U.S. interests in Asia have been renewed by the Indo-Pacific Economic framwork bringing Asian nations closer to the West. However, China has been expanding its influence in the region as well. On this episode of the Modus Operandi, Manila Chan explore why the U.S. has found it harder to dominate Asia including the tiny but influential country of Laos with Peter Kuznik, director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University, and James Bradley, author of "The China Mirage."