MULTILATERALISM (STILL) MATTERS IN/TO ASIA

The last trimester of the year saw its usual flurry of (albeit virtual) multilateral summitry, with most coming after the US election. While outgoing US President Donald Trump did "attend" the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting (for the first time since 2017), he was,...

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Published in:Comparative connections 2021-01, Vol.22 (3), p.1-162
Main Authors: Cossa, Ralph A, Glosserman, Brad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advisors
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
International cooperation
Multilateralism
National security
Pandemics
Presidents
Secretaries of state
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Trump, Donald J
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Summary:The last trimester of the year saw its usual flurry of (albeit virtual) multilateral summitry, with most coming after the US election. While outgoing US President Donald Trump did "attend" the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting (for the first time since 2017), he was, as usual, a noshow at the ASEAN-chaired gatherings, with the US being represented at the US-ASEAN Summit and at the more important (at least to the other participants) East Asia Summit, for the second straight year, by National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did attend, in person, the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tokyo in October, with the four navies meeting later in the year for their first four-way exercise in India. Pompeo also attended (virtually) the US-ASEAN Ministerial but left the participation in the broader-based ASEAN Regional Forum to Deputy Secretary of State Steve Biegun.
ISSN:1930-5370
1930-5389