$80 billion The 2011-2012 two way trade between ASEAN and India. India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma will participate in the ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting on August 30 in Siem Reap, where both sides hope to broaden their FTA…
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ASEAN Won’t Help US to Manage China
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By Hugh White [Editor’s note: The following is a continuation of the ongoing debate between Hugh White & Ernie Bower about the geostrategic role of ASEAN in Asia. You can find Ernie’s initial commentary about the recent events in Phnom…
Don’t Count ASEAN Out
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By Ernie Bower [Editor’s Note: In the post below, CSIS Southeast Asia Program director Ernie Bower responds to Hugh White’s blog post over at The Interpreter on ASEAN’s recent meetings at Phnom Penh, which references his earlier commentary published for…
Behind the Scenes of ASEAN’s Breakdown
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By Carl Thayer [Editor’s Note: Dr. Carl Thayer is one of the distinguished scholar mavens who tracks developments in Asia, particularly Southeast Asia. His description of the widely discussed AMM meeting in Phnom Penh makes for fascinating reading. With his…
Kerry Resolution: Senators Urge ASEAN to Develop Binding Code of Conduct
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[Editors Note: Per the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Press Release yesterday following ASEAN’s failure to release a joint communique last week, which you can read about on cogitASIA here, Senator John Kerry introduced a resolution with bi-partisan support.] The Kerry…
Striving for Realism in Assessing Sino-ASEAN Disagreements
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By Joseph A. Bosco [Editor’s Note: Since ASEAN’s unprecedented failure to issue a joint communique due to disagreements over the South China Sea, various accounts have surfaced about what happened at the ASEAN foreign minister’s meeting and who is to…
Friday Five: July 20, 2012
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ASEAN foreign ministers reached a consensus on six-point principles earlier today on the South China Sea following a failure to come up with a joint communique because of the issue last week. For more on the much discussed kerfuffle, check…
ASEAN Foreign Ministers Release Statement on the South China Sea
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After failing to reach agreement on a joint communique during the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting consultations last week for the first time in its 45 year history, the ten ASEAN countries released the statement below on the South China Sea following…
Dialog: Australia’s Tyson Sara on Architecture & Governance in the Pacific
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During this week’s American – Australian Leadership Dialogue CSIS had the opportunity to sit down with Mr. Tyson Sara, Australian Assistant Secretary of Defence for the Pacific. Sara, who has a portfolio including East Timor, discussed perspectives on the recent…
The Leaderboard: Ashok Kumar Mirpuri
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The Leaderboard profiles the people behind the policies of the Asia-Pacific. This post features Ashok Kumar Mirpuri the incoming Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the United States. Who is he? Ashok Kumar Mirpuri is the new Singaporean ambassador…