... TCJA indefinitely[4]. The plans to deregulate business also represent more than just a possible relaxation of some regulations. Trump plans to introduce the so-called 10-to-1 Deregulation Initiative in order to 'halt the regulatory onslaught...of the Biden Administration'[5]. Given that the initiative also mentions the desire to ease soaring energy prices, it is logical to assume possible relaxations in areas related to the so-called “green agenda”, i.e. oil, gas and coal industries.
Moving to ...
... leadership transitions that had a direct impact not only on their diplomatic agendas but also on the style, tone, and substance of their foreign policy communications. The period encompasses the presidency of Donald J. Trump (2017–2021) and Joseph R. Biden (2021–2025) in the United States, and Moon Jae-in (2017–2022) and Yoon Suk-yeol (2022–2025) in South Korea—each of whom represented different ideological, strategic, and communicative paradigms.
Leaders use discourse to legitimize policies,...
... appropriateness of using a stylebook long consigned to history, but it’s the truth of the matter.
Across the European Union, they‘re in shock at what is happening in the United States. In the past two weeks alone, first the uproar over President Joe Biden’s embarrassment in the debate, and now the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, which has disrupted the entire election campaign and given the Republican a head start.
To be fair, it should be noted that Trump has not yet won the race – ...
The thoughtless imposition of restrictions only aggravates the situation in the U.S. economy
Russia's top envoy to the United States has warned that the sweeping sanctions campaign pursued by President
Joe Biden
and his allies has backfired, instead hurting the U.S.' economy and international prestige during a dangerous period of global instability.
Moscow's ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, told
Newsweek
that "the situation in Ukraine is ...
... Putin’s forthcoming visit to New Delhi could be a starting point.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin visits India next week, it will be one of just two foreign trips he has made this year, the other one being his June meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Geneva. Putin skipped both the G20 and COP26; an expected trip to China was rescheduled due to COVID; yet the Russian leader has decided to travel to New Delhi. This step is hopefully more than mere symbolism in the traditionally warm Russo-Indian ...
By virtue of its combined power capabilities, the United States continues to occupy a central place in international politics, and developments inside the country inevitably become the most important factor in world affairs
Both Trump and Biden seem to have jumped into the 21
st
century from a completely different era — a time when the ability of the United States to determine the fate of other sovereign peoples was not indisputable. They consistently tried to integrate their power into ...
... administration, for the first time since the Cold War, the US didn’t initiate any new military interventions, openly declared its refusal to spread democracy by military means, and made a fundamental decision to leave Afghanistan by signing an agreement with ... ... Cold War) should occur. Trump’s turnaround did not seem real or final to many. However, their projections were all in vain.
Biden’s historical significance lies in the fact that, despite being flesh and blood part of the traditional American establishment,...
... kind that Americans experienced during the Vietnam War is likely to emerge. Rather, Washington is busy recalibrating its global involvement. It is focusing even more on strengthening the home base. Overseas, the United States is moving from a global crusade in the name of democracy to an active defense of liberal values at home and Western positions abroad.
Afghanistan has been the most vivid in a long series of arguments that persuaded Biden’s White House that a global triumph of liberal democracy is not achievable in the foreseeable future. Thus, remaking problematic countries—“draining the swamp” that breeds terrorism, in the language of the Bush administration—is futile....
... throw as many resources as possible at the "Chinese front".
Second, as the events of this spring have proved, the Biden administration, on the one hand, is not ready to invest serious material resources in containing Russia in the post-Soviet ... ... contradictions around Ukraine, Syria, Belarus, mutual allegations of interference in internal political affairs, Russia's accusations of illegal hostile activities and even a "hybrid war" against the Western countries will most likely not be ...
... foreign interference in Russian domestic politics, and it is pushing back by refusing to listen to lectures and dismissing all accusations. This Western front, of course, is likely to be more unified on ideological issues than on issues of interest, but it ... ... the United States and its alienation from the European Union is growing narrower.
At the same time, some elements of President Biden’s speech suggest that there may be room for Russia to cooperate with the United States beyond strategic stability and ...
