US Defence Chief Lloyd Austin in Southeast Asia: Did the US Strike the Right Notes?

August 11, 2021

Published in ThinkChina
(Singapore) on 10 August 2021
by William Choong, Hoang Thi Ha, Le Hong Hiep, Ian Storey (link to original link to original)

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