Advertisement Although the view of strengthening competition between the United States and China with the aim of victory in this contest has become a bipartisan consensus, the Biden administration has persistently underscored the need to build “guardrails” to ensure healthy competition and prevent disastrous consequences. The term “guardrail” pertains to a mutually agreed-upon set of … Read more
Advertisement Southeast Asia is entering another period of acute uncertainty as it transitions from the unipolar order of the post-Cold War era to an increasingly multipolar world – and one of increasing strategic competition. Approaching this crossroads, Indo-Pacific nations have started calling for the creation of new guardrails. Guardrails is a term to describe a … Read more
Advertisement Southeast Asia’s economic progress largely depends on a network of sea lines of communication (SLOCs) protected by an international legal system, largely codified in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and other maritime conventions, as well as customary international law. For this reason, the Association of Southeast Asian … Read more
Advertisement In a world marked by growing geopolitical uncertainties, Southeast Asian nations are at risk of being entrapped in an increasingly intense and complex power struggle between the United States and China. This is particularly true for countries like Vietnam and the Philippines, which lie along the fault line of the Sino-U.S. rivalry. As Southeast … Read more