THE world may think that America is falling apart at the seams, but it’s still worth spending some time preparing for the plausible and even probable scenario of a Biden administration in place in January 2021.
A robust team of experienced foreign-policy scholars and practitioners are hard at work thinking through how Joe Biden could design and implement a post-Trump foreign policy.
The Middle East is not the center of gravity of these deliberations about America’s role in the world. In fact, for more than a decade, leaders across party lines have suggested that it’s time to rethink and scale back US commitments in the region.
Mostly driven by the fatigue of the Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns, but also affected by greater energy independence and a more nationalistic view of US security responsibilities around the world, Donald Trump’s administration has gone farther than the Obama administration in signaling this shift.
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