Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in Patrick Cronin’s series on China’s strategy for dominance in the Asia-Pacific. Check out the first two, “Chinese Regional Hegemony in Slow Motion,” and “How China’s Land Reclamation Fits in its Strategy for Regional Dominance.” Sometimes order requires enforcing fair rules, even if it risks momentary confrontation.  Such … Continue reading In Search of a Southeast Asian Response to China’s Bid for Dominance