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Author:

Cooper, Cortez A., author.

Title:

Regional responses to U.S.-China competition in the Indo-Pacific : Singapore / Cortez A. Cooper III and Michael S. Chase.

Publisher:

RAND Corporation,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

x, 55 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Subject:

Singapore--Foreign relations--United States--21st century.
Singapore--Foreign relations--China--21st century.
Great powers--Foreign relations.
Security, International--Indo-Pacific Region.
Security, International--Southeast Asia.
China--Foreign relations--United States--21st century.
China--Foreign relations--Singapore--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--China--21st century.
United States--Foreign relations--Singapore--21st century.

Other Authors:

Chase, Michael, author.
Project Air Force (U.S.)
Rand Corporation.
United States. Air Force.

Notes:

"RAND Project AIR FORCE." "Prepared for the United States Air Force." Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-55). See also RAND/RB-10137-AF, RAND/RR-4412-AF, RAND/RR-4412/1-AF, RAND/RR-4412/2-AF, RAND/RR-4412/3-AF, RAND/RR-4412/4-AF, RAND/RR-4412/6-AF.

Contents:

Chapter One: Singapore in the Context of U.S.-China Competition -- Chapter Two: Singapore's Diplomacy: Maintaining a Delicate Balance -- Chapter Three: China's Economic Importance to Singapore -- Chapter Four: Singapore Defense Relations: Heavily Favoring United States but Not Snubbing China -- Chapter Five: Outlook and Options -- Appendix A: Detailed Framework Variable Coding.

Summary:

This report on Singapore is part of a project examining the perspectives of U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific as they formulate and implement their responses to China's more assertive foreign and security policy behavior in the region and to a more competitive U.S.-China relationship. Singapore views its relations and partnership with the United States as essential to its security policy. It sees the U.S. regional presence as playing an indispensable role in ensuring its ability to navigate a regional security environment that is increasingly complicated by China's growing influence and more-assertive Chinese behavior. At the same time, China is Singapore's most important trading partner, and Singapore aims to maintain a stable relationship with China even as it resists Chinese influence and interference. The U.S.-Singapore relationship is a success story: Singapore has been and remains a strategic partner for U.S. diplomacy and security efforts in Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region more broadly. To sustain this success in ways that will buttress U.S. competitive advantage will require a steady hand at the helm of the relationship, strengthening ties across economic and security domains while recognizing the importance to Singapore of stable relations with and growing economic ties to China. Singapore's geographic location astride the Straits of Malacca, its outsize influence in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the military support afforded the United States by infrastructure and access in Singapore make investments in U.S. attention and treasure both necessary and worthwhile.

ISBN:

1977405592
9781977405593

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1228860272

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)