U.S. Relations with Southeast Asia in 2018

The United States maintains a comprehensive and robust presence throughout Southeast Asia that has grown dramatically since the 1980s. It includes the commercial, security, education and diplomatic, and other domains. America's strengths and contributions to the region lie particularly in both hard and soft power, but the U.S. economic footprint is both broad and deep.However, this presence is not very well appreciated or reported by regional media whereas China's presence and influence is perva