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- Title
STRATEGIC CONCERN DEEPENS.
- Authors
DALPINO, CATHARIN
- Abstract
The choice of two Southeast Asian countries to host US-North Korea summits in the past year has lent some credence to claims that the region serves as the foundation for regional dialogue and cooperation. In early 2019, the region was also the recipient of extra attention when foreign investment in China began to move south, driven by US tariffs on China imposed in late 2018. However, there was little sign that new bilateral trade agreements with the US will materialize in the near term. Meanwhile, greater security cooperation with the US is more likely with the bombing of a cathedral in the southern Philippines in January serving as another harbinger of increased ISIS activity in the region and continued militarization of the South China Sea strengthening the rationale for the US-Philippines alliance but also putting more pressure on it. In political developments, Thai elections in March left questions about whether the military will remain dominant while Indonesian elections in April were less controversial, with incumbent President Joko Widodo retaining power.
- Subjects
NORTH Korea-United States relations; REGIONAL cooperation; FOREIGN investments
- Publication
Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations, 2019, Vol 21, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1930-5370
- Publication type
Article