CSIS Sumitro Chair Senior Fellow Murray Hiebert talks with Deborah Elms, Executive Director of the Asia Trade Center in Singapore, about the status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the future of trade integration in the Asia Pacific. Then CSIS Sumitro…
By Marvin Ott China’s campaign of overt territorial expansion in the South China Sea constitutes an increasingly urgent strategic challenge to the United States and its security partners in Southeast Asia. Absent effective countermeasures, the predictable future for the South…
Who is he? General Gatot Nurmantyo is currently the chief of staff of the Indonesian army. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on June 10 nominated him to be the next commander-in-chief of the Indonesian military, replacing the outgoing General Moeldoko when…
Sumitro Chair Ernie Bower joins Maria Ressa, founder of Philippine news website Rappler, to discuss U.S.-Philippine relations, the pending Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, the 2016 Philippine elections, the peace process in Mindanao, and the potential for the Philippines to join…
By Richard Rossow With Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s visit to India this week, the Department of Defense (DOD) once again showed it is playing a long game with India. Helping India’s own defense production capabilities is aligned with the…
By Gregory Poling Both the tone and substance of South China Sea discussions in Australian policy circles has undergone an important shift in recent months. What was previously a second-tier security concern to be watched closely and engaged diplomatically, but…
This week we review Asia’s annual informal meeting on security issues, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia Bonnie Glaser attended the dialogue and sat down with Colm afterwards to share her take on the themes of…
By Gregory Poling Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue on May 30 amounted to a robust, but measured, defense of the United States’ rebalance to the Asia Pacific and its commitment to remain a Pacific power. The…
By Michael Green, Ernest Bower & Mira Rapp-Hooper On Saturday morning at the Shangri-La defense dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter delivered a long-anticipated speech on security issues in Asia. As tensions have mounted over China’s island…
Who is he? Admiral Sun Jianguo of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has served as Deputy Chief of Staff for the PLA General Staff Department since 2009, a position with status equal to a Chinese military region commander. Born…
