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- Title
WASHINGTON REVS UP DIPLOMACY WITH SOUTHEAST ASIA.
- Authors
DALPINO, CATHARIN
- Abstract
The Biden administration's diplomatic campaign in Southeast Asia kicked into high gear in the late spring and continued through the summer. On May 12-13 President Biden co-hosted, with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen as the 2022 ASEAN chair, the first-ever US-ASEAN Special Summit to be held in Washington, DC. US relations in the region were also boosted when the Biden administration launched the long-awaited Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) on May 23; seven Southeast Asian countries indicated interest in joining, although few are likely to accede to all four pillars of the framework in the near-term. Two Cabinet officials made visits to two US treaty allies: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Thailand in June and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to the Philippines in August. Notwithstanding continuing differences over human rights, the visits served to reaffirm the bilateral alliances. However, global and regional tensions remained high, over the persistent crisis in Ukraine; brinksmanship in the Taiwan Straits; and the internal conflict in Myanmar which has only deteriorated further. These pressures only divided ASEAN further as the region looks ahead to a trifecta of international meetings--APEC, East Asia Summit, and the G20--in the fall.
- Subjects
SOUTHEAST Asia; RUSSIA-Ukraine Conflict, 2014-; PRESIDENTIAL administrations; BIDEN, Joe, 1942-; SPRING; DIPLOMACY; ROHINGYA (Burmese people); ASEAN; CABINET officers
- Publication
Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations, 2022, Vol 24, Issue 2, p77
- ISSN
1930-5370
- Publication type
Article