VSs Yascha Mounk recalled in Foreign Affairs, Joe Biden has placed his presidency under the sign of a democratic restoration. In foreign policy, first. Still a candidate, he wrote: “The triumph of democracy and liberalism over fascism and autocracy not only created the free world. And this competition doesn’t just define our past. It will also define our future. »
His predecessor had displayed his ideological proximity to ethno-nationalist and illiberal governments, such as those of Viktor Orban or Narendra Modi. He had shown questionable complacency towards certain authoritarian regimes, such as those of Marshal al-Sissi or Vladimir Putin. The firmness with which Washington supports the resistance of Ukraine testifies to…
