Southeast Asia barely features in America’s new security strategy
2025-12-14 14:59:34 source：SCMP
December 14, 2025
Washington’s latest national security blueprint may be one of its most consequential in years, yet it barely mentions Southeast Asia.
Analysts say that absence speaks volumes, signalling a narrowing of American priorities that risks turning the region into a “bargaining chip” in the US-China rivalry.
The National Security Strategy published by the White House on December 4 presents the Trump administration’s vision for restoring “American economic independence”, alongside preventing conflict in the Indo-Pacific, as the twin pillars of its “America first” doctrine.
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