Kopi Time 023: Dr. Lynn Kuok, Senior Fellow, IISS

We discuss the great power rivalry of our time with Dr. Lynn Kuok, Shangri-La Dialogue Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Security at the International Institute of Strategic Studies. Dr. Kuok walks us through the key factors driving the ongoing deterioration in US-China relationship, what that means for the countries in Asia, various elements of tension in the South China Sea, recent developments in US-India relationship, and the narrowing window of options for the nations in South-East Asia. The hope is for a rules-based, multilateral order to deal with China-US frictions, but the danger is that a transactional and bilateral skirmish is deepening, with a wide array of fallout that affects all of us.