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Biden likely to balance activist agenda with moderate tone
United States President Joe Biden faces a more desperate situation than the Global Financial Crisis that confronted President Barack Obama, but Biden has also learned some crucial lessons from Obama’s missteps, US politics expert Professor Wesley Widmaier says.
“Even while Biden will be moderate in tone, he is likely to be activist in policies,” the Professor and Head of International Relations at The Australian National University (ANU) said.
“He has already proposed a USD1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ marked by funding for vaccinations, a new round of stimulus checks, support for small businesses, states and local governments, and unemployment aid. And another USD2 trillion in proposed infrastructure spending looms over the horizon.”
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Rival superpowers may exploit chaos in US
China and Russia will be tempted to exploit the chaos facing the United States, according to ANU national security expert Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb.
Following a violent uprising of US President Donald Trump’s supporters, who stormed Capitol Hill, a curfew has been imposed in Washington DC and the country has been plunged into a crisis.
“Xi Jinping and Vladamir Putin will be delighted with the chaos unfolding in the United States right now and will be tempted to take advantage of the situation,” he said.
“Trump has deliberately and malignly fanned the flames of this act of sedition by his supporters.
PARIS - As the world watched American institutions shaken to the core by an angry mob, officials and ordinary citizens wondered: How fragile is democracy, a
From âbeautifulâ to âdisgracefulâ: World reacts to U.S. Capitol mob
By Foster Klug
International leaders expressed shock and concern following the U.S. Capitol riot.
TOKYO - Amid the global outrage at the storming of the U.S. Capitol building by angry supporters of President Donald Trump was a persistent strain of glee from those who have long resented the perceived American tendency to chastise other countries for less-than-perfect adherence to democratic ideals.
The teargas and bullets inside the Capitol, a globally recognized structure that stands at the center of America’s idea of democracy, are more usually associated with countries where popular uprisings topple a hated dictator. The Arab Spring, for instance.
Rival superpowers may exploit chaos in the US 07 January 2021
China and Russia will be tempted to exploit the chaos facing the United States, according to ANU national security expert Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb.
Following a violent uprising of US President Donald Trump s supporters, who stormed Capitol Hill, a curfew has been imposed in Washington DC and the country has been plunged into a crisis.
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will be delighted with the chaos unfolding in the United States right now and will be tempted to take advantage of the situation, he said.
And just where was the warning of such a well-planned attack on the Congress from the FBI and other US domestic intelligence authorities such as Homeland Security?