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The Asean countries – which include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam – have taken a neutral and nuanced position in the rivalry between the United States and China. It’s time they spoke out loudly. Few people are more qualified to explain the Asean position than Dino Patti Djalal, former Indonesian ambassador to the US, and ex-deputy foreign minister. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, he wrote in Foreign Policy magazine, welcomes the re-engagement of US President Joe Biden , but only “in the right way”. “They do not want to see a heightened...
