The Strategy of the Biden Administration Towards European NATO Allies

US relations with NATO allies are the key aspect of American foreign policy. At the present stage, the United States has a combined potential that exceeds the capabilities of other major international actors and the ability to project its influence in almost all regions of the world. The mechanism for shaping US foreign policy has been significantly affected by the contradictions caused by the activities of the D. Trump administration, which views on key foreign policy issues differed markedly from the position of most of the American political establishment. The concerns of US allies about the effectiveness of American security guarantees in these conditions have become a noticeable factor affecting relations within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, strengthening the sentiments of some European elites in favor of greater military and political autonomy. The victory of J. Biden was viewed as a return of American foreign policy to the traditional course, which presupposes the consolidation of NATO on the basis of key liberal principles and values. The purpose of this article is to study the key aspects of J. Biden administration’s attitude towards European allies. This problem seems to be significant from the point of view of understanding the logic of the international behavior of the collective West, as well as the specifics of the activities of key institutions that ensure its international political influence, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Based on the application of a systematic approach, the use of general scientific and special methods, including the historical and political science method, as well as methods of comparative and formal logical analysis, the article solves research problems related to the analysis of the main policy directions of J. Biden administration’s attitude towards European NATO allies. According to the results of the study, the strategy of the current US leadership in this direction is based mainly on the neoliberal ideological values. At the same time, it retains certain elements of continuity with D. Trump's policy, related to the US desire to redistribute costs within the bloc, shifting a significant part of the financial burden to the European members of NATO.