The Fall of Afghanistan: The Biden Administration’s First Crisis
The Fall of Afghanistan: The Biden Administration’s First Crisis

Author(s): Mateusz Piotrowski
Subject(s): Politics, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Afghanistan; Joe Biden; foreign policy; security;
Summary/Abstract: The chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan sparked the first major crisis of confidence in President Joe Biden and his administration, both in the U.S. and internationally. It has affected the administration’s relations with Democrats in Congress, whose confidence in the president has weakened. This narrows the president’s freedom to conduct foreign policy. At the same time, the way the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan will be used by its rivals to undermine American guarantees to Allies and the U.S. standing in the international arena.

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