Tag: Politics in Southeast Asia

By Asif Ullah Khan The United States, after giving China a free hand in Southeast Asia, is trying to regain the lost ground, as evident from US secretary of State Mike Pompeo's recent phone calls to foreign ministers of many ASEAN countries. But, is it a case of too little, too late?  US President Donald Trump lost southeast Asia to China on day one of his presidency when he scrapped the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. Senators across the party line had criticised the decision with late John McCain (Republican)...