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- Title
WASHINGTON FINDS ITS FEET IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
- Authors
DALPINO, CATHARIN
- Abstract
In the months immediately following Joe Biden's inauguration, Southeast Asia was on the backburner in US foreign policy, but in May the administration heeded calls for a stronger voice and more active role in the region with a succession of visits by high-level officials, culminating in Kamala Harris's first trip to the region in her role as vice president. The cumulative impact remains to be seen, but one key "deliverable"--the renewal of the US-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) during Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's visit to Manila--was enough to label the summer strategy a success. More broadly, the administration responded to the surge of the COVID Delta variant in Southeast Asia with donations of vaccines, making considerable strides in the "vaccine race" with China and Russia.
- Subjects
SOUTHEAST Asia; INAUGURATION of United States presidents; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19 pandemic; INTERNATIONAL relations
- Publication
Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations, 2021, Vol 23, Issue 2, p53
- ISSN
1930-5370
- Publication type
Article