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发帖数: 7349 | 1 The Obama administration’s significant achievement in Asia has been to
establish an enduring framework for engagement with Southeast Asia. Since
the Vietnam War, American diplomacy in Southeast Asia has been episodic,
often buffeted by more pressing challenges such as human rights or terrorism
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Obama’s real “rebalance” is between Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. He
joined the East Asia Summit, which is hosted by the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations, and he established his own U.S.-ASEAN summit.
Since 2009, U.S. relations have improved with every country in ASEAN other
than Thailand (because of the coup there). Yes — much of this was possible
because China scared everybody into our arms, and it is also true that the
vigor of the policy waned in the State Department’s transition from Hillary
Clinton to John Kerry.
Nevertheless, the administration deserves credit for putting in place a
long overdue framework for engagement with this increasingly important sub-
region. |
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