By Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit — President Rodrigo Duterte is on his way to Peru for his first trip to an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit. Just before leaving Manila, Duterte said that he would spend his time in Peru…
In this week’s episode, we discuss the finalization of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with CSIS’s Matthew Goodman and Scott Miller. Scott and Matt talk through the geostrategic implications and political path ahead for TPP. Then CSIS Korea Chair Dr.…
By Jae-Kyung Park This year’s ASEAN Summit and related meetings will begin November 18 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Among the several hundred meetings the ASEAN Chair country hosts in a year, the summit meetings are the headlining events, with participation…
By James Wallar • In November 2011 the United States joined the East Asia Summit (EAS), taking a seat with the leaders of ASEAN member countries and the other major players in Asia: China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN + 3),…
By Tim Johnson At the APEC summit in Honolulu last November, Japanese Prime Minister Noda announced that “Japan will enter into consultations toward participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations.” While “consultations toward participating” is hardly the firmest of commitments,…
By James Wallar CSIS took another great initiative in launching the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) series on January 6. It is important that this series not fall prey to a Washington-centric focus. The first session, which began with a keynote address…
Joint Statement of the 2nd U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Meeting, New York, NY September 24, 2010 1. We, the heads of State/Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar,…
“the past 2 months have been the most exciting in Taiwan’s economic history since the 1950s – but that is the case. Taiwan is on a roll … “
