US's Post-Trump Southeast Asia Doctrine
Repairing damage and neglect from the Obama and Trump years and the departure from Afghanistan
By: Murray Hunter
The timing of US President Joe Biden’s Southeast Asia re-engagement is unfortunate, with most governments concerned with Covid-19 spikes and with the US having precipitously pulled out of Afghanistan, leaving behind not only thousands of loyal Afghanis open to torture or death but shredding America’s reputation for defense of its allies…