America is back

The six great challenges that Joe Biden listed as the "cascading crises of our era," saying that his administration would be judged on the basis of how it handled them, are important not only for the United States but for the whole world. And so America's decisive return to a leading role on the international stage can only have positive results.

The Covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, inequality (between people, between countries), racism and the assault on truth and democracy concern every human being. The sixth challenge that the new president named - America's global standing - will depend on how the country deals with the other five problems, as well as the extent to which it will seek international cooperation in the pursuit of solutions.

Biden's first presidential decrees showed his determination to overturn his predecessor's isolationism and unilateralism....