Ambivalent engagement : the United States and regional security in Southeast Asia after the Cold War / Joseph Chinyong Liow.

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Liow, Joseph Chinyong, 1972- [author.]

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TextSeries: Geopolitics in the 21st centuryPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780815729686
0815729685

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355/.0330959 23

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DS525.9.U6

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Contents:

Ambivalent engagement? -- Sources of anxiety -- Engagement and estrangement -- Global terrorism's "second front" -- Missed opportunities -- The "pivot" and Southeast Asia -- Piecemeal progress -- The United States in Southeast Asia : prospect and retrospect -- Policy considerations and recommendations -- Appendix: Congressional bills involving Southeast Asia (1993-2016).

Summary: He Obama administration's pivot-to-Asia policy implies an important place for Southeast Asia in U.S. foreign policy. But Washington's attention to the region has fluctuated dramatically, from intense intervention of the cold war era to near neglect in more recent years. As a consequence, countries in Southeast Asia worry that the United States once again will become distracted by other problems and disengage from the region. This book by an astute observer of the region and U.S. policy casts light in the sources of these anxieties. A main consideration is that it still is not clear how Southeast Asia fits into U.S. strategy for Asia and the broader world. Is the region central to U.S. policymaking, or an afterthought? Moreover, domestic considerations, both in the United States and in the region, often contrive to obstruct foreign policy decision-making, in the process frustrating mutual engagement in the post-cold war era. Cooperation among states within the region also is uncertain, at best. Ambivalent Engagement highlights a paradox that is becoming increasingly conspicuous and problematic. Southeast Asia continues to rely on the United States playing an active role despite it being an external power. But the states in the region have very different views about precisely what role the United States should play. The consequences of this paradox will grow in importance with the expanding role of yet another outside power, China. -- Provided by publisher.

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Sources of anxiety-Engagement and estrangement-Global terrorism's "second front"-Missed opportunities-The "pivot" and (Southeast) Asia-Piecemeal progress-The United States in Southeast Asia: prospect and retrospect-Policy considerations and recommendations.

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He Obama administration's pivot-to-Asia policy implies an important place for Southeast Asia in U.S. foreign policy. But Washington's attention to the region has fluctuated dramatically, from intense intervention of the cold war era to near neglect in more recent years. As a consequence, countries in Southeast Asia worry that the United States once again will become distracted by other problems and disengage from the region. This book by an astute observer of the region and U.S. policy casts light in the sources of these anxieties. A main consideration is that it still is not clear how Southeast Asia fits into U.S. strategy for Asia and the broader world. Is the region central to U.S. policymaking, or an afterthought? Moreover, domestic considerations, both in the United States and in the region, often contrive to obstruct foreign policy decision-making, in the process frustrating mutual engagement in the post-cold war era. Cooperation among states within the region also is uncertain, at best. Ambivalent Engagement highlights a paradox that is becoming increasingly conspicuous and problematic. Southeast Asia continues to rely on the United States playing an active role despite it being an external power. But the states in the region have very different views about precisely what role the United States should play. The consequences of this paradox will grow in importance with the expanding role of yet another outside power, China. -- Provided by publisher.

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