A win for the former president would surely further galvanize the bloc’s populist parties and encourage their normalization—much as it did in the US.
Amid a divisive election cycle, surveys show the US public is worried about the implications of political polarization and eroding democratic infrastructure.
This gap between Democrats and Republicans on foreign policy — and America’s role in the world — is one that’s been steadily evolving over the past decade.
"Far from being an idealist driven to spread democracy, commerce, protection of human rights or some other value, Biden is a practitioner of realpolitik," Paul Poast argues.