OPINION

How Beijing's tactics failed in democratic Asia

Oped, Yoon Young-kwan, Published on 22/03/2023

» Since the dawn of international politics, smaller states have faced the formidable challenge of navigating great-power rivalries. Today, it is the geopolitical contest between the US and China that has compelled countries to balance their competing national interests. Toward which side they gravitate depends on domestic and external circumstances.