U S Relations With Southeast Asia In 2018

Author : David Shambaugh
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814818766

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U.S. Relations with Southeast Asia in 2018 by David Shambaugh Pdf

The United States maintains a comprehensive and robust presence throughout Southeast Asia that has grown dramatically since the 1980s. It includes the commercial, security, education and diplomatic, and other domains. America’s strengths and contributions to the region lie particularly in both hard and soft power, but the U.S. economic footprint is both broad and deep. However, this presence is not very well appreciated or reported by regional media — whereas China’s presence and influence is pervasive. Most Southeast Asian governments are often reluctant to recognize or publicize the U.S. presence or contributions to regional security, stability, and growth. America’s diplomatic engagement of ASEAN and the region has rightly been criticized for its episodic engagement, and Washington should substantially elevate Southeast Asia within its broader Asian and Indo-Pacific diplomatic priorities. Southeast Asia was made the highest priority ever for Washington during the Obama administration. While receding somewhat under the Trump administration, the region remains an important priority — but Washington must devote sustained attention to match the region’s importance to American national interests. As U.S.–China competition escalates, Southeast Asia will become an epicentre of this competition. Southeast Asian states and societies may not realize the significance of the escalating U.S.–China competition for them, as most countries are internally preoccupied and buy into ASEAN’s rhetoric of inclusive engagement of external powers. Southeast Asian countries are likely to become increasing objects of this competition, and it will be become increasingly difficult for them to ignore it. Meanwhile, Southeast Asian states and ASEAN must elevate their own emphasis and engagement with the United States. The U.S. brings many more strengths and benefits than does China and is a far more comprehensive actor in the region. In particular, it would be helpful if ASEAN and its member states would more publicly recognize the contributions and importance of the United States.

Author : Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814311557

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ASEAN-U.S. Relations by Pavin Chachavalpongpun Pdf

"This book is the result of a workshop of the ASEAN Studies Centre (ASC) held in July 2010"--P. ix.

Author : David Shambaugh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Geopolitics
ISBN : 9814818771

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U.S. Relations with Southeast Asia in 2018 by David Shambaugh Pdf

The United States maintains a comprehensive and robust presence throughout Southeast Asia that has grown dramatically since the 1980s. It includes the commercial, security, education and diplomatic, and other domains. America{u2019}s strengths and contributions to the region lie particularly in both hard and soft power, but the U.S. economic footprint is both broad and deep. However, this presence is not very well appreciated or reported by regional media {u2014} whereas China{u2019}s presence and influence is pervasive. Most Southeast Asian governments are often reluctant to recognize or publicize the U.S. presence or contributions to regional security, stability, and growth. America{u2019}s diplomatic engagement of ASEAN and the region has rightly been criticized for its episodic engagement, and Washington should substantially elevate Southeast Asia within its broader Asian and Indo-Pacific diplomatic priorities. Southeast Asia was made the highest priority ever for Washington during the Obama administration. While receding somewhat under the Trump administration, the region remains an important priority {u2014} but Washington must devote sustained attention to match the region{u2019}s importance to American national interests. As U.S.-China competition escalates, Southeast Asia will become an epicentre of this competition. Southeast Asian states and societies may not realize the significance of the escalating U.S.-China competition for them, as most countries are internally preoccupied and buy into ASEAN{u2019}s rhetoric of inclusive engagement of external powers. Southeast Asian countries are likely to become increasing objects of this competition, and it will be become increasingly difficult for them to ignore it. Meanwhile, Southeast Asian states and ASEAN must elevate their own emphasis and engagement with the United States. The U.S. brings many more strengths and benefits than does China and is a far more comprehensive actor in the region. In particular, it would be helpful if ASEAN and its member states would more publicly recognize the contributions and importance of the United States.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCR:31210010688529

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U.S. Interests in Southeast Asia by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade Pdf

Author : Robert Kerrey,Robert A. Manning
Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822031269475

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The United States and Southeast Asia by Robert Kerrey,Robert A. Manning Pdf

"Though a central part of our modern history, Southeast Asia has tended to be relegated to the backwaters of U.S. foreign policy - except at moments of crisis. The July 1997 collapse of the Thai baht that threatened to destabilize the world financial markets was a chilling reminder of Southeast Asia's importance - and of the complex challenge it poses for the United States. The 1999 East Timor crisis was another tragic event that caught America off guard. The U.S. experience in Asia - where we have fought three wars in the past six decades - instructs that we ignore the region only at great cost." "The Independent Task Force on the United States and Southeast Asia sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and chaired by former Senator Robert Kerrey, was formed to examine these issues. The Task Force found that instability or conflict in Southeast Asia - whether financial instability, genocide in Cambodia, turmoil in Indonesia, or potential conflict in the South China Sea - can rapidly become a matter of major global import that could ultimately threaten U.S. vital interests. The Task Force also concluded that U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia has been perceived in the region as hectoring, unnecessarily ad hoc, overbearing, and reactive." "The Task Force assessment and recommendations offer some guidance for more focused, better-integrated, and more valuable U.S. relations with Southeast Asia at a time of transition."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Special Subcommittee on Investigations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Asia, Southeastern
ISBN : LOC:00183870026

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U.S. Policies in Southeast Asia by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Special Subcommittee on Investigations Pdf

Author : Karl D. Jackson,Wiwat Mungkandi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Thailand
ISBN : UCSD:31822003476611

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United States-Thailand Relations by Karl D. Jackson,Wiwat Mungkandi Pdf

Author : Miriam Southwell Farley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:122301814

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United States relations with Southeast Asia by Miriam Southwell Farley Pdf

Author : David Shambaugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190914974

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Where Great Powers Meet by David Shambaugh Pdf

Where Great Powers Meet explores the global competition for power between the United States and China. Focusing on Southeast Asia, David Shambaugh looks at how ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and the countries within it maneuver between the US and China and the degree to which they align with one or the other power. Not simply an analysis of the region's place within an evolving international system, Where Great Powers Meetprovides us with a comprehensive strategy that advances the American position while exploiting Chinese weaknesses.

Author : Peter A. Petri,Michael G. Plummer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0866382461

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ASEAN Centrality and the ASEAN-US Economic Relationship by Peter A. Petri,Michael G. Plummer Pdf

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is strategically significant because of its size, dynamism, and role in the Asian economic and security architectures. This paper examines how ASEAN seeks to strengthen these assets through "centrality" in intraregional and external policy decisions. It recommends a two-speed approach toward centrality in order to maximize regional incomes and benefit all member economies: first, selective engagement by ASEAN members in productive external partnerships and, second, vigorous policies to share gains across the region. This strategy has solid underpinnings in the Kemp-Wan theorem on trade agreements. It would warrant, for example, a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with incomplete ASEAN membership, complemented with policies to extend gains across the region. The United States could support this framework by pursuing deep relations with some ASEAN members, while broadly assisting the region's development.

Author : Daljit Singh
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789814881340

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How Will Shifts in American Foreign Policy Affect Southeast Asia? by Daljit Singh Pdf

A new phase in US foreign policy, in which China is viewed as a major threat to American economic and security interests, has begun under the Trump administration. The strong anti-China sentiment is accompanied by efforts to “decouple” from China. If carried too far, they will alienate allies and friends whose cooperation the US will need in order to compete with China. In the broader American foreign policy community, there is an intense ongoing debate on how strong the push-back against China should be. Both moderates and hawks agree on the need for a “tougher” approach but differ on the degree and method of toughness. No coherent strategy has been possible partly because President Trump’s thinking does not always accord with that of his own administration and partly because it is still too early in the day to come out with well-thought-out policies to support such a major change in foreign policy direction. The ongoing adjustments to global policy and strategy will therefore continue as the security focus shifts to the Indo-Pacific region. The “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” concept provides some signs of the broad direction policy may take but its vital economic dimension is still missing. There is greater recognition in Washington of the importance of Southeast Asia. Located in the middle of Indo-Pacific, it will be a contested zone between China and the US and its allies. The US will step up its public diplomacy to better promote its own narrative in Southeast Asia. Under the Trump administration, the importance of the South China Sea to the US has risen. The US will remain a powerful factor in Asia despite Trump and problems at home. China is not on an inevitable path of dominance given its own significant domestic challenges.

Author : Murray Hiebert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442281400

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Under Beijing's Shadow by Murray Hiebert Pdf

China’s rise and stepped-up involvement in Southeast Asia have prompted a blend of anticipation and unease among its smaller neighbors. The stunning growth of China has yanked up the region’s economies, but its militarization of the South China Sea and dam building on the Mekong River has nations wary about Beijing’s outsized ambitions. Southeast Asians long felt relatively secure, relying on the United States as a security hedge, but that confidence began to slip after the Trump administration launched a trade war with China and questioned the usefulness of traditional alliances. This compelling book provides a snapshot of ten countries in Southeast Asia by exploring their diverse experiences with China and how this impacts their perceptions of Beijing’s actions and its long-term political, economic, military, and “soft power” goals in the region.

Author : David Shambaugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190914981

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Where Great Powers Meet by David Shambaugh Pdf

After the end of the Cold War, it seemed as if Southeast Asia would remain a geopolitically stable region within the American-led order for the foreseeable future. In the last two decades, however, the re-emergence of China as a major great power has called into question the geopolitical future of the region and raised the specter of renewed great power competition. As the eminent China scholar David Shambaugh explains in Where Great Powers Meet, the United States and China are engaged in a broad-gauged and global competition for power. While this competition ranges across the entire world, it is centered in Asia. In this book, Shambaugh focuses on the critical sub-region of Southeast Asia. The United States and China constantly vie for position and influence across this enormously significant area--and the outcome of this contest will do much to determine whether Asia leaves the American orbit after seven decades and falls into a new Chinese sphere of influence. Just as importantly, to the extent that there is a global "power transition" occurring from the US to China, the fate of Southeast Asia will be a good indicator. Presently, both powers bring important assets to bear in their competition. The United States continues to possess a depth and breadth of security ties, soft power, and direct investment across the region that empirically outweigh China's. For its part, China has more diplomatic influence, much greater trade, and geographic proximity. In assessing the likelihood of a regional power transition, Shambaugh examines how ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and its member states maneuver and the degree to which they align with one or the other power.

Author : Robert G. Sutter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538126462

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The United States and Asia by Robert G. Sutter Pdf

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this cogent book provides an overview of the historical context and enduring patterns of U.S. relations with Asia. Noted scholar Robert G. Sutter offers a balanced analysis of post–Cold War dynamics in Asia, which involve interrelated questions of security, economics, national identity, and regional institution building. He demonstrates how these critical concerns manifest a complex mix of realist, liberal, and constructivist tendencies that define the regional order. He describes how the United States has responded to Asia’s growing strength and importance while at the same time trying to maintain its leading position as an Asian power despite China’s rising influence. Considering the most important transition in American policy toward Asia since the end of the Cold War, Sutter assesses the growing U.S.-China rivalry that now dominates both regional dynamics in the Asia-Pacific and U.S. policy in the region.

Author : Tarun Chhabra,Rush Doshi,Ryan Hass
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815739173

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Global China by Tarun Chhabra,Rush Doshi,Ryan Hass Pdf

The global implications of China's rise as a global actor In 2005, a senior official in the George W. Bush administration expressed the hope that China would emerge as a “responsible stakeholder” on the world stage. A dozen years later, the Trump administration dramatically shifted course, instead calling China a “strategic competitor” whose actions routinely threaten U.S. interests. Both assessments reflected an underlying truth: China is no longer just a “rising” power. It has emerged as a truly global actor, both economically and militarily. Every day its actions affect nearly every region and every major issue, from climate change to trade, from conflict in troubled lands to competition over rules that will govern the uses of emerging technologies. To better address the implications of China's new status, both for American policy and for the broader international order, Brookings scholars conducted research over the past two years, culminating in a project: Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World. The project is intended to furnish policy makers and the public with hard facts and deep insights for understanding China's regional and global ambitions. The initiative draws not only on Brookings's deep bench of China and East Asia experts, but also on the tremendous breadth of the institution's security, strategy, regional studies, technological, and economic development experts. Areas of focus include the evolution of China's domestic institutions; great power relations; the emergence of critical technologies; Asian security; China's influence in key regions beyond Asia; and China's impact on global governance and norms. Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World provides the most current, broad-scope, and fact-based assessment of the implications of China's rise for the United States and the rest of the world.