Blinken China policy speech: Nothing new to see here
The Secretary’s remarks were a rehash of old statements and the usual mixed messages about US competition with Beijing.
The Secretary’s remarks were a rehash of old statements and the usual mixed messages about US competition with Beijing.
Though the grouping is unlikely to become a formal alliance it’s essentially a security bloc by stealth.
Trying to push China and Russia from this dynamic region of the Global South — whose secret sauce is inclusion — will be self-defeating.
Both the United States and ASEAN need to find ways to temper the intensifying security competition in Asia.
But unlike AUKUS, the US-Japan-Australia-India compact has a narrow path to emerge as a constructive actor in Asia.
Southeast Asians want to find a way to live with both powers in the region, which might have an impact on the rivalry. Or not.