By John Hamre As President Obama travels on a crucial trip to the region for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, East Asia Summit, and G-20 meeting, the United States and all of the countries in the region are faced…
By Jack Fenwick The 14th annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit came to a close in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on September 12 with a prominent political agreement in tow: India and Pakistan are expected to be inaugurated into the ranks of…
By Joshua Simonidis & Ashling Stout On September 25, China reiterated its willingness to work with Laos to build a high-speed railway linking southern China’s Kunming to the Lao capital Vientiane. The proposed railway would eventually form a part of…
Who is she? Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is the Hong Kong government’s Chief Secretary for Administration, the highest administrative position below Chief Executive CY Leung. She joined Hong Kong’s civil service in 1980 after obtaining a social science degree from…
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…
Earlier this week, CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser participated in a panel discussion covering neighboring perspectives on North Korea at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) with Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies of CFR and Marcus…
By Carl Thayer After a tense six months, China-Vietnam relations took a major step toward mending with the unexpected three-day visit to Beijing by a 13-member high-level Vietnamese military delegation from October 16-18, led by Minister of National Defense General…
By Thomas Vien In the recent Hong Kong protests, commentators have scrambled to use the cliché that Hong Kong could become Tiananmen 2.0. However, the stampede to reach for this off-the-shelf narrative has crowded out a more critical analysis of…
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…
Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies Richard Rossow and Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser sat down with CSIS’s Colm Quinn to discuss Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States and the Hong Kong protests, respectively on…
