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Lowy Institute Papers
The paramount power
In a Lowy Institute Paper entitled The Paramount Power: China and the Countries of Southeast Asia, Dr Milton Osborne examines how China's relations with Southeast Asia have dramatically changed for the better in the last ten years.
13 April 2006
Executive Summary
FTAs and strategic partnerships have replaced decades of mistrust and uncertainty. China is now the paramount power in Southeast Asia with significant soft power resources and regional goodwill. China's new role poses new challenges for Japan and the United States in the region and globally.
Dr Osborne is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute and one of Australia's leading experts on Southeast Asian history.
The Paper can be downloaded here.
