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Biden’s Security Policy: Democratic Security or Democratic Exceptionalism?
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Biden’s Security Policy: Democratic Security or Democratic Exceptionalism?
Simona R. Soare, European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris, France.
Can the Biden administration chart a new course for American security policy given the unprecedented level of polarisation and social unrest in the United States? Can the US lead internationally and build a new transatlantic partnership while tackling the layered political, economic and health crises it faces at home? This article examines the Biden administration s security priorities, tracing elements of change and continuity in US foreign and security policy, and the challenges it faces as it tries to reassert US power and leadership, reassure allies and rebuild partnerships.