In an ST Op-ed, Joseph Chinyong Liow and Amanda Trea Phua wrote that whether the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) can assuage concerns that Sino-US relations are lurching towards a zero-sum game by providing opportunities for cooperation, or actually hastens the process, only time can tell.

…Joseph Chinyong Liow is dean, College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Tan Kah Kee Chair in Comparative and International Politics, and professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University. Amanda Trea Phua is senior analyst in the US Programme at RSIS.