New Zealand’s defence minister, Wayne Mapp, visited U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) last week and held discussions with the PACOM commander, Admiral Robert Willard. He was the first Kiwi defence minister to visit PACOM in the last two decades, yet another…
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Strategic Logic on the Korean Peninsula Headed Toward War
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By Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS There is a real possibility of war on the Korean Peninsula. The cause is not a second North Korean invasion of the South like in June 1950, which was successfully deterred…
Fifth Round of TPP Negotiations Open in Auckland
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By Ernie Bower, Senior Adviser and Director of the Southeast Asia Program, CSIS With a KORUS deal like wind in their sails, teams from the nine countries negotiating the Transpacific Partnership (TPP) kicked off their fifth round on Sunday in…
Will Political Capital Be Spent on Trade?
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By Ernie Bower, Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS As President Obama left Seoul last month without a U.S.-Korea trade agreement (KORUS) in hand, a proverbial sigh could be heard emanating from leaders of Asian countries. They share…
ASSK, Don't Tell: Aung San Suu Kyi Messaging Cautious Engagement
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By Ernie Bower, Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) is unquestionably the only legitimately elected leader of Burma. Unfortunately, that election did not happen this past November 7, it took place in 1990.…
CSIS Launches U.S.-ASEAN Strategy Commission
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Earlier this month, CSIS launched the U.S-ASEAN Strategy Commission, with a mandate to provide recommendations for a long-term U.S. strategy for Southeast Asia. The Commission Chairmen, Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, Chairman of the C.V. Starr Company, and Secretary William S. Cohen, former…
Uranium and Artillery: North Korean Revelations and Provocations
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By Victor Cha and Kathleen Harrington On November 12, nuclear scientist Siegfried Hecker and his Stanford University colleagues John Lewis and Robert Carlin were taken on a tour of the recently updated Yongbyon Nuclear Complex in North Korea. They were…
ASEAN and the Heat of Hot Money
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By Chayut “Peko” Setboonsarng, Intern Scholar, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS In October, Dr. Prasan Traiatvoraku, the Thai Central Bank governor, expressed his concern over competitive devaluation between the United States and China, given what it could mean for ASEAN countries.…
Hu Jintao’s Visit: Opportunity to Reset the U.S.-China Relationship
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By Bonnie Glaser A great deal of inaccurate information is being published about the Obama administration’s China policy. U.S. officials are generally disappointed that Beijing has not embraced President Obama’s offer to elevate the U.S.-China relationship through cooperation on global…
Ernie Bower Interviews Vietnamese Ambassador Le Cong Phung
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[blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/hYpBgo32CwI] Vietnam’s Ambassador to the U.S., His Excellency Le Cong Phung, talks about Vietnam’s commitment to become a full member of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade negotiations, Vietnam’s leadership of ASEAN as Chairman in 2010, and why Vietnam pushed…