Who is she? Nina Hachigian is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where she focuses on U.S. foreign policy, most specifically U.S.-China relations and international institutions. She also served as a senior political analyst at the RAND…
On Tuesday, January 14, 2014, Bonnie Glaser, CSIS Senior Adviser for Asia within the Freeman Chair in China Studies testified before a joint hearing of the U.S. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces and the House Foreign…
On December 18, 2013, CSIS Simon Chair in Political Economy Matthew P. Goodman testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on “Economic Engagement in the Asia-Pacific Region,” as part of a Senate hearing series on the U.S. rebalance policy.…
By Michael Green U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice gave a comprehensive speech on U.S. foreign policy towards the Asia Pacific region at Georgetown University on November 20. This was an important speech for two reasons. First, doubts have grown…
Who is she? The U.S. Senate confirmed Caroline Kennedy’s appointment to the position of United States Ambassador to Japan on October 16, 2013. In addition to being an accomplished author and editor of numerous books on American values, history, and…
By Manohar Thyagaraj In the iconic sitcom ‘Seinfeld’, one episode has the characters using the phrase ‘Yada, Yada’ to gloss over the details of any story. “Are you close with your parents?” asks a girlfriend of George Costanza, to which…
Who are they? John Kerry currently serves as the 68th Secretary of State for the United States, a position he has held since succeeding Hillary Clinton in February 2013. Secretary Kerry previously served as a U.S. Senator for over 28…
By Ravi Balaram Acting Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun’s Senate testimony on April 25 on security cooperation and challenges in the U.S. rebalance to Asia reflects the intersection of security and development domains. Inextricably linked, Secretary Yun said that U.S. security…
By Ernie Bower Yesterday, President Obama nominated the White House’s deputy national security advisor for international economics Mike Froman to lead the Office of the United States Trade Representative. This was a key signpost signaling that the White House is…
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office agreed with the Japanese government this week on terms for Japan to accede to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. There will be 90-day comment period for the U.S. Congress, and then each of the other…
