Recent revelations that the US’ Pentagon waged a disinformation campaign against Chinese COVID-19 vaccines in Southeast Asia should shake the region out of any naïve assumptions that the great powers would protect anyone else’s interests but their own as they fight for supremacy.
The revelation by Reuters that the US military engaged in a secret propaganda campaign to undermine China’s COVID-19 vaccine in countries like the Philippines is deeply troubling and has grave implications for Southeast Asia. By fanning fears and…