In February, the Biden administration announced an end to US support for offensive operations carried out by a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen, as well as any “relevant arms sales”.
He also ended agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras that allowed US authorities to deport asylum seekers who passed through one of those countries on their way to the US and send them back.īiden has also taken a more confrontational tone with Russian President Vladimir Putin for his crackdown on dissent and build-up of Russian troops along the Ukrainian border, notably confirming that he believed Putin to be a “killer” in an interview in March.īiden has offered to meet Putin for a summit in a European country in the coming weeks, although it remains unclear if that meeting will happen. The Biden administration ended Trump’s so-called Remain in Mexico policy, which required asylum seekers to stay in Mexico – often in makeshift camps set up along the border – while their US asylum claims are processed. Latin Americaīiden’s promise to reset Trump-era policies at the southern border with Mexico have also been ad hoc amid a surge in migrant and asylum seeker arrivals, the vast majority from Central America.
Still, Chinese President Xi Jinping participated in a US-hosted climate summit last week, indicating the leaders are willing to work with each other on some global issues. His Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi then accused the US of “long-arm jurisdiction and suppression” and said many Americans have “little confidence in the democracy of the United States”, an apparent reference to storming of the US Capitol by pro-Trump rioters in January. In an opening statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced “deep concerns with actions by China, including in Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Taiwan, cyber attacks on the United States, and economic coercion toward our allies”. On April 13, Biden announced the US would withdraw all remaining US troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that precipitated the US invasion of the country.īiden pushed back a May 1 withdrawal deadline reached between the Trump administration and the Taliban, and his plan has been hailed by advocates who have long called on the US to end its so-called “forever wars”. Here are some of Biden’s major foreign policy moves over his first 100 days: Afghanistan That has garnered criticism from segments of the Democratic Party, who have urged Biden to take more progressive stances on a number of issues including US relations with Saudi Arabia, a low US refugee admissions cap, and arms sales to the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. “Biden’s first 100 days pretty much came as advertised,” said PJ Crowley, the former US assistant secretary of state for public affairs under President Barack Obama.Ĭrowley pointed to the Biden administration’s tough line on China, its efforts to re-engage with Washington’s European allies, and its ongoing negotiations for a return to the Iran nuclear deal, which Trump unilaterally withdrew from in 2018, as examples of the shift.īut while Biden has a wholly different style from Trump, his foreign policy has not been a “wholesale rebuke” of his predecessor, Crowley told Al Jazeera.
United States President Joe Biden took office in January on a promise to trade in the “America first” approach of his predecessor, Donald Trump, for a diplomacy-heavy, human-rights-led foreign policy.Īs Biden marks his first 100 days in the White House this week, observers say his administration has taken several steps towards that goal – including re-engaging with a number of international organisations and pressing for multilateral cooperation on global issues, such as climate change.
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