Ros Atkins on US President Joe Biden’s first foreign policy test - how to deal with Saudi Arabia. ...

Sydney Stop the War condemned US President Joe Biden’s bombing raid on northern Iraq and called for the removal of all occupying troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, reports Kerry Smith. ...

In 1949, only 53 percent of Americans said they would even consider voting for a woman for vice president. In 2021, Kamala Harris entered office with the same favorability ratings that Joe Biden had in 2009, which may be a sign that her gender has neither ...

This article originally appeared in VOANews. WASHINGTON – Syrian Kurdish leaders are expressing optimism about continued U.S. support for their forces following former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory in last week’s U.S. presidential election. Kurdish-l ...

This article originally appeared in Al-Monitor. By Jared Szuba, writing for Al-Monitor, December 30, 2020 Northeast Syria’s Kurdish-led administration is calling on US President-elect Joe Biden to formally recognize its autonomous status within Syria. Sin ...

By Ahmed Hawarami: Biden is the US President closest to and most knowledgeable of the Kurds. He is the most sympathetic political character to the cause of the Kurdish people. Eighteen years ago, when he was an American Senator, he visited Kurdistan in 20 ...

"The war in Yemen must end," says US president as part of his first big speech on foreign policy. ...

President Joe Biden signs executive orders on climate change, saying the US has waited too long. ...

Michael Strain evaluates the many components of Joe Biden's recently announced $1.9 trillion stimulus, including the national $15 minimum wage and the aid to state and local governments. The post 5 questions for Michael Strain on President Biden’s economi ...

Michael Strain evaluates the many components of Joe Biden's recently announced $1.9 trillion stimulus, including the direct $1400 checks, the national $15 minimum wage, and the aid to state and local governments. The post Is President Biden’s $1.9 trillio ...

Read time: 11 minsA few hours before President Joe Biden was inaugurated, I talked to a supporter of President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. who was on her way to celebrate Trump’s inauguration at The Ellipse, a federal park near the White House. She di ...

Claude Barfield outlines the trade policy challenges that Joe Biden will face as president, including the rise of Chinese mercantilism and the legacy of Donald Trump's protectionism. The post Unpacking Joe Biden’s trade policy landscape: My long-readA wit ...

President-elect Joe Biden needs to unite his nation to fix US policy abroad, Jonathan Marcus writes. ...

President elect Joe Biden has been described as a "friend of the Kurds", writes Marcel Cartier, but under his presidency, US attempts to undermine the Rojava Revolution by any means necessary is likely to continue. ...

Biden may have sympathies for the Kurdish cause, but as US president, he will not always act in the Kurdish interest. Many Kurds across the Middle East welcomed Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the recent elections in the United States. The former ...

Read time: 4 minsBy Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. Advocacy group 350.org released a new guide Thursday to assess how likely President-elect Joe Biden's possible picks for top roles will be “to ...

Read time: 11 minsOn January 19, 2021 — just one day before President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office — the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a climate change accountability lawsuit brought by Baltimore, Maryland, against almost two dozen ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping recently set a goal of doubling the size of China’s economy by 2035. Joe Biden should similarly announce in January that it’s the goal of US economic policy to boost long-term, sustainable economic growth. The post One idea Am ...

On inauguration day, President-elect Joe Biden will be the oldest person to be sworn into that office. But "years since birth" is only one way to think about the concept of age, given that mortality has fallen dramatically over the decades. The post For p ...

According to president-elect Joe Biden “If executed strategically, our response to climate change can create more than 10 million well-paying [clean energy] jobs in the United States that will grow a stronger, more inclusive middle class enjoyed by commun ...

Michael Rubin | 1001Iraqithoughts There has never been a U.S. president-elect more well-versed in Kurdish affairs than Joe Biden. Not only was Biden vice president when U.S.-Iraqi Kurdish relations reached their apex, but he also served decades on the Sen ...

Read time: 5 minsBy Edward R. Carr, The Conversation. Reposted from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate change. The question is whether he can match ...

President-elect Joe Biden is eager to re-enter the Iran nuclear deal. He also claims that his administration will restore US global leadership and respect alliances. The two are not exactly compatible. The post Fixing the Iran mess without alienating alli ...

Read time: 5 minsBy Julia Conley, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-SA 3.0 US. With Democrats anxious about the probability that President-elect Joe Biden will be forced to grapple with a Republican-led Senate after taking o ...

Some of President Trump's and Joe Biden's key policies explained and compared. ...