Commentary
In Colombia and elsewhere in the region, the United States is trying to shape election outcomes—but at what cost?
Oliver Stuenkel, Adrian Feinberg
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Fair Winds and Following Seas: Maritime Security and Hedging in the South China Sea
Southeast Asian countries have adopted an array of hedging tactics around the South China Sea to deepen engagement with China while bolstering their own domestic defense capabilities and simultaneously expanding security cooperation with a variety of external partners.
Published on Aug 31, 2023
About the Authors
Elina Noor
Nonresident Scholar, Asia Program
Elina Noor is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at Carnegie where she focuses on developments in Southeast Asia, particularly the impact and implications of technology in reshaping power dynamics, governance, and nation-building in the region.
Hunter Marston
Bich Tran
Bich Tran is an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
Richard Javad Heydarian
Richard Javad Heydarian is an academic, author, and incoming fellow at National Chengchi University in Taiwan. He is the author of The Rise of Duterte: A Populist Revolt Against Elite Democracy (2017), Asia’s New Battlefield: The US, China and the Struggle for the Western Pacific (2015), and The Indo-Pacific: Trump, China and the New Global Struggle for Mastery (forthcoming).
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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