US, Europe set for radical reversals, succession struggles in 2021

The Europeans are relieved to see the back of US President Trump, who was deeply unpopular. PHOTOS: REUTERS, AFP
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LONDON - Of all the events expected in 2021, the incoming Joe Biden Administration's shape and conduct in the United States are guaranteed to be of the utmost importance.

This is partly because outgoing President Donald Trump has proved to be such a break from traditional US foreign and security policies over the 75 years that any "return to normality and predictability" of the kind Mr Biden is promising is bound to entail some radical about-turns.

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