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The features of the new US administration’s foreign policy have become clear since President Biden’s speech last week, and its new directions at home and abroad have crystallized, which differ greatly from the stage of President Trump’s predecessor. It is true that the new administration will remain preoccupied with facing the Corona pandemic and achieving a qualitative difference compared to Trump’s performance, which has already happened as more than 1.6 million citizens are vaccinated daily (currently 55 million people), and what Biden promised will be fulfilled, by vaccinating 100 million people in 100 day.

In fact, confronting Korna is a top priority for the new president in order to ensure that a segment of Trump’s supporters is attracted, or at least neutralized, to ensure that his new approaches, which are the subject of a traditional dispute between Democrats and Republicans, will proceed without major obstacles. However, the foreign policy features of the new administration were not lost. It returned to its strategic alliance with Europe and announced its return to the Paris Climate Agreement and a plan to solve the outstanding economic problems and support the partnership between the two sides of the Atlantic. The new administration has also taken a more in-depth stance towards China, not only because of the trade conflict and competition for markets (which was an accident in the Trump era), but also because of its conviction that China represents a threat to American democracy and presents an anti-model capable of achieving and competing scientifically, economically and militarily. As for Saudi Arabia, the new administration adopted a “complex approach” toward the Kingdom. On the one hand, it rejected the war in Yemen and stopped participating in and supporting it. It also expressed its concern about the human rights file, but at the same time it announced that it would preserve the kingdom’s security, sovereignty and borders and rejected Houthi terrorist operations. . As for the position of the new administration on Israel, it did not differ from the positions of the previous administrations towards the Hebrew state, which considered its security a primary responsibility like the rest of the American states, but it will back down from the deal of the century and try to revive the two-state solution that will not advance one step forward in light of the Palestinian division.

The new US Secretary of State expressed the limits of the US position on the issue of the occupied Arab territories when he considered that the Golan is important to the security of Israel without considering it as part of Israeli territory, as Trump did. The new administration was also keen to adopt an containment policy towards Iran, and announced its readiness to return to the nuclear agreement, after which sanctions could be considered, which was rejected by Iran, which requires lifting US sanctions first. Biden’s views say that he will defend the file of democracy and human rights. It is true that it is a file that is often employed for political purposes, but it is best to deal with it, to respect national constitutions and laws and correct internal errors away from any external pressure. Certainly, there are new directions for the Biden administration, which will differ greatly from the previous administration, and which are required to be engaged in political, professional and mutual interests.

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