Recalling nearly two centuries of bitter colonial history in Southeast Asia, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Friday told the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s biggest security forum, that small states would not want to be pressured to take sides amid escalating tensions between China and the United States.
“I recount this history to show that Southeast Asia is no stranger to the great game of nations, and to offer some historical perspective to the current strategic situation,” Lee told more than 600 delegates from more than 40 countries.
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