President Biden must call time on the “exceptionalism” US has long exploited

Last year I described an essay by then candidate Joe Biden “Why America must lead again” as “less an inspirational treatise ... more a collage of ideas”. With so many daunting domestic challenges to confront, it will take time for Biden to put his personal stamp on key foreign policy themes.
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