Checks and Balance: Back problems - a podcast by The Economist

“America is back” President Biden has told allies. Hard power, including a fearsomenuclear weapons arsenal, is the foundation of America’s global influence. But many Democrats would like to demilitarise foreign policy. Can Joe Biden live up to his own rhetoric as he tries to re-engage with the world? 

We hear from Shashank Joshi,The Economist’s defence editor, and Fiona Hill, who advised President Trump on Russia. Our obituaries editor Ann Wroe profilesGeorge Shultz, architect of the first arms control treaty. 

John Prideaux, our US editor, hosts with New York bureau chief Charlotte Howard, and Jon Fasman, US digital editor.

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