By Derek Pham, Research Intern, CSIS Southeast Asia Program In 1998, President Bill Clinton declined to attend the APEC meeting hosted by Malaysia and had Vice President Al Gore take his place. It was hoped the meeting would provide…
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Moving Ahead: The Wellington Declaration
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By Ernie Bower, Senior Adviser & Director CSIS Southeast Asia Program Well done! Hillary Clinton and her New Zealand counterpart Murray McCully proclaimed the Wellington Declaration today in the Kiwi capital. Mustering courage reminiscent of King Charles I when he…
Obama in Asia: Economic and Trade Priorities
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By Charles W. Freeman III, who holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan follows similar whirlwind Asia trips…
What Really Happened at the ARF?
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Over the next week, as attention turns from the recently concluded midterm elections to President Obama’s upcoming trip to Asia, you will hear a lot about statements made in July at the ASEAN Regional Forum, better known as the ARF.…
Paradigm Shift: Forward-Deployed American Diplomacy in Asia
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By Ernie Bower, Senior Adviser & Director, Southeast Asia Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies Experts identify trends by defining inflection points at which dynamics change and a new paradigm takes hold. As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton embarks…
Southeast Asian Sub Purchases Not Aimed at China
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By Dzirhan Mahadzir, freelance defence journalist based in Malaysia, and Malaysia correspondent for Janes Defence Weekly. Joshua Kurlantzick has a post up on Asia Unbound about a Southeast Asian naval arms race. He argues that countries in the region are…
US-Korea Relations: Smooth Sailing in the Wake of the Cheonan (Part II)
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By Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Ellen Kim, Research Associate at CSIS Korean Chair Six-Party Talks and Exit Strategies There was no agreement reached among countries to resume the Six-Party…
US-Korea Relations: Smooth Sailing in the Wake of the Cheonan (Part I)
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By Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Ellen Kim, Research Associate at CSIS Korean Chair The sinking of the Cheonan remained the predominant issue in the U.S.-ROK relationship as both countries…
Without a loosened grip, reform will elude North Korea
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By Victor Cha, professor at Georgetown University and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies The massive Communist Party rallies in North Korea this month provided the world’s first real glimpse of that mysterious country’s next leader. Kim…
Text: Prime Minister Najib's Presentation of 2011 Budget on 15 October 2010
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Prime Minister Najib moves to institutionalize reforms and build infrastructure in his 2011 budget for Malaysia.