Imperfect Partners

The United States and Southeast Asia

Scot Marciel

• Publisher: Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781538178959, 9781538178942
• eBook ISBN: 9781538178966
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Asian History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Imperfect Partners is a unique hybrid – part memoir, part foreign policy study of U.S. relations with Southeast Asia, a critically important region that has become the central arena in the global U.S.-China competition. From the People Power revolt in the Philippines to the opening of diplomatic relations with Vietnam, from building a partnership with newly democratic Indonesia to responding to genocide in Myanmar and coups in Thailand, Scot Marciel was present and involved. His direct involvement and deep knowledge of the region, along with his extensive policymaking work in Washington, allows him to bring to life the complexities and realities of key events and U.S. responses, along with rare insights into U.S. foreign policy decisionmaking and the work of American diplomats in the field.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Advance praise for Imperfect Partners
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Chronology of Scot Marciel’s Assignments on Southeast Asia
• Introduction
• Part I. The Allies
• Part II. The Former Foes
• Part III. Countries in Transition
• Part IV. ASEAN, China, and the United States
• Bibliography
• Index