By Zachary Abuza On January 25, a detachment of elite Philippine National Police forces tried to capture a known member of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah — Malaysian national Zulkifli bin Hir, aka Marwan. The police clashed with forces from…
What should we expect from the U.S. strategic rebalance to Asia in 2015? What are the prospects for economic reform in China and Japan? How should we interpret leadership changes in India and Indonesia? Are new strategic alignments emerging in…
By Gregory Poling The next stage in the Philippines’ closely-watched arbitration case against China’s maritime claims will come in March when Manila’s lawyers submit their answers to questions posed last month by the five judge panel overseeing the case. The…
By Chuanying Lu The Sony hack provides an opportunity for Chinese and American decision makers to rethink their cyber policies and bilateral cyber cooperation strategy. Cyber-attacks are a new threat from a new domain, which cannot be resolved through traditional…
As CSIS President & CEO John Hamre recently argued on cogitASIA, a key issue facing policymakers in the Indo-Pacific littoral is enhancing Asia’s maritime security. The CSIS Asia Program launches a new project titled The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at…
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…
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 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…
