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Trump administration

March 17, 2021
US-India Relations: The Shift From Trump to Biden
By Emily Ashbridge
As Washington and Delhi seek stronger ties, three policy shifts underway in the Biden administration may limit cooperation.

January 21, 2021
In Lifting Trump Travel Bans, Biden Removes Visa Restrictions on Kyrgyzstan
By Catherine Putz
Some travel restrictions remain due to COVID-19, but Kyrgyzstan is no longer subject to a direct U.S. visa ban.

January 21, 2021
China Bids Farewell to Trump Administration’s ‘Lies and Madness’
By Shannon Tiezzi
China’s Foreign Ministry hit a group of outgoing officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, with sanctions.

January 14, 2021
Australia’s Reading of the US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific
By Joshua Mcdonald
Australia is noted in the document not nearly as often as Japan, South Korea, or India, but that likely underscores the already tight relations between the two countries.

January 14, 2021
US Declassifies Strategy, Revealing Yawning Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality
By Steven Stashwick
The “Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific” reveals few surprises, and even fewer successes, in the last days of the Trump administration.

January 14, 2021
The US Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific: 3 Curiosities
By Abhijnan Rej
Reading the recently declassified document side-by-side, the 2019 Indo-Pacific Strategy Report highlights interesting inconsistencies.

January 12, 2021
After Trump, Can Australia Trust the United States?
By Grant Wyeth
Canberra long assumed it could work with any party in Washington – but is that still true after Trump?

January 09, 2021
Pompeo Approves New State Department Tech Bureau
By Abhijnan Rej
A focus on new technologies as a key element of U.S. national security would likely be one of the few bright spots from Trump’s time in the White House.

January 08, 2021
The Capitol Siege and the Crisis of American Statecraft
By Sebastian Strangio
If Joe Biden wishes to renew global democracy, he would do best to start in his own backyard.

January 07, 2021
American Shame
By Abhijnan Rej
The storming of the US Capitol on January 6 marks one of the darkest days in recent American history.

January 06, 2021
Trump, China, and Foreign Policy as Theater
By Abhijnan Rej
A new op-ed by Mike Pompeo and Marshall Billingslea vividly demonstrates everything that has been wrong with Trump’s China policy.

January 04, 2021
Iran Flexes Muscle as Trump Seeks to Restore Deterrence — Again
By Abhijnan Rej
Iran’s resumption of uranium enrichment as well as seizure of a South Korean tanker stands to needle an administration hopelessly obsessed with Tehran.
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