CSIS Critical Questions: INAUGURAL ASEAN DEFENSE MINISTERS’ MEETING + 8 IN HANOI: THE 1,000 YEAR OLD CITY HOSTS WARRIORS BENT ON PEACE By Ernie Bower, Senior Adviser & Director – Southeast Asia Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies SUMMARY As…
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2nd US ASEAN LEADERS’ MEETING: Elevating the Partnership to a Strategic Level
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By Ernie Z. Bower, Senior Adviser & Director, CSIS Southeast Asia Program The tone of the meeting between eight of the ten ASEAN leaders and US President Barack Obama may be one of the most striking characteristics of the event. …
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,…
2nd US ASEAN Summit: What's on the Menu in Manhattan?
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US President Barack Obama will host eight of the ten leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)[i] in New York on Friday, September 24, 2010 at the 2nd US ASEAN Summit. The meeting underlines renewed American policy energy being invested in Southeast Asia. Headlines from the discussion should focus on three areas …
US ASEAN Summit in New York – Gut Check Time
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“Exploring the implications of holding a Summit without SBY or postponing the Summit should be a sobering proposition to all the leaders involved. Here’s to everyone doing what is needed to make the meeting work. It’s gut check time for the US ASEAN relationship as we approach September 24 in New York.”
Absent in Danang: Urgent Need for A US Trade Policy in Asia
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The gap in US strategy for intensifying its engagement in Southeast Asia is clearly trade. While the United States is starting to connect the dots diplomatically and on security architecture, our trade professionals, some of the most hard-core, experienced Southeast Asia hands in the Administration, are essentially benched as they wait for political and policy decisions to put the US trade leadership back into the game.
A New Paradigm for APEC?
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Turning to the cruel reality of the schedule, the question of continuing annual APEC leaders’ summits becomes even more important.
Hillary Clinton—A Secretary of State Fluent in ASEAN
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This should be a good week for U.S. engagement in ASEAN. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Vietnam for the seventeenth annual ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) as most of you read this note. By definition, that means a good week for U.S. strategy in Asia.
A Timely Reminder of Kiwi Determination
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By Ernest Z. Bower, Senior Adviser and Director, CSIS Southeast Asia Program Fighting 800-to-1 odds usually reduces even the most hopeful underdog to a lackluster opponent. Not Shane Smeltz and the New Zealand All-Whites football team. Matched against defending World…