Author: PETER BAKER
China’s Domestic Troubles Will Hang Over Biden-Xi Call
Some American officials suspect that what is really driving China’s president to lash out recently is a desire to divert attention from his economic and pandemic problems at home.
Biden Says He Confronted Saudi Prince Over Jamal Khashoggi. How True Is That?
Mr. Biden is by nature a storyteller with a history of relating dramatic tales of conversations with foreign leaders that others in the room do not recall the same way.
Biden Said He Rebuked the Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi’s Murder
Mr. Khashoggi, a Saudi contributor to The Washington Post who was critical of the prince’s rule, was killed in Istanbul in 2018.
In an era of alphabet soup diplomacy, Biden is adding ingredients.
Unsettled times have brought a proliferation of new clusters of various countries, and the acronyms that come with them.
Biden Adopts ‘No Handshake’ Covid Policy, but Not For Long
A virus subvariant provided a reason to “reduce contact” before a potentially fraught encounter with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia. The plan quickly slipped away in Israel.
Biden Trip to Saudi Arabia Is Set, but Energy Help Is Not
The White House formally announced that President Biden would visit the oil-rich kingdom in mid-July despite having denounced it as a “pariah” state after the assassination of a dissident.
Biden Veers Off Script on Taiwan. It’s Not the First Time.
Offhand remarks that vary from the official talking points have become a feature of the Biden presidency, even as they leave his staff scrambling to spin them away afterward.
Biden Signs Lend-Lease Act, Speeding Up Weapons Shipments to Ukraine
The law will waive time-consuming requirements on the provision of arms to Ukraine considered critical to its defense against Russian forces.
Biden Seeks to Lure Russia’s Top Scientists to the U.S.
Legislation proposed by the president would suspend the requirement that Russian scientists have a sponsoring employer to gain a visa.