Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail | Simon Tisdall

The US president won rave reviews in Kyiv and Warsaw. But his old, cold war mindset is out of step with a changing world

It was Joe Biden's week. His energised performance in Kyiv and Warsaw recalled the campaigning style of a much younger man. Russian media sniped that the US president was warming up for his 2024 re-election campaign. They missed the point. He almost certainly intends to run again. Yet last week's adrenaline rush had a different cause.

Biden has cast himself as a latter-day Lionheart, leading a global crusade against the bad guys - what he calls a test for the ages". He's on a high. He believes he, and the cause of democracy, are winning hands down. Sadly, he's wrong.