China’s Strategies toward South Korea, Japan, and Australia in the Biden Era
As the Biden administration eyes ways to strengthen US alliances, China is weighing methods to drive a wedge between the US and its principal allies in the Indo-Pacific […]
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What’s Past Is Prologue: China After Xi
What comes after Xi Jinping? The question itself seems premature to ask, given the near-certainty that Xi will assume a norm-breaking 3rd five-year term as general secretary of […]
Introduction
There is every expectation that Joe Biden will replace Donald Trump’s diplomacy, with stress on multilateralism. In Europe, this clearly means a reemphasis on NATO. In the Indo-Pacific […]
Challenges to Biden’s pursuit of trilateralism
Trilateralism is the term used for US-Japan-ROK close strategic cooperation and understanding. For Tokyo and Seoul, trilateralism requires a fundamental reconceptualization of both national interests and national identities […]
US-DPRK relations and China’s response in the Biden era
Whether Washington and Beijing cooperate under the Biden administration depends heavily on whether they reach an understanding on how to approach the DPRK. This was a touchstone for […]
America’s Indo-Pacific challenge
This article has been updated on February 4. Competing with China is the foremost external policy challenge for the new US administration of President Joe Biden. More precisely, […]
Introduction
In the early autumn of 2020, when Joe Biden was leading decisively in the polls, many in the Indo-Pacific region were reflecting on what his policy would be […]
Contemplating US Policy on China and the Indo-Pacific: Some Thoughts regarding a Possible Biden Administration
By most accounts, the last four years have been something of a sea change in US foreign policy. During this time, the US has stepped back from its […]
Anticipating Japan’s Attitudes toward the US President in 2021
Japan has a very practical view on who the US president is. Throughout the postwar period, Japan’s national interest and security have been protected and advanced by the […]
Sustaining the Momentum in the Indo-Pacific: The US Presidential Elections and Priorities for Indo-US ties
When asked about bipartisan support for the Indo-US relationship, India’s Foreign Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said, “[T]hink back at the last four American Presidents. Donald Trump, Barack Obama, […]