Southeast Asia: Political Pawn or Proxy?
19 May 2020
Southeast Asia: Political Pawn or Proxy?
Adam Schwarz
As a locus of the strategic competition between the United States and China, Southeast Asia strives to maintain a delicate balance between the two great powers. However, the outbreak of Covid-19 complicates the dilemma of Southeast Asia. Politically, the United States is distancing itself from Southeast Asia at the time when China is widening its sphere of influence. What does this mean for Southeast Asia and how are the countries responding?
In a podcast hosted by Inside Asia Podcast, AGA CEO and Founder Adam Schwarz discusses how Southeast Asia is managing the coronavirus as well as the economic and geopolitical fallout from the pandemic.