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American eagle among S-E Asian pigeons
To meet contemporary needs, American foreign policy needs to look beyond Asia Society’s recommendations.
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If the ultimate objective is to find a way to live with China, not quell it, the US needs to see South-east Asia as the neutral venue where the two juggernauts meet and interact.
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Anyone intending to study the just-released report of the Asia Society’s United States-China policy task force,
The survey of 24 nations is overwhelmingly negative on China’s foreign policy, with most saying Beijing does not take into account the interests of countries like theirs. More people also now name the US as the top economic power rather than China – a median of 42 per cent versus 33 per cent, respectively.
