Commentary: Can faith in US leadership in Southeast Asia be restored?

Coming on the back of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’swith the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , and more generally, an absence of high-level diplomatic exchanges since Joe Biden took the White House, Lloyd struck a strong, assertive tone at the Fullerton Forum in Singapore to assuage fears and tackle key concerns last Tuesday .

Austin’s visit demonstrated tangible benefits to Vietnam. His visit saw the establishment of a database by Harvard and Texas Tech University aiding the Vietnamese search for those missing from the Vietnam War and followed the delivery of 3 million Moderna vaccine doses to Vietnam, as infection numbers surge in the country.

Perhaps Blinken had laid the building blocks of the US’ overall approach to Southeast Asia for Austin’s visit – one that focuses on security partnerships in addressing regional developments and collective leadership on common challenges like COVID-19. Rather than anything else of value that America still has to offer the region, the op-ed contended that Austin’s visits will be “diplomatic and ceremonial, and will not yield substantial outcomes”.A FAIR RECOVERY

Dr Ng’s meeting with Austin too brought news concerning the hosting of Singapore’s future F-35B fighter aircraft detachment at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Arkansas, which will also serve as the new home for Singapore’s F-16 fighter training detachment following its relocation from Luke Air Force Base in Arizona.A FORGIVING LOT

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