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• Title: Minding the Gaps: The Bush Administration and U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations.
• Author : Contemporary Southeast Asia
• Release Date : January 01, 2004
• Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 292 KB

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Introduction: The Implications of Initial Bush Administration Policies for U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations Bold foreign and security policy pronouncements and actions by the incoming U.S. administration, the subsequent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, the start of Operation Enduring Freedom against Afghanistan-based Al-Qaeda and Taliban elements in early October, foiled terrorist plots and, unfortunately, successful attacks (e.g., Ball) in several Southeast Asian countries in 2002, and then Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, contributed to a period of intense and complex U.S.-Southeast Asia interactions. Early on, the Bush administration's foreign and security policies, the situation within Southeast Asia, and the state of bilateral relations, had mixed implications for future U.S.-Southeast Asia relations. On the one hand, the new administration's stated intention to devote more attention to Asia and buttress ties with "allies and friends" was largely welcomed in the region. But other Bush administration intentions and decisions (such as characterizing China as a "competitor, a potential regional rival", (2) a commitment to develop and deploy missile defences, and unilateral rejection of the Kyoto Protocol) created "gaps" between the U.S. and Southeast Asian countries. Unplanned incidents such as a Chinese fighter aircraft bumping, then grounding, a U.S. EP3 plane and detention of the crew further complicated U.S. engagement with Southeast Asia--partly by detracting attention from it.

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