By Ernie Bower, Senior Adviser & Director CSIS Southeast Asia Program SUMMARY US President Barack Obama will visit four countries, attend two summits and seek to elevate two strategic relationships during his November trip. As he takes flight from Andrews…
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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…
The U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership: The Security Component
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By John B. Haseman, former U.S. Defense Attache in Jakarta and U.S. Army colonel and Eduardo Lachica, former reporter for The Wall Street Journal This is a partnership encompassing a number of activities including education, trade, and the environment but…
2nd US ASEAN Summit: What's on the Menu in Manhattan?
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US President Barack Obama will host eight of the ten leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)[i] in New York on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the 2nd US ASEAN Summit. The meeting underlines renewed American policy energy being invested in Southeast Asia. Headlines from the discussion should focus on three areas …
Thinking beyond Kopassus: Why US Security Assistance to Indonesia Needs Recalibrating
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By Evan A. Laksmana, Researcher, CSIS in Jakarta and Visiting Associate Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore Foreign security assistance, in particular the International Military Education and Training (IMET), Foreign Military Sales, and…
US ASEAN Summit in New York – Gut Check Time
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“Exploring the implications of holding a Summit without SBY or postponing the Summit should be a sobering proposition to all the leaders involved. Here’s to everyone doing what is needed to make the meeting work. It’s gut check time for the US ASEAN relationship as we approach September 24 in New York.”
Taiwan Finds (Trade) Love…in ASEAN
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“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 … “
US ASEAN Summit in the Big Apple
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The stakes are high in New York, and the fact the 2nd US ASEAN Summit is taking place is significant. It is a strong signal that the US is finding its way to more comprehensive engagement in Asia and following through on its commitments to try to build an enduring Asia strategy using ASEAN as a foundation.
Breaking News: 2nd US-ASEAN Summit
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Breaking News: The 2nd US-ASEAN Summit will be held on 24 Sept in New York. An extension of the 1st US-ASEAN Summit in Singapore, 2nd summit is scheduled to last 120 minutes, from 1-3pm.* The White House has notified ASEAN…
Lugar Asks Obama to Appoint US Ambassador to ASEAN
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In a letter dated 25 August 2010, US Senator Richard Lugar (Republican of Indiana) urged President Barack Obama to move expeditiously in appointing a new US Ambassador to ASEAN.