President Obama is in Asia this week to participate in the Asia Pacific Economic Community (APEC) summit in Beijing, China, the East Asia Summit in Myanmar, and the G-20 leaders meeting in Brisbane, Australia. The CSIS Asia program has prepared…
By Joshua Simonidis Australia’s immigration minister Scott Morrison and Cambodia’s interior minister Sar Kheng signed a controversial agreement on September 26 to resettle in Cambodia asylum seekers currently detained in Australian offshore facilities. In exchange for taking on a potentially…
By Samir Nair Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of formal high-level meetings in September 2014 with the leaders of key global players such as China, Japan, the United States, and Australia. The chart below compares the major deals…
At the recent launch of the CSIS Brzezinski Institute, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd spoke with Vice President for Programs and Institutional Partnerships Josiane Gabel about the future of U.S.-China relations. Rudd, as a long-time China watcher, is uniquely positioned…
By Andrew Smith Development of Australia’s Defence White Paper 2015, formally announced in April, has been under way for over four months. It is worth taking stock of the process thus far. In announcing the White Paper, Prime Minister Tony…
By Abby Seiff After months of silence, Australia and Cambodia have begun to push ahead in earnest on a plan to relocate hundreds of refugees to the developing nation. A special diplomat, former immigration department official Greg Kelly, has been…
By Nigel Cory Malaysia’s counter-terrorism record is commendable. The country has never had a terrorist attack on its home soil akin to the deadly 2002 Bali bombings in neighboring Indonesia. This success is mostly due to hard work and cooperation…
By Richard Teare Australian prime minister Tony Abbott and New Zealand prime minister John Key in June visited Washington for meetings with President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials. Both leaders addressed breakfast audiences at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce;…
By Benjamin Schaare Australia has tried many solutions to stop asylum seekers from entering its territory illegally. In the past few months, the Australian and Cambodian governments have been in talks to resettle a number of asylum seekers currently held…
By Andrew Kwon Recently, the Australian government under Prime Minister Tony Abbott unveiled its first federal budget. Among the centerpieces has been the announcement to increase the defense budget, something the U.S. government has long asked of the Australians. The…