From Southeast Asia to Indo-Pacific: Culture, Identity, and the Return to Geopolitics

AN AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNT OF KEY GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES AFFECTING

SOUTHEAST ASIA

Southeast Asia was created by geopolitics, and it might die with it.

An era of great power rivalry made the rise of Southeast Asia possible. It stimulated common purpose and unity among nations and led to the

creation and consolidation of ASEAN.

The question now is, will the return of geopolitics have a similar impact? This is no means assured. In fact, the opposite could happen. The new geopolitics is, after all, quit...