
Lynn Kuok
@lynnkuok
Lee Kuan Yew Chair, Brookings Institution; Senior Fellow, University of Cambridge. Formerly, Visiting Professor at Georgetown, IISS, Yale, Harvard.
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In my latest Foreign Affairs Affairs piece, I examine the implications of a more coercive US foreign policy for its influence in Asia. I argue that pressuring Asia to align could backfire: the U.S. can force countries to choose – but it might not like their answers. Efforts to

Joined Bloomberg TV's The China Show last night to discuss Xi’s Southeast Asia tour. Key takeaway? Xi’s visit was a success. China signed 113 agreements - not all binding, but a clear signal of presence at a time when US engagement is absent or even punitive. ASEAN will continue




#XiJinping's charm offensive in #SoutheastAsia : with views/perspective from Kishore Mahbubani Lynn Kuok Greg Poling Robert Manning et al #Asean #China #tariffs

Malaysia's Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Zafrul 🇲🇾 MITI Malaysia was recently in DC for 48 hours meeting with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer & senior State Department officials. His visit came just after Chinese President Xi Jinping's Southeast Asia tour, which



I write for The Economist re roles of diff. countries in 🇮🇳🇵🇰 crises... "Trump administration discovered what its predecessors & other countries have: they might not want to get involved in India-Pakistan crises, but such crises inevitably involve them." economist.com/by-invitation/…


China's salami-slicing in the South China Sea continues - this time through its first on-the ground, formal assertion of sovereignty over a previously unoccupied land feature in more than a decade. My latest piece for Foreign Policy examines how Sandy Cay is fast becoming a new



Trump’s chaotic foreign policy is undermining U.S. credibility abroad while China rushes to fill the void. In House Foreign Affairs Committee Dems last week, I asked Lynn Kuok how we can advance American economic & foreign policy interests in Southeast Asia to counter China’s Belt and Road