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1 – 8 of 8Separately, regional leaders were somewhat reassured by the modest rapprochement between China and the United States -- influential powers in South-east Asia -- on the margins of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283554
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Bangkok and Manila are Washington’s only treaty allies in South-east Asia. Thailand took offence at President Joe Biden skipping the APEC event. Washington-Manila ties have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274465
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Bangkok is both a partner to Beijing and a US treaty ally. Thailand occupies an important geostrategic location in South-east Asia, an increasingly key theatre in which the United…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272191
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This is the latest instance of development in Australia’s push to establish ‘minilaterals’ with other Indo-Pacific ‘middle powers’ that share strategic concerns over China’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257183
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Regional leaders had been anxious that Washington under US President Donald Trump seemed relatively uninterested in the region. Tillerson was also preparing the way for Trump’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB223743
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Russia is a relatively modest player in South-east Asia in terms of economic footprint, political influence and defence diplomacy. However, its arms sales to the region have…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB268871
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Prayut had the second-fewest votes cast for him and the most against him. The opposition probably did not expect to succeed with its censure motion, given the government’s…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263999
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This is part of his desire for an 'independent' foreign policy, which includes Manila distancing itself from Washington and seeking closer economic and military ties with China…