Ja Ian Chong, Asia Studies Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington, explains that "Any ratcheting down of Sino-US security dilemmas in the Asia-Pacific is a task that ultimately falls to Washington and Beijing, but regional states should avoid fueling tensions."

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