{"id":156676,"date":"2026-08-27T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156676"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:30:08","slug":"why-southeast-asia-isnt-buying-the-us-offer-of-flexible-realism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156676","title":{"rendered":"Why Southeast Asia isn\u2019t buying the US\u2019 offer of \u2018flexible realism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn arguably his most important foreign trip, Elbridge Colby, US undersecretary for defence policy, visited key Southeast Asian capitals this month. In a speech in Manila, the Pentagon policy chief extolled America\u2019s \u201cflexible realism\u201d, which he said serves \u201cthe practical, concrete interests of regular Americans\u201d and echoes Southeast Asian nations\u2019 commitment to \u201cpragmatism, an openness to dialogue, respect for counterparts, proud nationalism, and a focus on economic prosperity\u201d.<br \/>\nAmid the United&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3365070\/why-southeast-asia-isnt-buying-us-offer-flexible-realism?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn arguably his most important foreign trip, Elbridge Colby, US undersecretary for defence policy, visited key Southeast Asian capitals this month. In a speech&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156676"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}