US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) sits with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during a meeting with Asean foreign ministers on September 23, on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly in New York. Southeast Asia and Asean play a large role in the recently released US Indo-Pacific Strategy. Photo: AFP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) sits with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during a meeting with Asean foreign ministers on September 23, on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly in New York. Southeast Asia and Asean play a large role in the recently released US Indo-Pacific Strategy. Photo: AFP
Mark J. Valencia
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Mark J. Valencia

Why US’ anti-China Indo-Pacific Strategy is dangerous, deluded and doomed to fail

  • The document reads like a committee-produced mishmash of delusions, false assumptions, wishful thinking and contradictions
  • Most of the region’s governments do not actually share US democratic values, even the so-called democracies in Malaysia and Indonesia, making it a hard sell

Mark J. Valencia
Mark J. Valencia

Updated: 8:39am, 21 Feb, 2022

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) sits with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during a meeting with Asean foreign ministers on September 23, on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly in New York. Southeast Asia and Asean play a large role in the recently released US Indo-Pacific Strategy. Photo: AFP
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) sits with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi during a meeting with Asean foreign ministers on September 23, on the sidelines of the 76th UN General Assembly in New York. Southeast Asia and Asean play a large role in the recently released US Indo-Pacific Strategy. Photo: AFP
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