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Subject
Issue of whether there will be foreign 'bases' in South-east Asia.
Significance
As strategic competition grows in the Indo-Pacific region, major powers are increasingly interested in gaining access to military facilities in South-east Asia. Since late 2018, the US government has expressed concern that Cambodia has secretly agreed to allow China to use its naval and air facilities.
Impacts
Growing US-China tensions will become the defining security issue for South-east Asian countries in coming decades.
South-east Asian states will try to avoid choosing between Washington and Beijing on security arrangements, trade pacts and technology.
ASEAN will promote its ‘Outlook on the Indo-Pacific’, which stresses ASEAN centrality, economic connectivity and dialogue.
Keywords:
South-east Asia,
AP,
Brunei,
Cambodia,
China,
Djibouti,
India,
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Philippines,
Russia,
Singapore,
Thailand,
United Kingdom,
United States,
Vietnam,
international relations,
defence,
government,
military,
security,
shipping
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2019
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