Biden's centrist front court

Diversity, centrism and experience in different strategic areas of American foreign policy. Joe Biden's team leaves no room for doubt as to the direction the new government will take from 20 January. The election of Samantha Power, a former US ambassador to the United Nations and a specialist in human rights, to head the Agency for International Development (USAID) confirms the competent and experienced profile in diplomatic fields that the new president wishes to give to the main posts in his government. In this case, with the possibility that the future head of US cooperation will join the National Security Council in order to reinforce the inclusive and global vision of its policies. The one oriented towards Africa, for example. 

Power's profile is added to that of the new director of the CIA, William Burns, also a career diplomat with extensive knowledge specifically of Russia, where he performed part of his work, and close to the prestigious Carnegie Endowment. Burns has also played a prominent role in the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, confirming his centrist nature and experience in foreign management. The new Secretary of State will be Anthony Blinke, whose proposal was welcomed by the main European foreign ministries as he is a politician who has clearly stated the priority of strengthening Euro-Atlantic relations and is an admirer of the process of integrating the continental democracies into the European Union. 

The front court line of external action is completed by General Lloyd Austin, who was nominated a few weeks ago for the post of defence secretary and represents all the prestige of the army, having been head of the Central Command in charge of the operations of the American forces in the Middle East in the complicated period 2013-2016, when the first phase of the strategy for separating the United States from the conflicts on the ground in the region, completed by the Trump Administration, was implemented. If the procedural details do not prevent his confirmation, as he has been retired for four years instead of the usual seven, he will be the first African-American leader in that post. The election of Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury and Vice President Kamala Harris herself, both of whom are exponents of political and professional competence, reinforce the sense of inclusiveness and respect for diversity, and clearly confirm the criteria assumed by Biden in the formation of his new team.