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One component of the discourse around U.S.-China competition and Southeast Asia has been the region’s role in a future Taiwan contingency. Much of the focus has centered around how individual states would respond to particular scenarios relative to Beijing or Washington. Though this is a key aspect of potential responses, it also belies the wider stakes for Southeast Asia in a Taiwan contingency and the wider range of actions and responses that the region and other relevant and interested partners would need to consider.
Despite the…