Southeast Asia Views the United States - Perceptions, Policies, and Prospects

There is a dearth of theoretically informed, empirically rich literature on the foreign policies of Southeast Asian states. This volume, with eight chapters written by some of Southeast Asia's leading analysts, is important, timely, and fills a large gap in the literature.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introducing Southeast Asia and Regional Perceptions of the United States
Chapter 2 United States Policy Toward Southeast Asia: Policy Shifts Trigger Concerns about U.S. Commitment
Chapter 3 The Insignificant Other: Perceptual Change, Policy Divergence, and Prospects for Thai-U.S. Relations
Chapter 4 Philippine Policy Toward the United States: Dramatic Shifts in Alliance Politics
Chapter 5 Singapore's Policy Toward the United States: Facilitating the Role of the Indispensable Power in Asia
Chapter 6 Strategic Convergence Despite Domestic Divergence in Vietnam Policy Toward the United States
Chapter 7: Last Line of Defense? Indonesia-U.S. Defense Relations and Strategic Realignments
Chapter 8 Ambivalence in Alignment: The Politics of Malaysia-U.S. Relations
Chapter 9 Cambodia and the United States: Moving Beyond Trouble Relations?
Chapter 10 Burma/Myanmar and the United States: An Eternal Balancing Act?
Chapter 11 Conclusion

About the author

Ann Marie Murphy

Product details

• Authors: Ann Marie Murphy, Murphy Ann Marie
• Assisted by: Ann Marie Murphy (Editor), Murphy Ann Marie (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9781538191972
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9197-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, International Relations