How Does Southeast Asia View U.S.–China Competition?
From The Asia Chessboard by Center for Strategic and International Studies
May 1, 2026 · 40 min
About this episode
The episode explores Southeast Asia's perceptions of U.S.-China strategic competition through insights from a recent survey.
In this episode, Mike is joined by Joanne Lin Weiling, Senior Fellow and Coordinator at the ASEAN Studies Centre at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute and Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for International Studies. They unpack the results of ISEAS’ latest State of Southeast Asia Survey to examine how Southeast Asians across the region perceive intensifying U.S.-China strategic competition, the drivers behind these perceptions, and how Southeast Asian states are responding to a more contested strategic landscape.
People in this episode
Host: Mike
Guest: Joanne Lin Weiling
Topics covered
- U.S.-China competition
- Southeast Asia
- strategic landscape
- perceptions
- ASEAN
Keywords
- Southeast Asia
- U.S.-China relations
- strategic competition
- ASEAN
- international studies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for International Studies
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