By Megan Kelly – Xi Jinping’s first Middle East tour as president (and the first of any Chinese president since 2009) seems to have passed without a snag — not a small task given the current climate between Saudi Arabia…
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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,…
Indonesia: An Example for Egypt, or Democracy in Retreat?
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By Robin Bush, Asia Foundation Representative in Indonesia. This post was originally published here on the Asia Foundation’s blog, In Asia. As the world watched in wonder the phenomenal events in Egypt over the past weeks, a few solitary voices…
Indonesian Perspective: Changing U.S. policy in the Arab World?
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By Endy M. Bayuni, Senior Editor at the Jakarta Post and Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington U.S. foreign policy in the Arab world is now being tested with the turmoil in several countries in that part of…