TOKYO -- U.S. President Joe Biden met with the leaders of Japan, South Korea, India and Australia during his short visit to Asia last month. The latest round of face-to-face meetings was aimed at rebuilding the U.S.-led order in Asia to counter Chinese and Russian attempts to dominate the region.
As a prologue to this diplomatic push, Biden held a summit with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Washington on May 12 and 13, the second such meeting held in the U.S. The first U.S.-ASEAN summit was hosted six years ago by the previous Democratic president, Barack Obama.
