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Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 4 p.m.

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Asia hosted recent multilateral meetings but it is the\\xa0US\'\\xa0bilaterals with India and Vietnam that really matter.

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Synopsis: Every fourth Friday of the month, The Straits Times\' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the biggest global talking points with expert guests.

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The East Asia Summit in Jakarta, and the G20 in\\xa0New Delhi,\\xa0broadly solidified\\xa0US relations in the region, but it is the bilaterals with India and Vietnam that really\\xa0mattered.\\xa0

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The US was represented in Jakarta by Vice-President Kamala Harris. But the G20 saw President Joe Biden attending and supporting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\\u2019s\\xa0moment as\\xa0global statesman\\xa0in his role as\\xa0chair of the\\xa0grouping.\\xa0In\\xa0contrast, China\\u2019s President Xi Jinping was absent.

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New Delhi also saw a reiteration of the increasingly close US-India relationship.

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Of equal significance perhaps in terms of competition with China, was President Biden\\u2019s trip to Hanoi, Vietnam, where the two countries formally elevated their relationship.\\xa0

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To unpack the significance of these meetings, ST\\u2019s US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh hosts two guests in this episode:

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1. Ambassador Scot Marciel, the former US diplomat to Myanmar, Indonesia and Asean,\\xa0 who is now a senior advisor at Bower Group Asia

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2. Dr Lynn Kuok, Shangri-La Dialogue senior fellow for Asia-Pacific security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies

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Highlights (click/tap above):

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3:40 Why the G20 cemented India\\u2019s image as a global diplomatic and strategic player

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5:26 Why the so-called "double upgrade" of the US-Vietnam relationship is significant

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6:18 Why Asean\\u2019s and the world\\u2019s approach to Myanmar has been flawed

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11:08 Why the US focus should be a lot less on talking to South-east Asia about China, as the region already knows China well

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14:35 Do US administrations really understand South-east Asia well enough and how to engage the region? Why Asean meetings are "not often satisfying" in terms of substance

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Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) and Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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Edited by: Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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