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- Title
BOTH PUSH AND PULL: JAPAN STEPS UP IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
- Authors
DALPINO, CATHARIN
- Abstract
Two political surprises in 2016 will affect Japan's relations with Southeast Asia. The first, the election of President Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines and his subsequent turn toward China, has likely not disturbed Japan's role as the Philippines' largest investor, trading partner, and aid donor. However, Duterte's abrasiveness toward Washington could have a negative effect on the newly-forged Japan-Philippines security partnership and dampen the possibility of triangulating US, Japan, and Philippine cooperation in the South China Sea. A greater and more long-term impact could be the election of Donald Trump and the resulting uncertainty in US relations with Southeast Asia. Beyond that broad concern, Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) throws the economic architecture of the Asia-Pacific region into question and could stymie the growth Japan had expected in trade relations with TPP members in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam and Malaysia. In January 2017, just days before Trump's inauguration, Prime Minister Abe embarked on a swing through Southeast Asia to make "strategic adjustments" in Japanese relations with the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
- Subjects
JAPANESE foreign relations; DUTERTE, Rodrigo, 1945-; INTERNATIONAL alliances
- Publication
Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations, 2017, Vol 19, Issue 1, p123
- ISSN
1930-5370
- Publication type
Excerpt