Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : study overview and conclusions / Bonny Lin, Michael S. Chase, Jonah Blank, Cortez A. Cooper III, Derek Grossman, Scott W. Harold, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Lyle J. Morris, Logan Ma, Paul Orner, Alice Shih, Soo Kim.
"RAND Project AIR FORCE." "Prepared for the United States Air Force." Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-141). See also RAND/RB-10137-AF, RAND/RR-4412/1-AF, RAND/RR-4412/2-AF, RAND/RR-4412/3-AF, RAND/RR-4412/4-AF, RAND/RR-4412/5-AF, RAND/RR-4412/6-AF.
Contents:
Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Research Scope, Design, and Methodology -- Chapter Three: What Are Influence and Competition for Influence? -- Chapter Four: What Are the United States and China Competing for in the Indo-Pacific? -- Chapter Five: How Can We Measure and Assess Influence? -- Chapter Six: How Do Regional Countries View U.S. Versus PRC Influence? -- Chapter Seven: How Could the United States Work More Effectively with Allies and Partners? -- Chapter Eight: Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Basic Identification of U.S. Objectives -- Appendix B: Detailed Framework Variable Coding -- Appendix C: Chinese Views of Current U.S., Allied, and Partner Efforts -- Appendix D: Top U.S. Allied and Partner Security Providers for Southeast Asia.
Summary:
In long-term strategic competition with China, how effectively the United States works with allies and partners will be critical to determining U.S. success. To enable closer cooperation, the United States will need to understand how allies and partners view the United States and China and how they are responding to U.S.-China competition. In this report, which is the main report of a series on U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific, the authors define what U.S.-China competition for influence involves and comparatively assess U.S.-China competition for influence in six countries in Southeast Asia-Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam-as well as the roles of three U.S. allies and partners that are active in Southeast Asia-Australia, India, and Japan. The authors first explore why the United States is competing with China in the Indo-Pacific and what the two are competing for. They then develop a framework that uses 14 variables to assess relative U.S.-Chinese influence across countries in the Indo-Pacific. Drawing from interviews in all nine countries and data gathered, the authors apply this framework to assess how regional countries view U.S.-China competition in their respective countries and how China views competition in each of the regional countries. Finally, the authors discuss how the United States could work more effectively with allies and partners in Southeast Asia and beyond.
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