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America s normalcy delusion By Jorge G. Castaneda
MEXICO CITY ― U.S. President-elect Joe Biden made a return to normalcy one of his election campaign s leitmotifs. After four years of President Donald Trump s bald-faced lies, juvenile bullying, gratuitous cruelty, and perilous volatility, it was certainly an appealing promise. But, as Biden himself has admitted, the world is not what it was in January 2017, when Barack Obama s administration ― in which Biden served as vice president ― left office. So, to what exactly is he planning to return?
To be sure, Biden can certainly restore a sense of decorum and decency to the U.S. presidency. But on concrete policy issues ― especially foreign policy issues ― the status quo ante will be far more difficult, if not impossible, to revive.
Biden vows to impose costs for Russian aggression when he becomes president
Updated 2:49 PM ET, Fri December 18, 2020
US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Electoral college certification at the Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware on December 14, 2020. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images) (CNN)President-elect Joe Biden s approach to Russia is now an even tougher challenge with news that Moscow may be responsible for a massive cyber attack on US federal agencies one Biden said he will impose costs for.
The President-elect and his team are preparing a cost imposition strategy to respond to Russia not just for the hack, if Moscow is responsible, but for Russia s other disruptive actions also measures that will include but won t be limited to sanctions, according to a source close to Biden.
According to a new report, China is making plans to double its nuclear warhead arsenal, which includes ballistic missiles designed to reach the U.S.
President-elect Joe Biden promised during his election campaign to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which expires in February, for another five years and then pursue a new nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Recently, others in the Democratic Party have begun to publicly advocate a shorter-term extension to afford the incoming Biden administration a chance to pursue its own nuclear arms reduction agreement more quickly.
Such a potential agreement should have to pass three conditions when submitted to the U.S. Senate: first, the treaty should cover all nuclear weapons; second, it is time to abandon the Cold War paradigm and include rising powers, like China, in arms control; and, third, the U.S. must remain committed to a robust modernization of its nuclear weapons complex and triad.
By Reuters Staff
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WASHINGTON/MOSCOW (Reuters) -The United States, responding to Russia blaming Washington for starting a new arms race, on Thursday reiterated a proposal already rejected by Moscow for extending their last strategic arms limitation treaty, appearing to close the door to talks in the final weeks of the Trump administration.
The 2010 New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) expires on Feb. 5 unless the presidents of the world’s two biggest nuclear arms powers agree to extend it by up to five years. The deadline puts pressure on U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to act quickly after taking office on Jan. 20.