Biden warned of threat to US global leadership from Russia and China

If the United States loses its position as a world leader, then other powers will take its place — Russia or China. This was announced on December 16 by former US President Joe Biden.

The politician stressed that Washington is obliged to preserve its leadership qualities in the international arena.

"If we are not leaders, then who will lead the world? Russia? China? <...> We have to do this. We owe it to our families, we owe it to the world," Biden was quoted as saying by The Hill magazine.

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On November 25, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed the opinion that the United States and China will always be rivals, which is the natural order of things for the United States. According to him, the strong relations and leadership of the American President Donald Trump made it possible to smooth out the situation between the states.

On November 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang, said that relations between Russia and China were going through the best period of their history. In addition, Russia and China are doing a lot of work within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which contributes to the establishment of the SCO as one of the pillars of the multipolar world order.

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