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Author:: Julio S. Amador III and Lisa Marie Palma
Publication Date:: 01-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: The Biden administration should keep in mind that domestic politics bears considerable implications for the alliance. Regarding economic relations, the United States needs to remain committed to policies that diversify supply chains and create opportunities for business and investment projects in the Philippines.
Topic:: Economics, Bilateral Relations, Alliance, and Investment
Political Geography:: Philippines, Asia-Pacific, and United States of America

Author:: Andrea Gleason
Publication Date:: 02-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: Australia is committed to delivering at least AUD 700 million in climate finance to the Pacific and investing in climate-resilient infrastructure across the region, including through the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific.
Topic:: Climate Change, Economics, Infrastructure, Climate Finance, and Resilience
Political Geography:: Australia and Pacific Islands

Author:: William Choong
Publication Date:: 02-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: An area in which the United States has gained traction—at China’s expense—are emerging formal and ad hoc plurilateral collaborations between Quad members and Southeast Asian countries.
Topic:: Geopolitics, Multilateralism, Strategic Competition, ASEAN, and Quad Alliance
Political Geography:: China, United States of America, and Indo-Pacific

Author:: Benjamin Reilly and Peter Dean
Publication Date:: 02-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: Ongoing disruptions in the Gulf of Aden and the vulnerability of other key Indian Ocean bottlenecks in the Straits of Hormuz or Malacca... [H]ighlight an inconvenient truth: the country with the most to lose from a disruption of the Indian Ocean today is China...
Topic:: Security, Maritime Commerce, and Economy
Political Geography:: China, India, Australia, West Asia, United States of America, and Indian Ocean

Author:: Kenneth Gofigan Kuper
Publication Date:: 04-2024
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: "For many of us in Guam, a free and open Indo-Pacific cannot be fully accomplished without resolving the paradox of the United States maintaining a modern-day colony even though the local government has supported moving forward with a decolonization process."
Topic:: Politics, Decolonization, Strategy, and Colonization
Political Geography:: China, United States of America, Indo-Pacific, and Guam

Author:: Hafiizh Hashim
Publication Date:: 04-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: Dr. Hafiizh Hashim, Head Consultant at Sociable & Co. and Assistant Lecturer Universiti at Brunei Darussalam, explains that "[g]reater US engagement in the BIMP-EAGA [a subregional grouping encompassing states and subnational jurisdiction in eastern Southeast Asia] could deepen US-ASEAN relations" and "find convergence between US and ASEAN Indo-Pacific frameworks."
Topic:: International Relations, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, ASEAN, and Regional Politics
Political Geography:: Southeast Asia, Asia-Pacific, and United States of America

Author:: Joe-Silem Enlet
Publication Date:: 04-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: Mr. Joe-Silem Enlet, former Consul General for the Federated States of Micronesia and current PhD Student at the University of Rhode Island, explains that "[t]he Pacific and its ocean people’s heritage need to be featured more prominently in the US Indo-Pacific strategy."
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Climate Change, Economics, and Heritage
Political Geography:: United States of America, Indo-Pacific, and Micronesia

Author:: Arjun Shankar
Publication Date:: 05-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: Dr. Arjun Shankar, Assistant Professor of Culture and Politics in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, explains how India's ethnonational discourse and abiding commitment to Global South solidarity are both products of the country's anti-colonial struggle but are now clashing in India's approach to the Palestine question.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Solidarity, Global South, Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, Ethnonationalism, and Hindutva
Political Geography:: India, Israel, and Palestine

Author:: Frank O'Donnell
Publication Date:: 06-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: Dr. Frank O'Donnell, Adjunct Fellow with the East-West Center in Washington and Nonresident Fellow in the Stimson Center South Asia Program, asserts that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces growing challenges in his third term, including Chinese hostilities in the Himalayas, pursuing more peaceful relations with Pakistan, and navigating turbulence in US-India affairs.
Topic:: International Relations, Security, Foreign Policy, Elections, and Narendra Modi
Political Geography:: Pakistan, South Asia, India, and United States of America

Author:: Dimitar Gueorguiev
Publication Date:: 07-2024
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: East-West Center
Abstract:: Dr. Dimitar D. Gueorguiev, an associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and director of Chinese studies at Syracuse University, asserts that “Taiwan’s new government faces rough seas ahead” and with the loss of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) legislative majority, new President Lai Ching-te “needs to seek compromise with a divided government...”
Topic:: Government, Elections, Democracy, and Lai Ching-te
Political Geography:: Taiwan and Asia

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