Joe Biden plans to organise a summit for democracy early in his presidency – but has the standing of the US been too damaged by Trump for the superpower to lead in this way?

The pandemic has caused many countries to put national interests first, but while globalisation has many faults, it has also lifted billions of people out of poverty, so our focus should be to reform rather than destroy it

If a diplomatic rapprochement with Iran is to have any chance of success, the US president must discard the showy, personality-driven approach that he has employed with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un