March 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Thailand: University Education: Asia Studies: US Policy: The United States in Southeast Asia: Deepening the Rut? by Thailand RPCV Michael J. Montesano
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March 1, 2004: Headlines: COS - Thailand: University Education: Asia Studies: US Policy: The United States in Southeast Asia: Deepening the Rut? by Thailand RPCV Michael J. Montesano
The United States in Southeast Asia: Deepening the Rut? by Thailand RPCV Michael J. Montesano
The United States in Southeast Asia: Deepening the Rut? by Thailand RPCV Michael J. Montesano
Montesano, Michael J. and Quek Ser Hwee. THE UNITES STATES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: DEEPENING THE RUT? Orbis, Spring 2004, pp. 321-334.
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"Even before the Bush administration recognized Southeast Asia as a theater in its war on terrorism, the nature and future of America's role in the region needed serious reassessment. Events since 9/11 have renewed Washington's interest in Southeast Asian affairs, after many years of apparent neglect, but discussion of the region continues to be framed by a security-centered perspective. By uniting supporters of a narrow military approach to the region and advocates of a broader strategy to counter its terrorism problem, the war on terrorism is likely to reinforce entrenched but outdated patterns of engagement between the United States and Southeast Asia. The persistence of those patterns will diminish prospects for a constructive long-term American role in the region in a era marked by the rise of its great neighbors, China and India." Michael J. Montesano is assistant professor in the Southeast Asian Studies Programme of the National University of Singapore. Quek Ser Hwee is lecturer in the Department of History of the National University of Singapore.
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