In his opinion piece, Dr Alexander R Arifianto discussed Joe Biden’s victory in November’s US presidential election, and how it signalled possible changes in the country’s Indo-Pacific strategy and its bilateral relationships with ASEAN members. “Its relationship with Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest democracy, will be of utmost importance if the new US administration hopes to achieve its goal of promoting democratic norms and values in the region,” wrote the Research Fellow with the Indonesia programme at RSIS.