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By Simon Tay
For The Straits Times

The Biden administration will continue to put forward initiatives, but the targets of its Asian courtship need to consider if these fit their interests and if the proposed deals can be relied on. This Straits Times commentary by Associate Professor Simon Tay, Chairman, SIIA examines the Sino-American competition for influence, American democracy and the ever-changing World Order.

  • Simon Tay is associate professor at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA)

Source: This article was first published in The Business Times on 14 July 2022.

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