As President Joe Biden completes his final year in office and prepares to hand over power to Donald Trump, he is leaving behind an increasingly volatile global situation.

Tensions in Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia are only going to rise as we head toward the end of 2024, and as Mr. Biden quietly fades from the world stage, America’s adversaries are making major moves. When Trump took office, he faced challenges such as the long-running war in Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, the newly erupting civil war in Syria, and an increasingly aggressive China that is eager to solidify its position as the United States. It will be a foreign policy fire that will have to happen. It is our greatest enemy both economically and militarily.

“There’s a kind of ‘Bernie Weekend’ feel to this whole discussion,” Justin Logan, director of defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “It is clear that the president of the United States is not making detailed day-to-day decisions on these issues.”

Even though I received a whopping $130. billion Since the conflict with Russia began, Ukraine has focused on U.S. military aid, but so far it has failed to change the course of the war, and the two adversaries may push for a peace settlement. They are trying to reap profits in stages in anticipation of President Trump’s inauguration. The Biden administration has shown little interest in diplomacy with Russia, pumping an additional $2.5 billion into aid to Ukraine just before Biden left office. According to to the White House on Monday.

“Once they go into a position, they never come back, even if they survive. They either leave their position, refuse to participate in combat, or try to find a way to leave the military. ” said the Ukrainian Grand Commander. said CNN reported on the morale of the Ukrainian military in September. (Related: Biden laments defense spending bill’s ban on gender reassignment surgery for children)

Currently, Russia is slowly advancing its front into the remaining areas of Donbass and Donetsk, securing victory. According to To the War Research Institute. Russia is also accepting 10,000 troops from North Korea, but Ukraine is struggling to attract personnel and maintain morale among its troops.

Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have grown closer since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, with China supporting Russia by increasing economic and military aid and, in some cases, violating sanctions to support Putin. Sometimes it happened.

Tensions between the United States and Russia have only increased after Mr. Biden authorized Ukraine to attack Russia with long-range missiles made in the United States. President Trump criticized the decision as “very stupid” and jeopardized peace talks. According to To the Associated Press.

Similarly, the Israel-Hamas war, which began in October 2023 after the Islamic extremist group Hamas attacked Israel and took hostages, continued despite Biden’s assurances that a U.S.-brokered ceasefire had been achieved. It’s not finished yet. The conflict involved Iran and its proxy group Hezbollah, which began attacking Israel the next day after Hamas.

Biden mediated ceasefire However, war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah in late November, while the war with Hamas continues in the Gaza Strip.

Biden maintained for much of 2024 that a cease-fire agreement in Gaza was on the horizon, but U.S. officials were privately skeptical of its progress due to Hamas’s stubbornness in negotiations. Ta. In addition to the fighting in Gaza, Israel has recently advantage He quelled the chaos in Syria and secured a strategic position overlooking Damascus.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have attacked commercial ships between the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea this year, but the Biden administration’s response has been mixed. The Houthis continue to attack ships associated with Israel or its allies, including the United States. According to to the New York Times.

Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, rebels have launched more than 200 drones toward Israel. According to To the Wall Street Journal, December 22nd.

In Syria, the overthrow of the Assad regime has plunged the country into chaos, while the United States does not seem to know what it wants to do in the region.

The Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organization Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has seized control of the Syrian capital Damascus, dramatically changing the course of a bloody conflict that has dragged on for more than a decade. The new government has already begun normalizing relations with other countries, and has also met with Turkish and American leaders.

HTS was formed after leader Abu Muhammad al-Jaulani split with al-Qaeda over strategic differences. According to to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. As HTS seeks to consolidate its power, the conflict remains fierce in the north between the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with no prospects for a ceasefire at this point. Not yet.

“It was just a bad time overall.” [Syria] Polaris National Security Executive Director Gabriel Noronha previously told DCNF. “Although you can’t make long-term decisions for next month, now is also a critical time to make engagement decisions and have influence early in the process.”

Additionally, the Pentagon revised the US military strength in the region on December 19, increasing the number from 900 to 2,000. Neither the White House nor the Pentagon has provided a full explanation for the sudden change.

Biden’s attempts to address China’s growing influence failed as the communist country ratcheted up tensions last year.

China’s navy conducted its largest military exercise in decades around Taiwan on Dec. 10, while Mr. They were negotiating a huge investment. He appeared to have fallen asleep during the meeting, sparking criticism although officials denied this.

“There is a wall to our east. [People’s Liberation Army] There are PLA Navy units, and there is another air defense identification zone right next to our air defense identification zone,” said Taiwanese intelligence officer Lieutenant General Hsieh Chi-sheng. said Wall Street Journal. “They are sending us a very clear message: they are turning the Taiwan Strait into domestic waters.”

The force is made up of 60 ships and 30 coast guard vessels, and Taiwanese authorities also spotted 47 fighter jets in its airspace on the same day, WSJ said. In June, China violently boarded a ship belonging to the U.S.-allied Philippine Navy in the South China Sea.

“This was not the Chinese regime, as we saw in the regime’s decline,” Logan told DCNF. “The balance of power in East Asia continues to deteriorate significantly. Allies in the region are not stepping up, and the Biden administration is drawing down US ammunition stockpiles, particularly in Ukraine but also in the Middle East.”

“Their failure to prioritize the Indo-Pacific will actually make the Indo-Pacific region central, if not more so.” [Biden’s] It’s a legacy,” Logan told DCNF.

The White House did not respond to DCNF’s request for comment..

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