Defence dialogues (bilateral) - Lowy Institute Southeast Asia Influence Index

Defence dialogues (bilateral)

Number of bilateral defence dialogues held between a Southeast Asian country and a partner country

Type: Indicator
Weighting: 1x
Source: Lowy Institute

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Edition

Defence dialogues (bilateral)

Which partner has the most bilateral defence dialogues with Southeast Asia?

1 United States 100.0

14.9% 13.0% 207 2023–24
2 Singapore 83.9

12.6% 11.0% 175 2023–24
3 Japan 76.9

11.6% 10.1% 161 2023–24
4 Thailand 72.9

11.0% 9.6% 153 2023–24
5 Indonesia 65.3

9.9% 8.6% 138 2023–24
6 Vietnam 61.8

9.4% 8.2% 131 2023–24
7 Cambodia 56.3

8.6% 7.5% 120 2023–24
8 Malaysia 55.8

8.6% 7.5% 119 2023–24
9 Australia 52.8

8.1% 7.1% 113 2023–24
10 Brunei 50.3

7.8% 6.8% 108 2023–24
11 China 40.7

6.4% 5.6% 89 2023–24
12 Philippines 37.7

6.0% 5.2% 83 2023–24
13 Laos 34.2

5.5% 4.8% 76 2023–24
14 India 28.1

4.6% 4.0% 64 2023–24
15 South Korea 26.1

4.3% 3.8% 60 2023–24
16 Russia 19.6

3.4% 2.9% 47 2023–24
17 France 16.1

2.9% 2.5% 40 2023–24
18 United Kingdom 10.6

2.1% 1.8% 29 2023–24
19 Myanmar 5.5

1.4% 1.2% 19 2023–24
20 Canada 4.0

1.2% 1.0% 16 2023–24
21 Timor-Leste 0.0

0.6% 0.5% 8 2023–24

Intra-regional

Southeast Asian countries’ influence on each other

Extra-regional

Partners exerting influence from outside the region