Thread by @djrothkopf

As soon as we get done recognizing that Biden's domestic agenda has led to an unprecedented year of accomplishment, I would like to put in a word for the international agenda.

Contrary to what you may have read, it includes the following:
--Ending the longest war in US history
--Re-entering the Paris climate accords and restoring US to a leadership role in global climate talks (including big climate commitment in BBB package)

--Scoring big victories against the pandemic at home (well over 400 million doses given, nearly 200 million fully vaccinated) but also leading the way in vaccine diplomacy (with a commitment of over 1 billion doses)

--Re-entering the World Health Organization
--Re-starting talks with Iran to undo damage done by Trump when he pulled the US out of the JCPOA (talks continuing next month)

--Leading global minimum corporate tax initiative (15% minimum is part of BBB Package) which will transform the global tax landscape and has been a model of how economic diplomacy should work

--Elevating next generation challenges to a central role with a shift from GWOT of past two decades to a focus on China, climate, cyber/AI and other next gen threats
--Advancing new Indo-Pac security structures w/first ever Quad summit, AUKUS

--Recognizing that American strength begins at home and focusing on investing almost $5 trillion in first year in office on programs critical to US competitiveness and strength like infrastructure, resiliency, functioning health systems, climate, R&D and education

--Restoring US leadership with recent Gallup poll results showing US ratings hitting near historic highs after collapsing to historic lows under Trump
--New commitment (this week) by @SecBlinken to modernize the State Department (and reverse Trump era brain drain, loss of morale)

This is a partial list. And you can be forgiven if you haven't read about it all put together this way. Coverage tends to focus on controversy and problems and not on the big picture or process or successes. But the story is one of remarkable progress in a short period of time.