Managing power conflict spillover in Straits of Malacca and Singapore

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahman Yaacob, Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Military and naval science::Strategy; Straits of Malacca and Singapore; Great Power Competition; Southeast Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171729
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

While ASEAN member states have strategic reasons not to choose sides in the US-China rivalry, it is judicious to acknowledge that neutrality may not protect them from the fallout of military conflict in the Taiwan Strait or South China Sea. The elephant in the room is the possible spillover of such...