States of Play by Sam Olsen

States of Play by Sam Olsen

China or the US? Why Southeast Asia cannot stay neutral forever

The difficult, bu inevitable choice that many Southeast Asian countries face

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Sam Olsen
Jul 27, 2021
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Hello fellow China watchers

Today I’m wrapping up two things. First, my look at China’s influence in Southeast Asia, a region that is of increasing strategic importance to the world (as discussed here). For a long time now, South East Asia’s leaders have been attempting to walk the tightrope between America and China, claiming neutrality in the Great Com…

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