Science diplomacy could net peace dividends in South China Sea
International oceanic collaboration is not unprecedented and might be the ticket for tamping down hostilities between US and China.
International oceanic collaboration is not unprecedented and might be the ticket for tamping down hostilities between US and China.
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.