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Article: Minding the gaps: the Bush administration and U.S.-Southeast Asia relations.
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- Contemporary Southeast Asia
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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Introduction: The Implications of Initial Bush Administration Policies for U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations
Bold foreign and security policy pronouncements and actions by the incoming U.S. administration, the subsequent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on 11 September 2001, the start of Operation Enduring Freedom against Afghanistan-based Al-Qaeda and Taliban elements in early October, foiled terrorist plots and, unfortunately, successful attacks (e.g., Ball) in several Southeast Asian countries in 2002, and then Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003, contributed to a period of intense and complex U.S.-Southeast Asia interactions. Early ...