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What would a US–China conflict over Taiwan mean for Southeast Asia?
In this virtual roundtable, Asia Society Australia and Verve Research bring together regional experts to discuss how Southeast Asian states—particularly Singapore and the Philippines—would navigate the strategic, economic and security challenges posed by a potential armed conflict in the Taiwan Strait.
Dr Natalie Sambhi, Senior Policy Fellow at Asia Society Australia and Executive Director of Verve Research, moderates a discussion with Dr Bich Tran, Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) and non-resident Senior Fellow at Verve Research, who is a co-author of the Maritime Southeast Asia Amidst an Armed Conflict Between the US and China report; Associate Professor Ja Ian Chong from the National University of Singapore and a nonresident scholar at Carnegie China, whose research focuses on international relations, security and Chinese foreign policy; and Mr Don McLain Gill, Filipino geopolitical analyst and lecturer at De La Salle University, who specialises in Philippine foreign policy, Indo-Pacific maritime security cooperation and regional strategic affairs.
The discussion explores what is at stake for Singapore, the Philippines and other regional states; how governments may make difficult decisions amid major-power competition; the implications for vital maritime routes such as the Straits of Malacca; and how regional partners like Australia should calibrate their policies to support stability and conflict prevention. (50 min., 49 sec.)
This roundtable is part of a broader series accompanying the Maritime Southeast Asia Amidst an Armed Conflict Between the US and China report, which examines how Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam would approach a potential conflict between the United States and China.
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