US-China Relations and Southeast Asia

Ever since the United States announced a pivot to Asia in their foreign policy priorities, Southeast Asia has been at the forefront of US-China diplomatic rivalry. Do their strategic interests align with the vision Southeast Asian countries have for themselves? Explaining the significance of US-China relations to Southeast Asia is Dr S. Mahmud Ali, an East Asia Programme Associate at LSE IDEAS, a foreign policy think tank at the London School of Economics and Political Science.