After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations

Author

Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing) NGOEI, Singapore Management UniversityFollow

Publication Type

Blog Post

Publication Date

9-2021

Abstract

It isn’t hard to draw glib parallels between the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the Taliban’s recent capture of Kabul. From there, it becomes easy to forecast the imminent retreat of America from the world. Too easy, perhaps.A more careful examination of the history of US relations with Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam War offers a somewhat different conclusion, complete with ramifications for the US presence in Southeast Asia today, Afghanistan or not.

Keywords

Afghanistan, Saigon, Vietnam War, United States, Singapore, Kamala Harris, Southeast Asia

Discipline

International Relations

Research Areas

Humanities

Publisher

PMLR

Citation

NGOEI, Wen-Qing (WEI Wenqing), "After the fall: Saigon and Kabul in US-Southeast Asian relations" (2021). Research Collection School of Social Sciences. Paper 3501.
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3501

Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3501

Additional URL

https://www.stratforumph.com/post/after-the-fall-saigon-and-kabul-in-us-southeast-asian-relations