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Title:
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The South China Sea and the Decline of US Influence
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Author:
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Mark J. Valencia
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Source:
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The Diplomat
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Date:
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January 31, 2018
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Description:
- For 70 years the United States has dominated Southeast Asia with both hard and soft power — the capability to use economic or cultural influence to shape the preferences of others. Soft power underpins and makes possible robust hard power relationships. But some analysts and policymakers refuse to recognize that U.S. influence and its relationships in Southeast Asia are much shallower and more ephemeral than assumed.
