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hedging doesn’t make sense [when] you are too important [as a frontline ally to America]” in face of China’s growing assertiveness in adjacent waters. Incoming Secretary of State Marco Rubio, meanwhile, has also made it clear that the...

s dependence on Vietnamese southern ports for its trade, the canal symbolizes a crucial shift in Cambodia’s assertiveness to drive its own development path, albeit in this instance with Chinese backing. In this context, the proclaimed...

to bend international rules in its favour. State Secretary for Defence Gijs Tuinman added that that growing assertiveness could ultimately disrupt trade between Asia and Europe. In addition, hybrid threats have become commonplace...

and advance the values that will define the world we want to live in. But, we are not on the field alone. The PRC’s assertiveness at home and abroad is advancing an illiberal vision across economic, political, security, and...