By Brian Harding — Among its five treaty allies in the Asia-Pacific, the U.S. alliance with Thailand is the clear outlier. Forged in a strategic moment long past, when the two sides saw Thailand as a potential domino in the…
By George Abonyi — Along with other Asian emerging economies, Thailand is facing a fundamental political economy challenge. The country achieved sustained growth and development driven by manufactured exports: the East Asian model. However, there have been clear signs in…
Join Jane Nakano, senior fellow with the CSIS Energy and National Security Program, and Ashish Sethia, head of research for Asia Pacific and global head of LNG at Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the latest CSIS Energy 360° podcast, as…
In this episode, we assess the decline of democratic governance, human rights, and rule of law in several Southeast Asian countries ahead of key elections in 2018 and 2019. CSIS Southeast Asia Program Deputy Director Brian Harding joins the pod…
By Geoffrey Hartman & Amy Searight — Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha will meet with President Donald Trump on October 2 as part of Prayuth’s first bilateral visit to the United States since the former army chief took power in…
By Murray Hiebert — Thai prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s visit to the White House on October 2 could mark a significant step toward normalizing Thai-U.S. relations, which have been strained since the Thai general toppled an elected government in May…
In this episode we discuss power and conflict in Southeast Asia with Michael Vatikiotis. While inter-state conflict has been minimal in recent years, countries around Southeast Asia face challenges in the form of unresolved insurgencies, simmering ethnic conflicts, and illiberal…
By Shannon Hayden — Members of the Asia-Pacific security community, and particularly those from Southeast Asia, wanted to be reassured by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis’s remarks at the June 2-3 annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, but odds are…
By Keith Luse — The February killing of Kim Jong-nam in Malaysia brought attention to relations between North Korea and Malaysia, revealing a deep web of interaction. Before this, if Americans thought about North Korea’s ties to Southeast Asia at…
By Geoffrey Hartman & Jane Nakano — The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on April 25, 2017, held a roundtable discussing “Southeast Asia in Global Energy Markets: Trends, Challenges, and Policies.” The discussion brought together government, industry, financial,…