Joe Biden will face an inbox of complex foreign policy problems from the start

The massive, ongoing hack of US federal agencies, relations with China and North Korea will be urgent issues for Biden to address

Joe Biden's foreign policy in-tray is only looking more difficult as he approaches inauguration day - even as the US still confronts the pressing issue of record coronavirus deaths and infections.

The massive and ongoing hack of US federal agencies - blamed on Russia - has so far elicited no response from Donald Trump, who has a long history of denying or downplaying Russian interventions.