By Kavi Chongkittavorn, Editorial writer for The Nation newspaper and Chairman of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance What is the prospect for Japan, a declining economic power supported by the U.S., also a declining superpower? The most frequently heard answer…
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ASPI: Southeast Asia Patterns of Security Cooperation
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Executive Summary By Carlye A. Thayer, Professor of Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales and the Australian Defence Force Academy. Australia will face a more complex strategic environment in Southeast…
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. …
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,…
Remarks By President Obama and President Triet Of Vietnam at Opening Of U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Meeting
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Remarks By President Obama and President Triet Of Vietnam at Opening Of U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Meeting
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 …
Making the Case to Americans: ASEAN = Jobs
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Ahead of the US ASEAN Summit in New York this week President Obama should have the confidence to close the political gap on engagement in Southeast Asia and tell Americans why the region matter to them.
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.”
Strategic Snapshots: America’s Grand Strategy in Asia: What Would Mahan Do?
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By Michael J. Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, CSIS Japan Chair and Associate Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University One hundred and ten years ago America’s first internationally recognized geo strategist, Alfred Thayer Mahan, published a monograph very similar…