US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured ASEAN members that they need not choose between the US and China, amid what has become an increasingly polarised power struggle in the region. For some insight, we speak to Aaron Connelly, Research Fellow in Southeast Asian Political Change and Foreign Policy with the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

<p><span>US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo assured ASEAN members that they need not choose between the US and China, amid what has become an increasingly polarised power struggle in the region. For some insight, we speak to Aaron Connelly, Research Fellow in Southeast Asian Political Change and Foreign Policy with the International Institute for Strategic Studies.</span></p>

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