President Biden’s goal of bolstering democracies around the world will need robust U.S.-Europe cooperation to succeed.

The Quad, composed of the United States, Australia, India, and Japan, is not a formal alliance. Still, the group has intensified its security and economic ties as tensions with China rise.

To combat climate change, governments and institutions should increase their funding to poorer nations to pay for adaptation and mitigation measures.

In fact, experts say the fight against climate change could spark a nuclear energy revival.

Prime Minister Suga will keep working to upgrade Japan’s military amid increasing pressures from China, North Korea, and Russia.