The recent US election has shown a clear result - Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. won. Will Southeast Asia and the world welcome America back? Maybe this recent election brings new hope to us all after a turbulent four years of Donald Trump's administration. Or maybe not.

We conversed with Evan Laksmana, PhD, a senior researcher at the Department of International Relations, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia, to find out more.

In this fifth episode of The ASEANcast, we managed to snitch Dr. Evan Laksmana's critical view and assessment of what Biden's win means to Southeast Asia, the Asia-Pacific, and the world.