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This post was originally published on this site The Biden administration has been trying to play catch-up in Southeast Asia, a region that the United States has largely neglected in recent decades. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent visit to Indonesia was meant to make up for the perceived snubbing of the country during earlier visits to the region by Vice President Kamala Harris and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Taken together with his later visit to Malaysia, it was a welcome sign that the administration understands that it hasn’t been doing enough to improve U.S. relations with major states in...