By Jonathan London Vietnamese foreign minister Pham Binh Minh’s visit to Washington this week marks an important event in a larger process of warming governmental ties between the United States and Vietnam. The talks come after several months of high-level…
By John Schaus Hong Kong has been gripped by protests since Friday, September 26. The protesters are demanding direct election of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong – which Beijing has agreed to — beginning in 2017. The catch is…
By Nigel Cory Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was charged with sedition on September 24 for statements he made at a political rally three years earlier. Shortly before, on September 19, a Malaysian court sentenced a student activist to a…
Who is he? Shang-Jin Wei is the chief economist of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). He was most recently the N.T. Wang Chair and director of the Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia University from 2007 to 2014. Wei…
By Truong-Minh Vu & Nguyen Nhat-Anh After 10 days of intensive meetings in Hanoi, a high-level Vietnamese government delegation traveled to Washington on September 15-19 to discuss the country’s priorities in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with U.S. officials. With negotiations between…
On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies Christopher K. Johnson testified before the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, on the topic of “A New Era of U.S.-China Relations.” Chris…
Who is he? Arun Kumar is the director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service and assistant secretary of Commerce for Global Markets. Kumar has had decades of experience in international business. Prior to his current post, he was…
By Duong Tran Vietnam has an urgent need to boost its capacity of electricity generation if it wants to sustain current-level growth rates. The Vietnamese government has laid out an ambitious plan to meet future electricity demands, but making use…
By Truong-Minh Vu & Nguyen Thanh Trung Communist Party of Vietnam official Le Hong Anh recently wrapped up his two-day visit to China as a special envoy of the party chief in an effort to mend ties after the oil…
By Andrew Smith Development of Australia’s Defence White Paper 2015, formally announced in April, has been under way for over four months. It is worth taking stock of the process thus far. In announcing the White Paper, Prime Minister Tony…
