Biden to deepen global alliances and compete with China

As the Biden administration is over a month into its existence, President Joe Biden released an interim government strategy document on Wednesday that called for America to re-engage with the world while strengthening itself at home. The document warns that democracies are under siege around the world, including in the United States, and makes numerous references to strategic competition with an increasingly assertive China which is said was the only competitor who could effectively challenge an open international system. In addition to reaffirming its alliances with NATO, Australia, Japan and South Korea, Mr. Biden said in the document (Renewing America’s Advantages: Interim National Security Strategic Guidance) that his administration would deepen its partnership with India and work alongside New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members to advance its objectives. The document, which serves to guide the agendas of U.S. government departments and agencies, said America would recommit to its alliances and invest in its own democracy and economy.