


By and large, Southeast Asian Countries neither want to be all-in on China nor the United States. What is known is that China has been all over and will dominate the neighborhood unless there is a different kind of rebalance from a Trump-led US foreign policy establishment that backs up its rhetoric.

Southeast Asia should remain Trump-neutral and wait what and how his administration conducts policy. What happens in America bears far-reaching ramifications for the rest of the world. Those who have benefited most from development and globalization tend to be the wealthiest and the most powerful. Economic development and globalization have not improved lives within and across countries, and inequality is ubiquitous in most countries.
