Southeast Asia Views the United States

Perceptions, Policies, and Prospects

Ann Marie Murphy

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9798881866488
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Asian History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book is a comprehensive study of Southeast Asian views of their respective countries' foreign policies towards the United States. The Southeast Asian contributors are all individuals who bridge both academia and foreign policy circles in their countries, in Southeast Asia, the Indo-Pacific, more broadly, and globally.
There is a dearth of theoretically informed, empirically rich literature on the foreign policies of Southeast Asian states. This volume, with eight chapters written by some of Southeast Asia's leading analysts, is therefore important, timely, and fills a large gap in the literature.

Table of contents

• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Map
• Chapter 1: Introducing Southeast Asia and Regional Perceptions of the United States
• Chapter 2: United States Policy toward Southeast Asia: Policy Shifts Trigger Concerns about U.S. Commitment
• Chapter 3: The Insignificant Other: Perceptual Change, Policy Divergence, and Prospects for Thai–U.S. Relations
• Chapter 4: Philippine Policy toward the United States: Dramatic Shifts in Alliance Politics
• Chapter 5: Singapore’s Policy toward the United States: Facilitating the Role of the Indispensable Power in Asia
• Chapter 6: Strategic Convergence Despite Domestic Divergence in Vietnam Policy toward the United States
• Chapter 7: Last Line of Defense?: Indonesia–U.S. Defense Relations and Strategic Realignments
• Chapter 8: Ambivalence in Alignment: The Politics of Malaysia–U.S. Relations
• Chapter 9: Cambodia and the United States: Moving beyond Troubled Relations?
• Chapter 10: Burma/Myanmar and the United States: An Eternal Balancing Act?
• Conclusion
• Index
• About the Authors