Joe Biden s burden grows as Russia moves to leave Open Skies Treaty Follow Us
Question of the Day Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting via video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. Russia announced Friday that it will withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty allowing observation flights over military . more > By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times - Sunday, January 17, 2021
President-elect Joseph R. Biden‘s foreign policy to-do list just got a little longer after Russia announced late last week with was following the Trump administration‘s lead and withdrawing from the multinational Open Skies Treaty designed to lower suspicions and improve transparency on both sides of the old Cold War divide.
President Trump's job approval rating held firm despite becoming the first president impeached twice and weathering blame for the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Iranian military forces held exercises Friday involving ballistic missiles that U.S. officials have accused Tehran building up in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions that undergirded the 2015 nuclear deal. The drills, reported by Iranian state media, followed recent threats by Tehran to expel United Nations nuclear inspectors from the country if the incoming Biden administration doesn’t quickly remove sanctions that have been imposed on Tehran during the Trump era.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pleaded with the international community last week to unify against that threat amid uncertainty over the future U.S. policy under Mr. Biden. On Friday, with only a few days left before Mr. Biden replaces Mr. Trump in the White House, Mr. Pompeo announced fresh U.S. sanctions targeting several Iranian shipping companies and entities accused of facilitating Tehran’s weapons procurement activities.
Ron Sachs
Anyone who s ever orchestrated a residential move knows that coordinating the logistics of leaving one home for another is quite a challenge. There s the packing, the protection of valuables, the hiring of movers, the timing of the actual move itself and then, of course, the unpacking, the sorting of belongings, the hardware store runs followed by more hardware store runs.
But imagine attempting to coordinate all of that for an incoming President of the United States who is moving to Washington, D.C., from another place
while he or she is being sworn in
and while the rest of the government oversees the peaceful transition of power.