By Amy Searight — In this two-part series, Dr. Amy Searight, senior adviser and director of the CSIS Southeast Asia Program, previews five key issues to watch in Southeast Asia in 2020. This installment addresses U.S.-ASEAN relations, climate change and…
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Picking up the Pieces: Washington Cancels the President’s Asia Trip
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The Malaysia Curse: Will a U.S. President Ever Get to Kuala Lumpur?
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Senator Lugar’s Departure: Implications for the Southeast Asia Quotient of the Senate
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By Murray Hiebert and MeiLee Dozier Senator Richard Lugar’s loss in the May 8 Indiana Republican primary to State Treasurer Richard Mourdock will remove from the Senate one of the most knowledgeable and active proponents of strong U.S. ties with…
Developing an Enduring U.S. Strategy for Southeast Asia
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[Editor’s Note: The major findings of the CSIS U.S.-ASEAN Strategy Commission will be released today. The following highlights their findings to strengthen the economic basis for an enduring U.S.- ASEAN relationship.] The United States is perceived by ASEAN leaders as…
The “After Hillary Era” Concerns Southeast Asia
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By Ernest Bower, Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to the opening session of the first Senior Officials Meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum’s annual round of discussions earlier…
The Second US-ASEAN Leaders Meeting: Pitstop or Plateau?
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By Catharin Dalpino, Visiting Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Joan M. Warburg Professor of International Relations at Simmons College Perhaps the most significant achievement of the second US-ASEAN Leaders Meeting co-chaired by the United…
Statement by President Aquino at the 2nd ASEAN-US Leaders' Meeting
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Let us begin by sending a message to the world: ASEAN is a force –for good, for peace, and for the continued prosperity of our respective peoples.
White House: Joint Statement of Second US-ASEAN Leaders Meeting
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Joint Statement of the 2nd U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Meeting, New York, NY September 24, 2010 1. We, the heads of State/Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar,…
White House Read Out on US-ASEAN Leaders Meeting
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Today President Obama met with the Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). This was the first time such a meeting has been held in the United States, and follows the first ever such meeting last November in Singapore. The Leaders issued a Joint Statement reviewing the continued deepening of relations between the United States and ASEAN and the growing strategic importance of the region and our relationship. Going forward, the U.S. – ASEAN partnership will build upon the Administration’s initiatives to deepen engagement in the region: