ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise 2019 : Maintaining ASEAN Neutrality

• Main Author: Suorsa, Olli Pekka
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104635; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50225
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The ASEAN-US maritime security exercise took place on 2-6 September 2019 — following a similar exercise ASEAN held with China in October last year. While this signified growing Sino-US competition in Southeast Asia, it is also an ASEAN attempt to adapt and maintain its relative neutrality amid inten...