With ASEAN Paralyzed, Southeast Asia Seeks New Security Ties
Last week’s summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta once again demonstrated the paralysis of this decades-old multilateral forum as it...
India Is Pushing Back Against China in South Asia
As the intensifying strategic confrontation between the United States and China dominates many foreign-policy debates, another important competition is quietly playing out. The jostling between...
India Is Becoming a Power in Southeast Asia
The moment has been long in coming, but India is turning into a strategic actor in Southeast Asia. Amid a flurry of regional diplomacy, India...
America Is Winning Against China in Oceania
April 20, 2022, was a dark day for the United States in Oceania. On that day, China signed its first-ever security agreement in the South...
Biden Hopes for Vietnam Breakthrough
During a ceremony held in Washington to commemorate the Lunar New Year in 2011, then-Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States Le Cong Phung surprised the...
Why China Should Worry About Asia’s Reaction to AUKUS
When U.S. President Joe Biden met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in San Diego last month, the three...
The Philippines Is America’s New Star Ally in Asia
The election of the Philippines’ new president, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., in May 2022 has proven exceptionally significant for Washington’s security alliances in the Indo-Pacific....