Arvanitakis on American politics: Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan – What is it all about?

Joe Biden has unveiled a $2 trillion ‘infrastructure plan’ to “Build Back Better”, but the scheme goes well beyond the usual aspects of transport and construction.

Arvanitakis on American politics: How Trump may have saved democracy

Former President Trump’s assault on evidence based policy, international organisations and democracy itself may actually serve to strengthen these institutions in the future.

Asia and the USA after Trump

Donald Trump’s disastrous Presidency damaged the USA’s relations with its Asian allies, and President Biden has many bridges to rebuilt to contain the rise of China.

Is this the end of the “American Century”?

Is the United States’ time in the sun as the world’s superpower coming to an end? While American exceptionalism reigns supreme, the Capitol Hill riots revealed a truth.

Rhyming history: America has been here before

Donald Trump’s fall into disgrace invites comparison with the end of Richard Nixon, but America soon revitalised itself, and now will have to once again.

Arvanitakis on American politics: Platforms and stages

The Democrats are using Trump’s second impeachment trial to drive a wedge between Republican factions, but whether the tactic works or backfires, it will do nothing to bridge the partisan divide between America’s two parties.

America’s back

After four years of Donald Trump’s chaotic, divisive and self-serving rule, Joe Biden has been sworn in as the new President of the United States with a strong appeal to unity, morality and common purpose.

US Strategy in the Asian century

The United States is a country that has lost its way in the emerging Asian Century. The new administration will face some daunting challenges in developing an effective strategy for the Asian Century.

Shaping the America that Australia needs

Australia will need to court America’s support to resist an ever more aggressive China, and so good relations must be forged with Joe Biden’s new administration.

Long term repercussions of the Capitol incursion

The violent mob storming the US Capitol building has been described as a failed ‘coup attempt’ but though Joe Biden has been confirmed as President-Elect, the fallout could have much broader implications.

Will Biden change the US stance in South Asia?

The incoming Biden administration will offer both change and continuity for US foreign policy, presenting both new opportunities and fresh challenges for the South Asia region.

Arvanitakis on American politics: The future of American democracy

The tumultuous events of this week left many in despair at the state of American democracy, but they could yet prove a turning point in healing the political divisions of recent years.