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Why Joe Biden Failed

For now, something like the normal exercise of power continues. But as the US enters the long electoral cycle from 2022 to 2024, we should expect the dysfunction to become more manifest. The events of 6 January are always in the background.

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By Adam Tooze
Published on Jul 20, 2022

The New Statesman

About the Author

Adam Tooze

Nonresident Scholar, Europe Program, Carnegie Europe

Tooze is a nonresident scholar with the Europe Program and Carnegie Europe.

Adam Tooze
Nonresident Scholar, Europe Program, Carnegie Europe
Adam Tooze
Political ReformDemocracyUnited StatesIran

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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