Southeast Asia

• Main Author: Koga, Kei
• Other Authors: B. C. H. Fong
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Southeast Asia; ASEAN; Cold war; Post-Cold war; Regional security; Diplomacy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181207; https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Great-Power-Competition/Fong-JaIan/p/book/9781032367910?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAxea5BhBeEiwAh4t5KxDEynnYqkyVVr7zI-uOTvK1RA2O_KeDPZY9u8OZz2MVYEnxHI8h4xoCvDUQAvD_BwE
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This chapter explores how Southeast Asia has coped with various great power competitions since the end of World War II. Given Southeast Asia’s strategic location and the existence of natural resources, great powers (namely the United States, the Soviet Union, China, and Japan) have been attracted to...