Asia in the Trump Era
From Pivot to Peril?
In This Review
In This Review
Under Beijing’s Shadow: Southeast Asia’s China Challenge
Rowman & Littlefield, 2020, 608 pp
In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century
Yale University Press, 2020, 360 pp
Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia
Oxford University Press, 2020, 352 pp
When I served as a Singaporean diplomat, I once asked a Vietnamese counterpart what an impending leadership change in Hanoi meant for his country’s relations with China. “Every Vietnamese leader,” he replied, “must get along with China, every Vietnamese leader must stand up to China, and if you can’t do both at the same time, you don’t deserve to be leader.”
As U.S. President Joe Biden begins his term in office, his team should heed those words. Southeast Asia is the epicenter of the competition between China and the United States. To different degrees and in
In This Review
In This Review
Under Beijing’s Shadow: Southeast Asia’s China Challenge
Rowman & Littlefield, 2020, 608 pp
In the Dragon’s Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century
Yale University Press, 2020, 360 pp
Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia
Oxford University Press, 2020, 352 pp
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