Screen LibraryAmbivalent engagement : the United States and regional security in Southeast Asia after the Cold War /
He Obama administration's pivot-to-Asia policy implies an important place for Southeast Asia in U.S. foreign policy. But Washington's attention to the region has fluctuated dramatically, from intense intervention of the cold war era to near neglect in more recent years. As a consequence, c...
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Brookings Institution Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Geopolitics in the 21st century
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| Summary: |
He Obama administration's pivot-to-Asia policy implies an important place for Southeast Asia in U.S. foreign policy. But Washington's attention to the region has fluctuated dramatically, from intense intervention of the cold war era to near neglect in more recent years. As a consequence, countries in Southeast Asia worry that the United States once again will become distracted by other problems and disengage from the region. This book by an astute observer of the region and U.S. policy casts light in the sources of these anxieties. A main consideration is that it still is not clear how South |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-302) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780815729679 0815729677 |
| Index Number: | DS525 |
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D833.027.12 D871.223.3 |
| Call Number: | D871.223.3/L763 |
| Contents: | Ambivalent engagement? -- Sources of anxiety -- Engagement and estrangement -- Global terrorism's "second front" -- Missed opportunities -- The "pivot" and Southeast Asia -- Piecemeal progress -- The United States in Southeast Asia : prospect and retrospect -- Policy considerations and recommendations -- Appendix: Congressional bills involving Southeast Asia (1993-2016). |