The contradiction at the heart of Biden's foreign policy

As world leaders gather for the latest global climate meeting - COP27 - this week in Egypt, the sad state of efforts to combat climate change reveals a contradiction at the heart of President Biden's foreign policy. In October, the White House released its National Security Strategy (NSS), a dubious exercise mandated by law. But if strategy is setting priorities and aligning means with ends to achieve national goals, then the NSS lacks coherence and appears self-contradictory. Why? The NSS claims expansive goals. "We face two strategic challenges," it states. "[T]he first a competition is underway between the major powers…