Who is he? Dr. Jamaluddin Jarjis is a former Malaysian ambassador to the United States and currently Malaysia’s special envoy to the United States. Aside from his foreign policy post, he is chairman of 1Malaysia Peoples’ Housing (PR1MA), has been…
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Economics and the EAS: A Second Chance for the United States
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By James Wallar • In November 2011 the United States joined the East Asia Summit (EAS), taking a seat with the leaders of ASEAN member countries and the other major players in Asia: China, Japan and Korea (ASEAN + 3),…
APEC: Getting Stuff Done
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By Matt Goodman Speaking to a hall full of CEOs at last year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Honolulu, President Barack Obama got his biggest applause line when he announced that he had just signed a law approving the…
Video: Kurt Campbell on the South China Sea & the ARF
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CSIS Southeast Asia is hosting an extended conference this week with participation of experts from throughout the region on the South China Sea, and exploring the possibility of managing disputes. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs…
Aquino’s Visit: An Opportunity to Further Boost the U.S.-Philippine Alliance
by Ernest Z. Bower • • 1 Comment
By Ernie Bower & Prashanth Parameswaran Philippine president Benigno Aquino is in the United States for a visit that will include his first Oval Office meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama. Aquino’s trip caps a revitalization of the U.S.-Philippine alliance…
Who is Xi?
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By Ernie Bower Earlier this week, China’s vice president Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a high level visit. To some, Xi—and China—mean everything to the United States. These observers view Asia’s risks and opportunities through the China prism. This…
US in Southeast Asia in 2012 – Focus, Follow Through & Nurture Political Reform in Myanmar
by Ernest Z. Bower • • 4 Comments
By Ernie Bower The biggest challenge for the United States in Southeast Asia in 2012 will be to focus and follow through. The biggest opportunity is supporting real political reform in Myanmar and thereby strengthening ASEAN. In 2011, President Obama…
Reluctant Realists
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By Malcolm Cook and Andrew Shearer Ideological supporters of Julia Gillard, Barack Obama and the Democratic Party of Japan must be ruing what has happened to their supposedly progressive leaders. Supporters of John Howard, George W. Bush and Junichiro Koizumi…
Why Go to Myanmar?
by Ernest Z. Bower • • 6 Comments
By Ernie Bower Why should Hillary Clinton go to Myanmar? The short answer is to encourage the best chance at real political change in a country that effectively cloistered itself under harsh military rule for nearly five decades. Myanmar,…
Diverging Visions of Asia’s Future Lead to Polarisation
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By Hugh White Well many thanks to Ernie Bower, both for his very kind recent remarks about my contribution to the debate on U.S.-China relations, and for his entirely apposite and stimulating observations on my description of America’s vision of…