Lost Authority: US allies losing respect for Biden’s approach to escalation management

America’s allies believe the Biden administration’s credibility is deteriorating on the world stage and it has lost control of escalation management in conflict zones, namely the Middle East and Ukraine. This Washington Examiner series, Lost Authority, will look at the reasons why.

In the hours after Russia launched more than 200 missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine, officials in Kyiv assessed the damage — and vented about President Joe Biden’s restrictions on the use of U.S. weapons to hit Russian military targets beyond the range of Ukrainian weapons.