How to prevent US-China rivalry from turning Southeast Asia into a conflict zone

Both powers need to publicly agree on anti-hegemony, settle on ‘rules of the road’, particularly in the South China Sea, and start discussing arms control

Beijing and Washington must not sleepwalk into war, or force Southeast Asia to choose sides

David Lampton and Wang Jisi

Published: 1:00am, 30 Jan, 2020

Updated: 2:07pm, 17 Feb, 2020

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David Lampton

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David M. Lampton is Oksenberg-Rohlen Fellow at Stanford University’s Asia-Pacific Research Centre, former dean of faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and former president of the National Committee on US-China Relations. His most recent book, Following the Leader: Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, was recently reissued in its second edition.

Wang Jisi

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Wang Jisi is a Boya University Chair Professor and president of the Institute of International and Strategic Studies, Peking University in Beijing, and a distinguished fellow of the Asia Society Policy Institute.

How to prevent US-China rivalry from turning Southeast Asia into a conflict zone

Both powers need to publicly agree on anti-hegemony, settle on ‘rules of the road’, particularly in the South China Sea, and start discussing arms control Beijing and Washington must not sleepwalk into war, or force Southeast Asia to choose sides

Both powers need to publicly agree on anti-hegemony, settle on ‘rules of the road’, particularly in the South China Sea, and start discussing arms control

Beijing and Washington must not sleepwalk into war, or force Southeast Asia to choose sides