In this episode, I talked to Prof. Laura Southgate, a lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Aston University, UK and an expert on Southeast Asia on the geopolitical dynamics affected by the United States election to ASEAN neutrality. Has either China or the United States won in the competition of gaining more influence in ASEAN? Is it correct to say that the ASEAN Outlook on Indo Pacific is a reaffirmation of this Zone Zine of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality (ZOPFAN) idea? What is the impact of the extremely close Cambodia-China political proximity on ASEAN unity? What would be Biden’s reengagement strategy to Southeast Asia?
I explored those questions with her. Check it out!
