In addition to skipping this year’s ASEAN summit, Biden didn’t attend the 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in Thailand because it conflicted with his granddaughter’s wedding. It’s a role that she’s played frequently. “And now she’s seen as part of the team.” He described Harris as “an effective avatar for the administration,” an important position when the president can only be in so many places at once.ĭavid Rothkopf, a foreign policy writer who worked on trade issues under former President Bill Clinton and has met with Harris, said there’s “always a period of adjustment” for an incoming administration.
Poling, who directs the Southeast Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. But she’s put in the work,” said Gregory B. “She didn’t want to pull the plug on our commitment to Southeast Asia.”ĭuring the trip, she repeatedly criticized China for trying to control access to the South China Sea, at one point describing the behavior as “bullying.” “She personally insisted that we can do more than one thing at a time,” Gordon said. Phil Gordon, a national security adviser to Harris, said there was talk of canceling because the administration was in the midst of a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Harris’ travel to Southeast Asia began in her first year in office, when she visited Singapore and Vietnam, but the trip almost didn’t happen. “I don’t see solidarity at this moment, given the rivalry,” she said. and China, with some countries seeking to bolster their economies through closer relations with one or the other. “The fact that so many leaders are convening in this one place at the same time to address some of the biggest challenges facing our world is a sign of strength of both the commitment that each nation has to the coalition and the potential for collaboration,” she told the AP.ĭinna Prapto Raharja, a Jakarta-based analyst and professor on international relations, said ASEAN is being divided by competition between the U.S. Harris also paid tribute to ASEAN as an organization, despite growing doubts about its effectiveness for regional diplomacy.
“We share a historic bond and common values with many of the people and nations here.” “The American people have a profound stake in the future of the Indo-Pacific,” she said during one meeting.
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However, Harris delivered a series of messages at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that were intended to demonstrate American commitment despite Biden’s absence from the summit.
Some analysts believe China maintains an edge in the region, and the Australia-based Lowy Institute issued a report earlier this year concluding that Beijing was still gaining ground in recent years. “In our administration, she has been a strong advocate for stepping up our engagement in Southeast Asia - and she’s put in the air miles to prove that - in recognition that our work there is critical to our own security and economic growth,” Sullivan said. Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, said “many of our best successes in the region were made possible thanks to her diplomacy,” crediting Harris with helping to “move the ball forward on some of our top priorities.” “The strongest relationships will be based on consistency, on communication, on trust, and the ability to work together and to grow the sense of connection,” she said. But she described her work in the region as something that will pay dividends over time as she gets to know its leaders. Harris’ approval ratings remain underwater, and her announcements in Southeast Asia tend to be counted in the millions of dollars rather than the billions. We were the epicenter of the most hate that you witnessed on our soil, but we responded not by buckling to terrorism and terror, but by responding with the level of bravery that we are known for.At home and abroad, progress can be slow or hard to measure. Mayor Adams, a retired New York City police captain who responded to the World Trade Center on 9/11, said, "We often reflect on the 11th. McCauley, Jr., Battalion Chief Stephen J. Hughes, Firefighter Gregg Lawrence, Battalion Chief Joseph A. Also being added to the wall are Marine Wiper Bruce Peat, Lt.
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