President Biden reviews four years of U.S. diplomacy, urges continuity on AI and climate

President Joe Biden told State Department staff that U.S. alliances and global influence are stronger now than four years ago and urged the next administration to sustain work on artificial intelligence and climate policy.

Biden opened with an assessment of broad strategic gains, saying the United States has increased diplomatic, military, technological and economic power and that partnerships have “made a difference.” He told the room that stronger alliances and expanded cooperation leave the country “in a fundamentally stronger position” in competition with major powers.

The speech put several policy areas at the center of the administration’s foreign‑policy account. On Russia and Ukraine, Biden credited U.S. leadership and allied support with keeping Ukraine independent and said the United States…