Ja Ian Chong, "Northeast Asia Is for Deterrence and Southeast Asia Is (Mostly) for Free-Riding: Understanding Divergent Responses to Maintaining Order"

Ja Ian Chong
Associate Professor, Political Science, National University of Singapore

Moderator: Mark Wu
Henry L. Stimson Professor, Harvard Law School 

Co-sponsored by the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies; the Harvard University Asia Center; and the International Security Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.

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Additional Resources

1. The Routledge Handbook on Great Power Competition, edited with Brian C.H. Fong (London: Routledge, 2024)
2. “State of the Discipline: How Far Along are We in Developing an IR Theory Based on Southeast Asia’s Experiences,” International Studies Perspectives [with Chanintira Na Thalang, Thuy Thi Do, Herman Joseph S. Kraft, Cheng Chwee Kuik, I Gede Wayu Wicaksana, Vannarith Chheang, Yohannes William Santoso, and Guido Benny].
3. “A Search for Direction: Southeast Asia in a Brave New World of Major Power Competition,” in Southeast Asian Affairs 2024, edited by Hoang Thi Ha and Daljit Singh (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies—Yusof Ishak Institute, 2024).
4. “Amid Contending Narratives, A Read on U.S. and PRC Messaging in Singapore,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (November 2023)
5. “Stand Up Like a Taiwanese! PRC Coercion and Public Preferences for Resistance,” [with Wu Wen-Chin and David Wei Feng Huang] Japanese Journal of Political Science, Vol. 24 No. 2 (June 2023): 208-229.