Why we need an industrial strategy
Business is deserting the UK as a place to invest.
ByJoe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr is the forty-sixth president of the United States. Biden, born in 1942, was senator for Delaware for 36 years and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee before becoming Barack Obama’s vice-president. He assumed office as president on 20 January 2021, having beaten Donald Trump in the election the previous November. Find our latest news and comment here.
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Emmanuel Macron says Europe should stop “following” the US, while Joe Biden visits Belfast.
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Jeremy Hunt’s green policy gap
The Chancellor has criticised Joe Biden’s plan for green growth, but has failed to present an alternative plan for Britain.
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The urgent work to defend global democracy needs more than a Zoom call.
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Ed Miliband wants to follow in President Biden’s footsteps.
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Europe needs to brace for a Republican president in 2025
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The US is readying itself for another moral crusade, this time against China
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Kyiv stands, Putin doubles down, China talks peace
Biden’s symbolic visit to Ukraine reiterates western support, but the rest of the world appears less convinced.
Biden and Putin agree on one thing – the future of the global order is at stake in Ukraine
The US and Russian leaders delivered duelling speeches, just hours apart, ahead of the one-year anniversary of the war in…
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The Munich Security Conference also proclaimed Western support for Ukraine, but the Global South views the conflict a little differently.
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In Western democracies conventional conservativism is foundering. How did this once-dominant political force become so diminished?
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Labour must seize the interventionist moment
As the US and the EU embrace an era of state-led economic policy, the UK risks being left behind.
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The Republican response to Biden’s State of the Union shows they are fresh out of ideas
The American right is leaning into culture-war talking points rather than working out how to actually fix the country’s problems.
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After the traumas of the Trump presidency, Europe is mistaking his successor’s leadership for the new normal.
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The balloon debacle is a needless crisis – but a crisis nonetheless
Whether it was a spy balloon or not, US politicians’ ability to take a nuanced approach to Beijing has been…
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Why size does matter for Europe and Brexit Britain
The US’s advantage over us is scale. Small is no longer so beautiful.
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How a rogue balloon could scupper US-China relations
A Chinese surveillance balloon has been spotted over the US. Donald Trump wants the military to shoot it down.
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