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Biden’s Off to a Small Start in Rallying the World’s Democracies
Grand plans for a summit of liberal nations and a D-10 alliance to counter Beijing have been shelved in favor of “minilateralism.”
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Joe Biden has promised to make his presidency an era of democratic multilateralism. The world’s democracies, he argues, must come together to deal with a surging authoritarian challenge.
Yet the fate of two big-ticket policy initiatives is showing how hard it is to rally global democratic solidarity. This has led the administration to focus — so far — on a strategy that looks more like “minilateralism.”