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- Title
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSROADS OF MAJOR POWER TENSIONS.
- Authors
DALPINO, CATHARIN
- Abstract
Southeast Asian governments have warmed to the Indo-Pacific concept being promoted by the US, which reinforces their own inclination to expand the cast of regional powers to balance China's rise. However, they are still wary that a disorganized Trump administration will not be able to translate its rhetoric into policies. In the meantime, they fear being caught between Washington and its Northeast Asian adversaries. Apart from possible clashes between regional powers, Southeast Asia itself offers a number of challenges to smooth relations with the US. Recent elections in Malaysia and Cambodia are two of them, albeit for different reasons. In Indonesia, candidates have been declared for the 2019 presidential elections that could feed growing religious nationalism and anti-Americanism. The Rohingya refugee crisis has ratcheted up tensions between the West and Myanmar over the impact of the 2017 crackdown.
- Subjects
ASIAN politics &; government; TRUMPH, Donald
- Publication
Comparative Connections: A Triannual E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations, 2018, Vol 20, Issue 2, p42
- ISSN
1930-5370
- Publication type
Article