Can Southeast Asia Avoid Hierarchy?

... risks of conflict along China’s borders and a large number of states interested in developing cooperation will allow Beijing to allocate substantial resources toward addressing its own social and economic problems. It is likely that the future of Southeast Asia, and possibly Greater East Asia as well, lies in a political system that combines the Chinese model of centralized governance with a strong emphasis on technocracy, much like in Singapore, where leadership is mainly entrusted to experts in science and technology, as well as ...