The CSIS Asia Program is launching a new weekly CogitAsia podcast that will review and analyze developments and trends in the Indo Pacific. On the podcast this week we are joined by Dr. Jonathan London, professor at the City University…
By Jonathan London The normally opaque Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has made a public splash with its recently concluded 10th Central Committee plenum. The stakes are high and carry implications not only for Vietnam’s development but…
The CSIS Asia Program is launching a new podcast this week that will review and analyze developments and trends in the Indo-Pacific. This week our host Colm Quinn reviews key news stories in Asia, discusses Southeast Asia’s air travel infrastructure…
By Murray Hiebert & Greg Poling The year 2015 provides the Obama administration with new opportunities in Southeast Asia to reinforce and bolster the rebalance to Asia. Myanmar In Myanmar, the United States should expand its support and training efforts…
By Ernest Bower When the Philippines announced its intent in January 2013 to file a case against China at a tribunal in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, many ASEAN countries remained silent or even worried out loud that Manila was…
By Truong-Minh Vu With the presence of Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung and South Korean president Park Geun-hye, the agreement that marked the conclusion of Vietnam-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA) was signed in Seoul on December 10.…
By Zachary Abuza There are currently at least 22 bloggers or journalists behind bars in Vietnam. Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders recently gave Vietnam the lowest rankings in Southeast Asia in terms of internet and media freedom. The Committee…
By Jay L. Batongbacal As the December 15 deadline for China to submit a counter-memorial in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) Annex VII arbitration case launched by the Philippines passed, the more significant and unexpected…
By Carl Thayer In a statement Thursday, December 11, the Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesman Le Hai Binh said that Hanoi has asked the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to take Vietnam’s legal interests and rights into consideration…
By Kristina Yarrow & Caroline Ly The 2010 World Health Report on Health Systems Financing and the unanimous endorsement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by the United Nations in 2012 have paved the way for rich and poor countries alike…