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The role of Southeast Asia in U.S. strategy toward China / Richard Sokolsky, Angel Rabasa, C.R. Neu.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Sokolsky, Richard.
- Series:
- Online Rand research documents
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Military policy.
- United States.
- United States--Military relations--China.
- China--Military relations--United States.
- China.
- Southeast Asia--Military relations--United States.
- Southeast Asia.
- United States--Military relations--Southeast Asia.
- China--Military relations--Southeast Asia.
- Southeast Asia--Military relations--China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 92 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2000.
- Summary:
- China's geopolitical ambitions and growing military capabilities and the Southeast Asian states' perceptions of a rising China will play a crucial role in shaping the future of Southeast Asia and the U.S. military posture in the region. The authors examine the role of regional states in developing a hedge against the possible emergence of an overly aggressive China. They find that rather than confronting a conventional attack, the United States and the Southeast Asian countries are likely to find a continuation of China's creeping irredentism and ambiguous threats. Southeast Asia is likely to prove a critical testing ground for a third way of dealing with China's rising power--what in other RAND work has been called a policy of congagement--that seeks to integrate China into the international system while both deterring and preparing for a possible Chinese challenge. The report recommends that the United States adopt an incremental approach to this hedging strategy, focusing on peacetime military engagement with Southeast Asian states, development of a more robust and diversified network of access arrangements, and strengthened military ties with the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
- Notes:
- "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
- Title from Internet title screen.
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