Phnom Penh, Cambodia CNN —
archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_FF7E3100-3E35-2D03-9791-6B4EF8EDBB70@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> President Joe Biden landed in Cambodia on Saturday still reveling in midterm election results that have produced an unexpected boost at home for his second two years in office.
archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_C03EF2D7-B078-0FBD-2F1E-6B5030DD3819@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> The scale of the challenges abroad, and the effort to translate 21 months of intensive engagement into tangible results for US alliances, will put the value of that political capital on the international stage to the test even as votes are still being counted.
archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_81552C16-45E6-D797-3189-6B5030E4DBE7@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> Biden is set to confront a series of stark challenges in his sit-down with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, critical allies in an Indo-Pacific region rattled by an increasingly belligerent North Korea. An assertive and confrontational China, long a central animating issue for the Biden administration, also looms large.
archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_2CC12080-3797-A47B-5808-6C9A45BC9BF2@published” data-editable=”text” data-component-name=”paragraph”> Biden will also meet with Kishida and Yoon…
