Joe Biden

Our coverage of President Joe Biden and his remaining time in office ahead of the 2024 election, including foreign policy towards Ukraine and Israel, immigration and the economy


Asia

Can Donald Trump maintain Joe Biden’s network of Asian alliances?

Discipline and creativity will help, but so will China’s actions

United States

How Joe Biden wound up serving Donald Trump

In some ways, his administration will look less like an interregnum than like MAGA-lite

Asia

Joe Biden’s mixed legacy on Japan

Security co-operation flourished, but a scuppered steel deal leaves a sour taste

United States

The Biden administration pursued a mistaken policy on LNG exports

It will be reversed eventually, but not before the courts have had their say

Leaders

Joe Biden abused a medieval power to pardon his son

The president’s reversal is understandable, humane and wrong

Middle East & Africa

America under Joe Biden plays the pragmatist in Africa

Donald Trump is likely to follow suit

Middle East & Africa

Israel and Hizbullah strike a fragile deal to end their war

Joe Biden makes a last push to bring peace to the Middle East

International

The danger zone between two presidents

The world’s bad actors will relish any power vacuum

Leaders

How the Biden administration botched America’s sanctions against Iran

With the financial deterrent undermined, only military deterrence is left

Asia

America is losing South-East Asia to China

President Joe Biden will not attend this year’s East Asia Summit

Leaders

Let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia with American missiles

Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate

Finance & economics

An American sovereign-wealth fund is a risky idea

Donald Trump’s latest proposal has worryingly broad support

Europe

American restrictions on hitting Russia are hurting Ukraine

The Biden administration’s justifications keep changing

United States

History will judge Joe Biden by Kamala Harris

A victory would be her triumph, and his, but a loss would be his responsibility

Leaders

Can Kamala Harris win?

Joe Biden’s vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb

United States

Kamala Harris carries the torch, and the burden, of Bidenomics

She aims to build on the president’s social-care agenda while escaping blame for inflation

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