Who is she? Angelina Sondakh is a former Miss Indonesia turned lawmaker whose career path has come to symbolize the worst in Indonesia’s continued efforts to fight corruption in politics. Angelina was elected to the House of the Representatives in…
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Friday Five: February 1, 2013
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North Korea announced that following its successful satellite rocket launch in December 2012, it plans to conduct a nuclear test in the near future. CSIS’s Korea Chair Victor Cha has written about this at length, anticipating a provocation in the…
2013 Asia-Pacific Forecast: Southeast Asia
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By Ernie Bower Editor’s Note: The CSIS Asia Team is writing a series of analyses that forecasts key issues and challenges in the Asia-Pacific. Here Ernie Bower explains that sustaining U.S. commitment to Southeast Asia in 2013 will require consistent…
Conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state: Lessons from Indonesia
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By Lynn Kuok The conflict in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state bordering Bangladesh threatens to derail the country’s attempts to break with its authoritarian past and move towards a democratic future. It has, at its roots, the policies of successive Myanmar…
Abe Steps into Southeast Asia’s Spotlight: Japan Reengages ASEAN
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By Will Colson & Kate Rustici Japan’s new prime minister Shinzo Abe traveled to Southeast Asia from January 16-18 for his first overseas trip with stops in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. Abe initially hoped to make the United States his…
By the Numbers: Human Security in Southeast Asia
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Human security conditions continue to be a major concern across Southeast Asia, and this week we take a look at migrant workers, refugees, and other transnational flows of people across the region. The International Labor Organization (ILO) on January 9…
Southeast Asia’s Energy Investment Provides Opportunity for U.S. Companies
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By Murray Hiebert Editor’s Note: This post is adapted from the executive summary of the new CSIS report Sustainable Energy Futures in Southeast Asia. The report includes recommendations that the U.S. Government has included as part of its recently announced…
The Leaderboard: Mari Pangestu
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Who is she? Dr. Mari Elka Pangestu is Indonesia’s tourism and creative economy minister, and previously served for seven years as trade minister, a post from which she took a strong stance in support of free trade. In her current…
By the Numbers: Surveying Southeast Asia
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Several surveys were released in recent weeks assessing aspects of governance, security, and quality of life worldwide, including Transparency International’s Corruptions Perception index, the Clean Air Asia Report, and the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law index. We have summarized…
ASEAN’s Time to Invest in Timor-Leste
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By Liam Hanlon As Brunei assumes ASEAN’s chairmanship for 2013, one major question it faces is Timor-Leste’s bid for membership in the group. Despite some ASEAN members’ previous resistance to Timor-Leste’s entrance, the country’s sustained political and economic development over…