe even six months ago, you would have said Russia\/Ukraine\u2019 was a foreign policy win for Biden, Bremmer told Fox News Digital, noting that the U.S. was \u2018leading a multilateral coalition of all the NATO allies to put 11 rounds of sanctions on Russia\u2019 but also provided \u2018unprecedented amounts of support for Ukraine\u2019 that helped the country in its early battlefield successes.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Unfortunately, the last few months have made it much harder to say that\u2019s a win, in part because Zelenskyy is looking weaker and more desperate and his counteroffensive didn\u2019t go well,\u2019 Bremmer said.<\/p>\n

Bremmer also pointed to the fact that Biden has been unable to maintain unity among European allies as the conflict drags on, while at home the president has also faced division and questions from Republicans about the continued heavy spending on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u2018That makes it harder for him to maintain his commitment to do as much as necessary, whatever it takes as long as it takes,\u2019 Bremmer said.<\/p>\n

Despite the setback, Bremmer said Biden has contributed to multiple foreign policy accomplishments in his three years in office. Aside from the improvement in relations with NATO allies, Bremmer pointed to Biden\u2019s work strengthening ties between two critical allies in Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n

\u2018They were basically at each other\u2019s throats and not engaging diplomatically \u2026 hurting their economic and security relationship,\u2019 Bremmer said. \u2018The U.S. facilitated a breakthrough, hosted a trilateral meeting at Camp David, and since then, you\u2019ve had dozens of high-level trilateral engagements on the economic side, diplomatic side and security side.\u2019<\/p>\n

Bremmer likened the breakthrough to the Abraham Accords that were negotiated under Trump, an agreement that normalized relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s that scale of a win,\u2019 Bremmer said.<\/p>\n

Another accomplishment Bremmer pointed to was Biden\u2019s handling of China, arguing that the president has facilitated a \u2018more functional and more stable\u2019 relationship with one of America\u2019s largest adversaries.<\/p>\n

Bremmer said the U.S. has \u2018not given up anything that matters\u2019 when dealing with China under Biden, noting that those tariffs remain where they were under the Trump administration, yet the U.S. has been able to secure export controls on \u2018semiconductors, cloud computing, the CHIPS Act and the chips agreement with the Netherlands, South Korea and Japan.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018That is coordinating U.S. industrial policy and probably the most strategically important part of the advanced economy,\u2019 Bremmer said.<\/p>\n

Bremmer noted that coordinating with the advanced economy also \u2018underpins artificial intelligence,\u2019 a technology that the Chinese are \u2018way back\u2019 on.<\/p>\n

While Bremmer cautioned that there should be no \u2018false sense\u2019 that the U.S. and China suddenly have a \u2018relationship of trust,\u2019 he said Biden\u2019s moves have forced China to negotiate in some areas from a \u2018position of weakness,\u2019 making them more willing to meet U.S. demands. This has resulted in other wins such as an agreement for the Chinese to shut down exports of ingredients used to make fentanyl in the U.S. and the stopping of Chinese harassment of American aircraft.<\/p>\n

While complex issues remain when it comes to China, Bremmer said Biden has positioned the U.S. well to deal with those challenges.<\/p>\n

The same might not be able to be said about the Middle East, Bremmer said, noting that the region has been an obvious place of \u2018struggle\u2019 for the administration.<\/p>\n

\u2018The big breakthrough in the Middle East in the last three years was facilitated by China, not the U.S.,\u2019 Bremmer said. \u2018It was the Saudi, Iran breakthrough \u2026 the Americans were completely on the sidelines and kind of surprised by that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Bremmer also pointed to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which he said was \u2018mishandled\u2019 by Biden despite being given a tough situation by previous administrations.<\/p>\n

\u2018Still, Biden mismanaged the withdrawal and did it unilaterally without engaging properly with allies,\u2019 Bremmer said. \u2018Of course, the visuals in particular were incredibly embarrassing as the U.S.-supported government folded, collapsed almost immediately.\u2019<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bremmer noted the lack of progress made between Israel and the Palestinians during Biden\u2019s time in office, which has now resulted in a \u2018massive war\u2019 that Biden will be hard-pressed to contain in his current position.<\/p>\n

\u2018As you\u2019ve heard from the head of the CIA and the secretary of state, this is the most dangerous time in the Middle East in at least four years, and it comes at a time when the president of the U.S. does [not] have a lot of leverage over Israeli actions,\u2019 Bremmer said.<\/p>\n

That war has come during a period when American forces in the region have continued to be the target of attacks from Iran-backed proxy militias in Iraq and Syria, the most recent of which killed three American service members and injured dozens more.<\/p>\n

Biden responded by authorizing a series of more than 100 airstrikes throughout the region on Friday, with Biden warning, \u2018If you harm an American, we will respond.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018This past Sunday, three American soldiers were killed in Jordan by a drone launched by militant groups backed by Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). Earlier today, I attended the dignified return of these brave Americans at Dover Airforce Base, and I have spoken with each of their families,\u2019 the president said in a statement shortly after the strikes last Friday.<\/p>\n

Yet Biden has faced calls to do more, including hit Iranian targets directly, with some arguing that the president\u2019s unwillingness to do so has led to Iran being emboldened.<\/p>\n

While Tafuri believes Iran remains one of the most challenging foreign policy issues for Biden moving forward, he argued that critics shouldn\u2019t \u2018tie Iran\u2019s support for the proxy forces and militias that are attacking Americans to any action by President Biden.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018These forces have been active for decades and have been targeting Americans since they were founded,\u2019 Tafuri told Fox News Digital. \u2018After the Iraq invasion by the Bush administration in 2003, these groups killed hundreds of Americans. In 2016, the Iranian-backed militias were incorporated by law into Iraq\u2019s armed forces, which gave them a big boost in power and influence.\u2019<\/p>\n

Instead, Tafuri expressed confidence that Biden will be able to deter such attacks in the future while also tackling the more pressing matter of ensuring the country does not obtain nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

\u2018A bigger challenge is ensuring Iran does not get nuclear weapons,\u2019 Tafuri said. \u2018I expect that over the next year that the Biden administration will focus on disincentivizing attacks on our soldiers by Iranian proxy forces, while keeping the more important goal of restraining Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions at the forefront of our policy.\u2019<\/p>\n\n

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