In a fractured world, tackling collective concerns would be more difficult as the UN struggles, Biden and Xi build rival global alliances.
US and China Flags (Photo: Case Western Reserve University)
Biden And Xi Building Rival Global Coalitions
While the world is struggling with global challenges, Biden and Xi are doing their best to build their respective alliances.
The US is developing security relations with India’s autocratic leader and other Asia-Pacific “strongmen,” including Saudi Arabia’s outcast, Prince Mohammad bin Salman.
On the other hand, China is pursuing African and Arab countries as well as the “Global South” with enticing promises of a bold new multipolar world, expanded BRICS, and an egalitarian G20. Russia is increasingly clinging to Beijing, North Korea, and other like-minded rogue governments.
With all the existing global challenges, right now both Biden and Xi are pursuing other countries for alliance.
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The Continuous Competition For Power And Influence Between Biden And Xi
The competitive reshuffling of the geopolitical pack caused by Biden and Xi is not really about building a better and safer world.
These middle-ranking countries and emerging countries are most likely to be influenced and used by the major players, such as Biden and Xi, just like in the past.
According to Taipei Times , Gordon Brown, the former British Prime Minister has stated that “cracks in the global order are becoming canyons as we fail to design global solutions for global challenges.” Gordon Added that a decade of global disorder would be inevitable in the near future if there would be no new multilateralism.
So in the question of who would most likely rule the 21st century, between Biden and Xi, remains unanswered. At this moment, Biden and Xi and their respective governments are scrambling to build and join alliances.
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