What a US-China ‘grand bargain’ would mean for Southeast Asia |
More troubling still, it dusts off the old geopolitical idea of “spheres of influence”. This notion harks back to a time when major powers “staked out” zones of control, constraining the autonomy of weaker states. Indeed, the latest US National Security Strategy (NSS) explicitly commits Washington to “reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine” – a........