Background: Southeast Asia is the fulcrum of U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific and the great impediment to Chinese strategic imperatives both in the region and beyond. Thus, China has been attempting to pull regional countries tightly into its orbit through a mix of threats and rewards. The main focus of its efforts have been the […]
Brief: Philippines and Cambodia Do a Little Balancing
U.S. and Philippine top officials have been in touch, while Cambodia abruptly suspended exercises with China.
