By Ernest Z. Bower As the sun set in Canberra today, another Shakespearean-worthy political plot was thickening. Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s colleagues in his Liberal Party rallied around a former Goldman Sachs banker and the member of parliament from Wentworth,…
This week Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies Ernie Bower joins to analyze Singapore’s general election returns and discuss the future direction of the country’s democracy and foreign policy. Hosted by Colm Quinn. Audio edited by Sam Ellis. Produced by…
By Joshua Goodman Recent data from the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) and the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) indicate Southeast Asia has emerged as the world’s hottest spot for piracy attacks…
Who is he? Teten Masduki is a respected Indonesian anti-graft activist and the new chief of staff to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. Teten served on Jowoki’s presidential campaign team in 2014 and worked on his communications team following the election.…
By Ben Schaare Though the Pacific Islands are envisaged as idyllic paradises insulated from high politics, many are facing internal troubles that could see the region become a new “arc of instability” for Australia, New Zealand, and the United States…
By Frank L. Albert When Laos becomes chair of ASEAN and hosts President Barack Obama and other leaders at the East Asian Summit (EAS) in 2016, it will step into the world’s spotlight. If Obama comes to Vientiane for the…
Who is he? Somkid Jatusripitak was most recently an economic adviser to Thailand’s governing National Council for Peace and Order. He previously served as deputy prime minister and commerce minister from 2001 to 2006 under the government of ousted prime…
This week we explore how Russia has assisted China’s massive military modernization program. CSIS’s Paul Schwartz, a senior associate with our Russia Eurasia Program, joins to discuss the findings of his new report Feeding the Dragon which covers Russia’s contributions…
By Nabila Sekartanti Connecting Islam to ecological sustainability goes back to the late 1970s, but this link has reemerged following the Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change, which was adopted in August during the International Islamic Climate Change Symposium in…
By James Wallar The U.S. administration’s rebalance toward Asia is fundamental to U.S. economic, commercial, and security interests and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the fulcrum for the economic pivot. Although facing headwinds typical in the end game of trade…
