By Nicole Goldin & Payal Patel With the launch of the Global Youth Wellbeing Index (Index) on April 3, 2014, the policy and development world is reminded of the urgency of tapping into the power, talents, and energy of…
By Kyle Springer Recent negotiations between Sam Rainsy’s opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on electoral reform have not gone smoothly despite concessions from the CPP. Reform of the National…
By Ernie Bower The White House faces a difficult decision regarding President Barack Obama’s planned trip to Malaysia in April, a visit that would be the first by a U.S. president in nearly half a century. Should he still visit…
By Julie Bishop, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs The empowerment of women and girls is one of the most effective ways to achieve higher economic growth and better living standards among the millions of people in developing countries in our region.…
Who is he? Shwe Maung, also known as Abdul Razak, is a member of Myanmar’s parliament representing Rakhine state. He is a member of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) and one of just two ethnic Rohingya Muslims…
Who is she? Marina Mahathir is a Malaysian author and social activist known for her progressive views on religious freedom and civil liberties. Despite being the eldest child of former prime minister Mahathir Mohammad, the 56-year-old has often voiced opinions…
Over the final two weeks in January the CSIS Asia team hosted more than 1,200 visitors for five public events covering issues directly connected to the Asia-Pacific including tensions in the East China Sea, the U.S.-Australia alliance, the ROK-U.S. alliance,…
Who is he? Max Baucus is currently a United States Senator from Montana, a position he has served in since 1978. Senator Baucus is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, Baucus was a…
By Kathryn Tinker December 15 marked the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Lao agronomist Sombath Somphone. Sombath was stopped by traffic police and escorted to a pickup truck while driving home in Vientiane last December, and his whereabouts have…
Who is he? Tom Malinowski is a veteran human rights lobbyist and former director of the Washington office of Human Rights Watch. He previously served as the senior foreign policy speechwriter on the National Security Council in the Clinton administration.…
