Southeast Asia and the Poly-Crisis: A View from Down Under

Name: Southeast Asia and the Poly-Crisis: A View from Down Under
Uploaded: 2025-01-16T21:21:18.000Z

John Blaxland, Professor of International Security and Intelligence Studies and Director of the Australian National University North America Liaison Office, joined the UVA East Asia Center to discuss "Southeast Asia and the Poly-Crisis: A View from Down Under" as part of the Nelson Lectures on Southeast Asia, on September 13, 2024. Southeast Asian states are feeling squeezed by contestation between the US and China, a spectrum of governance challenges and looming environmental catastrophe – all accelerated by the fourth industrial revolution. Meanwhile, there is more dysfunction afoot in ASEAN—Southeast Asia’s main formal macroregional group—than witnessed in decades. Australia has long been a US treaty ally, yet with its existential roots in neighboring Asia (the “Near North” rather than “Far East”). In this talk, Dr. Blaxland provides a “Down Under” perspective on Southeast Asia’s response to the poly-crisis, and why it matters.

Southeast Asia and the Poly-Crisis: A View from Down Under

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