P147
The US will arm Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia to counterbalance China in Southeast Asia
What Jiang said
“And this creates a sort of malaca. We will have these nations challenge Chinese supremacy in order to create balance, a power balance in East Asia.”
Analysis
The US will enable key regional allies along the First Island Chain (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia) to challenge Chinese supremacy and create power balance
Source lecture
Status history
- 2026-05-23 · Pending (glm)