Southeast Asian states don’t want to be part of any US-China rivalry
Antony Blinken made a pitch in Jakarta this week, but it likely fell on deaf ears.
Antony Blinken made a pitch in Jakarta this week, but it likely fell on deaf ears.
Both the United States and ASEAN need to find ways to temper the intensifying security competition in Asia.
The administration is going to have to do a lot more than to troll China to show it’s diplomatically engaged with the region.
The once vaunted ‘responsibility to protect’ doctrine faded away after the Libyan intervention. There’s a reason for that.