Biden’s commitment to multilateralism, developments in the Quad & Indonesia’s foreign policy

In the earliest days of the Biden Administration, the United States has made it clear that it wants to re-engage in multilateralism. Peter Jennings is joined by Professor Gordon Flake, CEO of the Perth USAsia Centre, to discuss Biden’s foreign policy agenda, climate policies and the importance of alliances and repairing some of America’s reputational damage. Following the first-ever leader-level Quad summit in March 2021, Michael Shoebridge is joined by Dr Lavina Lee, Senior Lecturer in Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University to weigh in on the latest developments in the Quad grouping as well as Australia-India bilateral relations. ASPI research intern, Hillary Mansour speaks with Dr David Engel, Head of ASPI’s Indonesia Program about Indonesia's Defence Equipment and Technology Transfer Agreement with Japan, what the agreement means for Indonesia and how Indonesia’s recent international engagements complement their foreign policy strategy. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/indonesias-free-and-active-foreign-policy-on-show-in-ministerial-visits-to-japan-and-china/ Guests (in order of appearance): Peter Jennings: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/peter-jennings Professor Gordon Flake: https://perthusasia.edu.au/staff-gordon-flake Michael Shoebridge: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/michael-shoebridge Dr Lavina Lee: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/lavina-rajendram-lee Hillary Mansour: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/hillary-mansour David Engel: https://www.aspi.org.au/bio/david-engel Background music: "Classical Landscapes" by Kesta. Via the Free Music Archive. Image: US Passport via PXHere