Biden premised returning to liberal empire rather than ending imperial policies

Evidence

In his article in Foreign Affairs titled “Why America Must Lead Again,” Biden has promised to do both and to restore Obama era policies. As he states: “The triumph of democracy and liberalism over fascism and autocracy created the free world. But this contest does not just define our past. It will define our future, as well.” This will translate into a return to soft power and a rejection of the blatant right-wing racism of the Trump era. Most significantly, Trump eschewed the “good Muslim, bad Muslim” approach (with the exception of Saudi Arabia) and opened the door to right-wing Islamophobia. Biden has rejected this approach. We might therefore expect a return to liberal Islamophobia and the accommodationist approach. … In short, as of this writing, it appears that the United States is headed into a third Obama term with a multiracial and female-heavy leadership team ensuring a process where neoliberal multiculturalism, as it has in the past, will paper over racist imperial policies. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 544 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Trump’s foreign policy swapped liberal for illiberal hegemony while keeping empire — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 514; Biden’s return to liberal Islamophobia continues imperial drone and Israel policies. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 532; Obama’s election rebranded rather than ended American imperial policy — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 495 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Liberal multicultural representation can mask ongoing racially exclusionary imperial policy #expands (0.92) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 544
• Neoliberal multiculturalism masks racist imperial policy under Biden #expands (0.90)
• Liberal universalism has long coexisted with justifying empire #corroborates (0.85)
• Liberal rights discourse has historically justified rather than opposed empire #corroborates (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 72
• US policy is dragging liberalism back from multicultural to classical form #corroborates (0.78)
• Liberalism historically frames empire as benevolent uplift #corroborates (0.75)