Some of the more interesting developments and commentary from Asia over the last few days: –New Zealand has released its first Defence White Paper (PDF) in thirteen years. –The Lowy Institute’s Jenny Hayward-Jones looks ahead to to Secretary of State…
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ASEAN now Important to Japan's Future
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By Kavi Chongkittavorn, Editorial writer for The Nation newspaper and Chairman of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance What is the prospect for Japan, a declining economic power supported by the U.S., also a declining superpower? The most frequently heard answer…
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 …
Strategic Snapshots: America’s Grand Strategy in Asia: What Would Mahan Do?
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By Michael J. Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, CSIS Japan Chair and Associate Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University One hundred and ten years ago America’s first internationally recognized geo strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, published a monograph very similar…
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 … “