By Jacqui Chagnon — President Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos between September 6-8. He is expected to announce an increase in aid to speed up the cleanup of unexploded ordnance, remnants of the…
By Ellen Chambers — Myanmar’s second Panglong Conference — the cornerstone dialogue of the National League for Democracy’s (NLD) push for peace and national reconciliation in the long-running conflict between Myanmar’s military and ethnic armed groups — is slated to…
By Prateek Joshi — In April 2015, Chinese president Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan and the announcement of the $46 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infused economic strength to the existing Sino-Pak geopolitical alignment. The corridor connecting Balochistan’s Gwadar…
By Ryoko Kato — The last few months have been filled with discontent for security experts in Japan eager to strengthen defense cooperation with Australia and the United States. In late April, the Japanese government was surprised when its coalition…
Who is she? Nora Tyson is a three-star vice admiral in the United States Navy. She currently serves as commander of the U.S. Third Fleet, directing operations in the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean, making her the first woman to…
Who is he? Lieutenant General Yar Pyae heads the Myanmar Armed Forces’ Bureau of Special Operations 2, based in Shan State in the country’s northeast. He previously served as the chief of training and judge advocate general of the Myanmar…
By Prateek Joshi — Eastern Ladakh is in the news again with Indian armed forces increasing their presence along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which runs from Karakoram Pass in the north to Demchok in southeastern Ladakh in this…
In this episode we explore how China spies. China’s role in geopolitics continues to expand, yet finding even the basics on China’s organizations responsible for foreign intelligence collection and espionage is a challenge. Jamestown Foundation Fellow Peter Mattis and CSIS…
In the first segment of their three-part discussion, CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative director Greg Poling and Paul Reichler, partner at Foley Hoag and lead counsel for the Philippines’ in its recently-concluded arbitration case against China, discuss the tribunal’s judgment…
By Amrita Jash — Following a temporary thaw in China-Japan relations after the 2015 Security Talks, maritime territorial tensions have ramped up again in the East China Sea. In the recent talks between Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Shinzo…
