Last modified on Fri 1 Jan 2021 03.55 EST January Joe Biden United States The year will begin on a positive note: the inauguration of Joe Biden as 46th US president on 20 January. Biden is in the restoration business. The US will quickly rejoin the Paris climate change agreement and the World Health Organization. He will offer closer cooperation with allies in Europe and Asia and, as the Covid-19 vaccine rollout accelerates, he plans a big stimulus package to revive the US economy. The appointments Biden makes to his cabinet presage a return to multilateralism and a re-set of the rules-based international order. His flagship initiative is a new âalliance of democraciesâ.