By Ernie Bower There are important changes underway in Manila. The government is thinking geostrategically and President Aquino is using his considerable political capital to take on issues that had been untouchable in the past. Economic confidence is palpable in…
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ASEAN’s Time to Invest in Timor-Leste
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By Liam Hanlon As Brunei assumes ASEAN’s chairmanship for 2013, one major question it faces is Timor-Leste’s bid for membership in the group. Despite some ASEAN members’ previous resistance to Timor-Leste’s entrance, the country’s sustained political and economic development over…
Putin’s Puzzling EAS Snub and Russian Ambitions in Asia
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By Jeff Mankoff When Asia’s leaders gathered in Phnom Penh for the seventh East Asia Summit (EAS) last month, one figure was notable by his absence: Russian President Vladimir Putin. For Russia, which is struggling to be accepted as a…
Friday Five: December 7, 2012
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In North Korea, missile launch preparation reportedly continues, with a projected launch range of December 10-22. Korea Chair Victor Cha and program Fellow Ellen Kim have penned a new CSIS Critical Questions, which points out that the DPRK averages a…
The Leaderboard: Le Luong Minh
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Who is he? Le Luong Minh is an experienced foreign policy practitioner with a strong strategic bent who was educated in India and earned his diplomatic spurs in high level roles in Europe and New York. He is currently Vietnam’s…
Friday Five: November 30, 2012
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China’s leadership on Hainan Island announced that police may begin boarding vessels that sail through EEZ’s in the South China Sea. In today’s Thoughts from the Chairman CSIS Freeman Chair Chris Johnson analyzes the challenges Xi Jinping faces in finding…
By the Numbers: ASEAN Trade Is Booming
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The WTO recently released its 2012 International Trade Statistics covering global trade for 2011.These numbers confirm what we’ve already been thinking: ASEAN is booming. Not only is ASEAN back to the pre-crisis levels of 2007 and 2008, it has far…
In Flight Reading: President Obama and the East Asia Summit
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President Barack Obama’s trip to Southeast Asia represents his first travels abroad since his re-election. Currently in Myanmar, the U.S. President will head to Cambodia for the East Asia Summit. Our CSIS Asia Team has compiled a series of materials…
ASEAN Centrality: The Case of RCEP
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By Jae-Kyung Park This year’s ASEAN Summit and related meetings will begin November 18 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Among the several hundred meetings the ASEAN Chair country hosts in a year, the summit meetings are the headlining events, with participation…
Expanding Military to Military Engagement: China and Thailand
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By Ernie Bower and Alexandra Sander As U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta turns north from Australia on his way to Thailand and Cambodia today, he should carefully consider the trends in China’s military to military relationship with Thailand. Developments reveal Chinese…