By Mike Green Editor’s Note: The CSIS Asia Team is writing a series of analyses that forecasts key issues and challenges in the Asia-Pacific for 2013. Dr. Michael J. Green opens the series by assessing the prospects for the U.S.…
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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…
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…
Changes in Manila: A Turn to Geostrategic Rationale for Policy and the Use of Political Capital
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By Ernie Bower There are important changes underway in Manila. The government is thinking geostrategically and President Aquino is using his considerable political capital to take on issues that had been untouchable in the past. Economic confidence is palpable in…
The Leaderboard: Erlinda Basilio
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Who is she? Ambassador Erlinda Basilio is a career Philippines diplomat. Her posts have included Switzerland, Cuba, and Japan, and she served as ambassador to Sweden from 1997 to 2003. She was permanent representative to the United Nations in Geneva…
The Leaderboard: Ed Royce
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Who is he? Edward “Ed” Royce is a republican U.S. representative for California’s 40th congressional district, in Orange County. Representative Royce was born in Los Angeles and attended California State University, Fullerton, and became a state senator in 1982. He…
By the Numbers: Typhoon Bopha
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Super typhoon Bopha made landfall December 3 on the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao. The Category 5 storm, known as Pablo in the Philippines, wrought widespread devastation throughout the island, but hit Mindanao’s two eastern provinces Compostela Valley and Davao…
Peace in Mindanao can Revolutionize Mining in the Philippines
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By Liam Hanlon The Philippines has a tumultuous relationship with its mining sector. Mining provides foreign investment, boosts GDP, and creates jobs that stimulate local economies, but also has a long track record of environmental catastrophes, violent conflict, and confrontations…
Free Speech and the Battle for ASEAN
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By Liam Hanlon In the last decade, several of ASEAN’s member countries recognized the need for greater regional integration to confront the challenges of the 21st century. They convinced their fellow members to go along, resulting in the 2007 ASEAN…
China’s U-shaped Line as a Claim to Maritime Space?
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By Huy Duong In 1948 China published a map titled “South China Sea Islands Location Map” with a U-shaped line, but to date it has not clarified the line’s meaning. While the obvious interpretation of this line is a claim…