Peter Hartcher on how the US finally re-emerged as an 'indispensable power'

The Morning Edition

After more than a decade of weakening strategic resolve under the Obama and Trump administrations, the United States is showing signs of re-emerging as an indispensable power to the world.

The United States helped to curtail broader conflict in the Middle East by rallying a coordinated response to Iran’s attack on Israel, and passed a 95 billion dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.

This willingness to again embrace its role as the gamekeeper and gardener of the international order comes after years of miscalculations that served only to embolden the world’s autocrats and their ambitions.

Today, international editor Peter Hartcher on three key positions taken by the United States and what this may mean for its allies and the world order.

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