US bid to cement global leadership stumbles in Gaza
by Ned Temko
Nov 02, 2023
3 minutes
Two wars, each with high stakes and painful costs, are together posing a critical test of President Joe Biden’s core foreign policy vision: a vigorous reassertion of America’s post-World War II role as global leader.
That’s because the political passions stirred by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are threatening the support he will need to put that vision into practice.
Mr. Biden sees the catalysts for both conflicts – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and Hamas’ Oct. 7 rampage through southern Israel – as a
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