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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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 …
Between the U.S. and China: A Kiwi Perspective
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By Matthew Hill, Intern, Global Issues Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy Recently, both Michael Green and Hugh White addressed the strategic challenges Washington and its partners face in adjusting to the shifting distribution of power in the…
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 … “
Absent in Danang: Urgent Need for A US Trade Policy in Asia
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The gap in US strategy for intensifying its engagement in Southeast Asia is clearly trade. While the United States is starting to connect the dots diplomatically and on security architecture, our trade professionals, some of the most hard-core, experienced Southeast Asia hands in the Administration, are essentially benched as they wait for political and policy decisions to put the US trade leadership back into the game.
A Timely Reminder of Kiwi Determination
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By Ernest Z. Bower, Senior Adviser and Director, CSIS Southeast Asia Program Fighting 800-to-1 odds usually reduces even the most hopeful underdog to a lackluster opponent. Not Shane Smeltz and the New Zealand All-Whites football team. Matched against defending World…