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Jacob Stokes, senior fellow at the Centre for a New American Security’s Indo-Pacific Security Programme, said the aim of Biden’s trip was to convey the message that the US was actively leading a coalition of like-minded allies and partners seeking to strengthen the rules-based international order in the region.

“That coalition aims to do so both by deterring coercion and aggression from China, and by offering alternatives for solving key challenges facing the region and the world,” he said.

Biden’s trip was also aimed at “reaping the benefits” of his administration’s work in building a “latticework” of institutions and partnerships across the region, Stokes said, such as through the Quad and deepened relations with Pacific nations.

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