This week Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan made headlines by controversially describing what he called, “China’s deeply ingrained need for conflict,” in comments made to the Washington Post, part of an ongoing row over islands in the East China…
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In Flight Reading: North Korea’s Latest Nuclear Test
by cogitASIA Staff • • 6 Comments
At 11:57am (local time) February 12, North Korea conducted its third nuclear test in defiance of international sanction regimes. Initially detected as a seismic event or earthquake at around 5.0 on the Richter scale, it was shortly confirmed as an…
The Dialog: Joseph Yun
by cogitASIA Staff • • 3 Comments
This week Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Joseph Yun sat down with CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie Bower for our latest Dialog podcast conversation. A key architect of the U.S.…
Burma Preview: The People to Watch in 2013
by cogitASIA Staff • • 3 Comments
By Aung Din [Editor’s Note: Key players will shape Burma in 2013, for better or worse. As a guest contributor to cogitASIA, Aung Din will examine their current role in Burma, and their potential impact in the coming year, in…
2013 Asia-Pacific Forecast: Southeast Asia
by Ernest Z. Bower • • 2 Comments
By Ernie Bower Editor’s Note: The CSIS Asia Team is writing a series of analyses that forecasts key issues and challenges in the Asia-Pacific. Here Ernie Bower explains that sustaining U.S. commitment to Southeast Asia in 2013 will require consistent…
Whither the Pivot in 2013?
by Michael J. Green • • 7 Comments
By Mike Green Editor’s Note: The CSIS Asia Team is writing a series of analyses that forecasts key issues and challenges in the Asia-Pacific for 2013. Dr. Michael J. Green opens the series by assessing the prospects for the U.S.…
The Freeman Chair in China Studies Year in Review: 2012
by cogitASIA Staff • • 3 Comments
By Jennie Welch The following multimedia presentation prepared by the CSIS Freeman Chair reviews key moments in U.S. – China relations during an eventful 2012. The presentation is best viewed in full screen on a web browser. After starting the…
Changes in Manila: A Turn to Geostrategic Rationale for Policy and the Use of Political Capital
by Ernest Z. Bower • • 0 Comments
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…
President Obama Announces US-Burma Partnership
by cogitASIA Staff • • 3 Comments
By Nisha Biswal, USAID Assistant Administrator for Asia On November 19, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. President to visit Burma. It was a historic visit, not just because it was inaugural but because it underscored the truly…
In Flight Reading: President Obama and the East Asia Summit
by cogitASIA Staff • • 3 Comments
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…