By Jeffrey D. Bean Earlier this year Ambassador David Carden was sworn in as the first U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN resident in Jakarta. Ernie Bower had a chance to discuss the trailblazing efforts of the Ambassador’s tenure earlier this week.…
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Time for Obama to Visit Malaysia
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A Year Later, Reduced Tensions at the ASEAN Regional Forum
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By Ernie Bower and Lie Nathanael Santoso Last year at the 17th ASEAN Regional Forum in Hanoi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a forceful statement about U.S. interests in seeing the territorial disputes in the South China Sea resolved…
The Wibowo Promotion: Move Along
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By Esther Sainsbury Natalie Sambhi believes that my recent post on the Lowy Interpreter has missed what the promotion of Lieutenant General Pramono Edhie Wibowo to Army Chief means for Australia and its diplomatic relations with Indonesia. This is in…
Video: CSIS Conference on the South China Sea
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UPDATE: This event has now concluded. You may watch a recording of this event, featuring introductory remarks by Ambassador John Negroponte in the video below. Watch below as a high level group of experts and senior policy makers present at…
On to the Hard Stuff: An ASEAN Defense Community?
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By Derek Pham, Intern Scholar, CSIS Southeast Asia Program On May 6, AFP reported that China and South Korea are in talks to set up a hotline between their ministers of defense. Though both countries have hotlines between their navies…
The “After Hillary Era” Concerns Southeast Asia
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By Ernest Bower, Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the opening session of the first Senior Officials Meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s annual round of discussions earlier…
A Word Please, Julia: Australia’s Prime Minister Visits Washington Just in Time
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By Ernest Z. Bower, Senior Adviser and Director of the Southeast Asia Program, CSIS Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard meets with President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leader’s Summit in Yokohama on November 14,…
2nd US ASEAN LEADERS’ MEETING: Elevating the Partnership to a Strategic Level
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By Ernie Z. Bower, Senior Adviser & Director, CSIS Southeast Asia Program The tone of the meeting between eight of the ten ASEAN leaders and US President Barack Obama may be one of the most striking characteristics of the event. …
White House: Joint Statement of Second US-ASEAN Leaders Meeting
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Joint Statement of the 2nd U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Meeting, New York, NY September 24, 2010 1. We, the heads of State/Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar,…