Picking winners and losers from Joe Biden’s presidential victory is decidedly Trumpian. This false dichotomy of friends and enemies, you’re either with us or against us, has dominated US politics for the past four years. But politics is about power and power is not a zero-sum game. It is messy and diffuse, and the coming Biden administration understands this. We’ll need to get familiar again with a less head-splitting news cycle, one that instead of struggling to explain how mendacious the president is, actually wades into the weeds of policy.
This is part of my special collaboration for IE University, where I look at the potential winners and losers of a Biden presidency after four years of chaotic domestic and international policies. With the United States’ international reputation damaged, how is Biden likely to try to rebuild it and who will benefit?