On May 1, CSIS hosted Jejomar C. Binay, vice president of the Republic of the Philippines, at our Banyan Tree Leadership Forum. Mr. Binay spoke about the U.S.-Philippines alliance in light of President Barack Obama’s April visit, the significance of…
By Ellen Kim U.S. president Barack Obama made an official visit to South Korea on April 25-26. Starting his four-nation trip to Asia with a state visit to Japan, President Obama made a two-day stopover in South Korea en route…
By Ernest Bower & Derwin Pereira Chinese actions in maritime Asia are raising questions about American willingness and ability to act decisively in the region. That ambiguity is bad news for members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),…
Who is he? Hwang Joon-kook is the new Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs for the Republic of Korea (ROK), serving as South Korea’s top delegate for the Six-Party Talks. Prior to this position, Ambassador Hwang served…
By Michael J. Green & Matthew P. Goodman Barack Obama has described himself as America’s first Pacific president. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged that Japan “is not now and will never be a tier-two country.” Before they meet in Tokyo this month,…
By Bonnie Glaser & Jacqueline Vitello Discussions between Presidents Obama and Xi on the margins of the nuclear security summit in The Hague were dominated by pressing issues such as Russia’s annexation of Crimea, persistent use of cyber by the…
By Ernie Bower The White House faces a difficult decision regarding President Barack Obama’s planned trip to Malaysia in April, a visit that would be the first by a U.S. president in nearly half a century. Should he still visit…
Over the final two weeks in January the CSIS Asia team hosted more than 1,200 visitors for five public events covering issues directly connected to the Asia-Pacific including tensions in the East China Sea, the U.S.-Australia alliance, the ROK-U.S. alliance,…
By Michael Green If Chinese scholars and policymakers read the new Yomiuri/Gallup polling data, they would recognize how strong the U.S.-Japan alliance is. Unfortunately, Chinese scholars are generally very cautious about using public opinion polls in their research compared with…
On December 2, 2013, Vice President Joseph Biden will arrive in Tokyo for the start of a week-long trip in Northeast Asia where he will visit Japan, China, and South Korea. Biden travels to a region still experiencing significant tension…
