Publication

This publication examines the regional security strategies of Southeast Asia. The author discusses how Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, in particular, envisage the US acting out its role as security guarantor vis-à-vis the challenge from China and identifies the nation's so-called hedging strategies. The first section explores Southeast Asian threat perceptions and conceptions of regional security challenges after 9/11. The second section focuses on the hedging strategies and the role of the US within them.