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  • 7 Oct 2024
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Kamala Harris and Ukraine: Is the US truly committed to Ukrainian victory?

    Mick Ryan
    The only nation with a viable theory of victory is Russia. Harris must decide if the US will change that equation.
  • 3 Oct 2024
    • Southeast Asia
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Kamala Harris and the Indo-Pacific: Correcting the attention deficit

    Susannah Patton
    Many Southeast Asian countries already see the United States as a more distant and less reliable partner.
  • 2 Oct 2024
    • Pacific Islands
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Kamala Harris and the Pacific Islands

    Meg Keen
    Pacific Island countries want to hear more from the Democratic nominee about how she will support the region.
  • 2 Oct 2024
    • Global Economy
    • Geo-economics
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Economy
    • US Elections

    Trumpian economic nationalism is not what the world or America needs

    Roland Rajah
    Donald Trump’s policies are a recipe for higher global inflation, greater fragmentation, and more inequality.
  • 1 Oct 2024
    • China
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Economy
    • US Elections

    Kamala Harris and China: Competition and antagonism, continued

    Richard McGregor
    Harris is largely a blank slate on China policy. She is likely to stick to Biden policy positions and instincts, which means relations will remain rocky.
  • 1 Oct 2024
    • Defence & Security
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Trump and Asian security

    Sam Roggeveen
    Ideological and policy tribalism is a feature of every presidency. The new Trump team will be no different.
  • 30 Sep 2024
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Economy
    • US Elections

    Kamala Harris and trade: Better than the alternative, but not much

    Jenny Gordon
    Judging by the lack of major policy announcements from the Harris campaign, her administration is likely to largely maintain the Biden trajectory.
  • 30 Sep 2024
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Elections

    How Australia should deal with Trump

    Michael Fullilove
    Trump disparages the liberal international order. Australia may need to serve in its bodyguard.
  • 8 Apr 2024
    • Australia's Defence Challenges
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • Australian Defence Intelligence and Security
    • Defence & Security
    • The Biden Presidency
    • The Trump Presidency
    • United States
    • US Elections

    Beyond Biden vs Trump: The other US elections that matter

    Raymond La Raja
    In US foreign policy, the Congress can pack a punch against the president, and that reverberates all the way to Australia.
  • 20 Sep 2022
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • The Biden Presidency
    • United States

    What does Biden mean on Taiwan?

    Robert Ayson
    When Washington doesn’t speak with one voice, its powers of strategic ambiguity are slowly chipped away.
  • 3 Aug 2021
    • Afghanistan War
    • The Biden Presidency

    Man on a mission: Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan

    Erin Hurley
    The removal of US troops from Afghanistan was in Joe Biden’s sights long before he was president. But what next?

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