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How Biden's Respect for 53-year-old Dialogue Process Could Reshape US-Asia
Policy

Ralph Jennings

   TAIPEI - Countries in Southeast Asia, a growing region of more than 650
   million people, stand to make lasting deals with the United States and
   keep China at bay if President-elect Joe Biden works with their prized
   cross-border dialogue process, analysts in the region believe.

   Biden's expected willingness to strengthen a U.S. role in the 10-member
   Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc will increase
   confidence among the Asian leaders that Washington will act predictably
   as a bulwark against China -- neither bowing to it nor over-provoking
   it -- as well as a potential source of trade deals, analysts say.

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