The Biden administration is inheriting the menace of Chinese antisatellite arms as well as an innovative way of trying to defuse the escalating threat.
Tag: United States International Relations
How Space Became the Next ‘Great Power’ Contest Between the U.S. and China
The Biden administration faces not only waves of Chinese antisatellite weapons but a history of jumbled responses to the intensifying threat.
China Sends Warplanes to Taiwan Strait in a Show of Force to Biden
The exercises, which included 13 warplanes on Saturday and 15 on Sunday, were the biggest so far this year and the first under the new U.S. administration.
Justin Trudeau to Get Biden’s First Official Call to a Foreign Leader
Canadians welcome a renewed relationship with the United States after tolerating four years of insults and threats from the Trump administration.
Kremlin Welcomes Biden’s Offer to Extend Nuclear Treaty
The response from Moscow suggests that Russia will engage in talks to continue a disarmament pact, despite the new U.S. administration’s pledge to take a harder line on other issues.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Says Russia Wants to Force It Out
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has been threatened with fines and criminal charges for its journalists, forcing a tough decision on the Biden administration.
Biden Cancels Keystone XL Pipeline and Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement
In a burst of climate orders, the president also ordered federal agencies to begin the process of reinstating environmental regulations reversed under the Trump administration.
Will Biden Be an Activist President on the World Stage?
Despite cascading crises at home that will need his urgent attention, some foreign policy experts predict the new U.S. leader will take an energetic role in foreign policy.
Trump’s Last-Minute Moves Against China Complicate Biden’s Agenda
The departing administration’s decision to push through a declaration that China is committing genocide was the latest in a series of actions that risk politicizing the issues.
U.S. Declaration of China’s ‘Genocide’ in Xinjiang, Explained
In one of its last acts, the Trump administration said China was committing genocide against Uighurs and other mostly Muslim groups. Here is what the move could mean.