Who is she? Carrie Hessler-Radelet is the newly confirmed director of the Peace Corps. Nominated by President Barack Obama in July 2013, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 5. Hessler-Radelet served as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching…
By Phuong Nguyen Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on January 8 delivered an annual statement outlining the priorities for Indonesia’s foreign policy in 2015. While her speech expands on elements previously raised by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo such as the vision…
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…
By Ernest Bower When the Philippines announced its intent in January 2013 to file a case against China at a tribunal in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, many ASEAN countries remained silent or even worried out loud that Manila was…
By Jay L. Batongbacal As the December 15 deadline for China to submit a counter-memorial in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Annex VII arbitration case launched by the Philippines passed, the more significant and unexpected…
By Joshua Simonidis Two members of Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s cabinet, Finance Minister Sommai Phasee and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, recently said Thailand’s return to civilian rule, originally planned with elections held toward the end…
By Carl Thayer In a statement Thursday, December 11, the Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said that Hanoi has asked the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to take Vietnam’s legal interests and rights into consideration…
By James Hurndell In early December the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), which includes Pacific Island nations and major distant-water fishing nations, failed to agree on new measures to conserve Pacific tuna stocks. The inability to achieve consensus…
Who is he? David O’Sullivan was previously the Chief Operating Officer for the European External Action Service (EEAS), the European Union’s diplomatic wing that was launched on January 1, 2011. He is the first person to serve in that post.…
By Sanjay Pulipaka Last week, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi visited Myanmar to participate in the Association of South East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) meetings and announced that India`s “Look East Policy” has become an “Act East Policy.” In the…