We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
SMALL BUT TELLING SHIFTS.
- Authors
DALPINO, CATHARIN
- Abstract
Despite the current calm in broader US-China relations, and likely because of it, Chinese offensive actions around Second Thomas Shoal have kept security in the South China Sea as the organizing principle for Washington's relations with the maritime Southeast Asian states, most notably the Philippines. In April President Biden hosted the first-ever trilateral summit with Japan, the Philippines, and the United States, on the margins of a major agreement to expand the US-Japan alliance that will reverberate in Southeast Asia. In Myanmar, the United States moved cautiously toward the provision of non-lethal aid to resistance forces as they made headway against the military. This aid will be limited, but it could put Washington in competition with China and Russia, both of which provide arms to the junta. Although Southeast Asian leaders continue to worry about US distraction in the face of wars in other regions and the November elections, Washington continued to act as a fulcrum in major multilateral exercises in the region. In Thailand, Cobra Gold was expanded to include cooperation in space, while the Balikatan exercises in the Philippines expanded to include new participants, most notably the French Navy.
- Subjects
PHILIPPINES; CHINA-United States relations; JUNTAS; SILK Road
- Publication
Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1930-5370
- Publication type
Article