After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations

• Main Author: NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing)
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Afghanistan; Saigon; Vietnam War; United States; Singapore; Kamala Harris; Southeast Asia; International Relations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3501
• Institution: Singapore Management University

It isn’t hard to draw glib parallels between the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the Taliban’s recent capture of Kabul. From there, it becomes easy to forecast the imminent retreat of America from the world. Too easy, perhaps.A more careful examination of the history of US relations with Southeast Asia a...