THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE BIDEN GOVERNMENT

Rushna and Suleman Gilbert
3 min readFeb 18, 2021

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The challenges faced by the Biden government on the domestic front are so diverse that going into detail would cause the whole article devoted to them, while my readers may not be so interested in these issues. So, talking about the first challenge on their external front, China policy — The second big challenge is in our neighborhood. That is the nuclear deal between Iran and the United States and the Western powers, which took place under the guidance of the Obama administration and aimed at preventing Iran from building an atomic bomb while enriching uranium. While imposing the toughest sanctions on Iran by the international community, it was also given some financial and economic concessions on which Israel and some Arab countries had strong reservations. Since Donald Trump considered himself the greatest protector of Israel and the Arabs. He not only hastily sabotaged the agreement but also pursued a policy of unilateral confrontation against Iran. He left no stone unturned to isolate Iran in the region, the clouds of war hovering. This, of course, did a great deal of damage to the Iranian economy and the Iranian currency, but at the same time, the damage was done by the removal of barriers and checks on President Obama’s nuclear program. While imposing sanctions on Iran, President Trump has forgotten that he is not in a position to ally himself with other world powers. There should be no doubt that a nuclear-armed Iran is more of a nightmare for the United States than it is. The tax is for Israel and other Arab neighbors. That is why Iran is shaking the entire Arab and global politics of the region. This is not a problem limited to the Houthi rebels in Yemen, but also the fear of Hezbollah’s terror through Syria and Lebanon, which has forgotten the Arab anti-Semitism and replaced it with ideological differences. The Jews living in Israel are left, so how can they sleep peacefully in the presence of nuclear Iran? Under these circumstances, On the one hand, President Joe Biden would certainly like to give Iran some economic concessions to control its nuclear program, but at the same time, he is under pressure not to go beyond a certain point on the issue of concessions. Because President Trump has gone so far with Israel and his Arab friends in besieging Iran that Biden is not in a position to demoralize him, he will not want to cause any disappointment. They also have some demands from their Western allies, such as French President Macron’s call for Saudi Arabia to be included in a nuclear deal with Iran, a recent Saudi Arabian meeting that demanded the same. Iran will refuse to accept. New US Security Adviser Jack Sialon recently said that Trump’s irresponsible policies have made Iran a bigger threat than ever. The termination of the so-called “Joint Comprehensive Strategy” agreement with Iran was a major mistake that led to a dramatic increase in Iran’s nuclear program. Now it is a test of the Biden administration’s ability to solve this problem without hurting the trust of its allies.

An even bigger and more dangerous challenge is the issue of Afghanistan for the Biden administration, where the United States has been at war for the past two decades. The Trump administration, after lengthy Doha talks, struck a deal with the Taliban to renounce violence and integrate into the national mainstream, with US support, but now there are many questions and objections. The first objection is that President Trump did not do all this with any particular wisdom, plan or strategy. All he had to do was prove to his people that he had won his election. The presidency has not started a new war for the United States but is bringing its forces back to its homeland, ending existing military operations. He had no interest in how much it could destroy US morale or interests in regional conflicts, how much it could destroy the dignity of the American people, human rights, democracy and the freedom of nations. There was no justification for the kind of conditions that were observed that they were not in line with the conscience of the Taliban.

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