Winning the China-US Narrative Competition in Southeast Asia

The U.S.-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Is Not All About China

“Power over opinion is therefore not less essential for political purposes than military and economic power,” the prominent British political scientist and historian E.H. Carr wrote of the period of rising conflict during the two world wars. Yet a century or so later, as China-U.S. competition intensifies in Southeast Asia, there continues to be relatively … Read more

Rethinking US Foreign Aid

Rethinking US Foreign Aid

Within seven weeks of his inauguration, U.S. President John F. Kennedy established the Alliance for Progress, a modest $20 million program to spur economic development in Latin America. The Alliance reflected Kennedy’s worry that the Soviets were luring countries into alignment with Moscow throughout the Western Hemisphere. Inspired by Puerto Rico’s Operation Bootstrap, Kennedy recognized … Read more