The eagle and the panda : an owl's view from Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Desker, Barry
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::International relations; Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions::Asia; US-China Relations; Pivot to Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155475
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The United States' rebalancing to Asia, initially depicted as a "pivot" to the Pacific, is less a swing away from the Middle East and West Asia than a shift of U.S. focus to East Asia, following the winding down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. As noted by Singapore's ambassa...