It’s Not Just Israel: Biden’s Foreign Policy Is a Mess
“The Middle East,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan wrote last October in Foreign Affairs, “is quieter today than it has been in decades.” Days after this smug assessment, before the print edition even arrived on subscribers’ doorsteps, Hamas attacked Israel, killing over 1,200 and taking another 250 or so hostage. In response, Israel launched the military operation in Gaza that has now killed over 42,000 Palestinians and counting.Unbelievably, Secretary of State Blinken made the exact same misstep as Sullivan two weeks ago—proclaiming in the very same magazine that the Biden administration had “put the United States in a much stronger...
Opinion: The unfulfilled promise of Biden’s foreign policy
President Biden's cautious approach to foreign policy has been criticized for potentially prolonging conflicts and raising questions about U.S. leadership, as the administration struggles to respond decisively to rapidly evolving situations.