Some of the more interesting developments and commentary from Asia over the last few days: –New Zealand has released its first Defence White Paper (PDF) in thirteen years. –The Lowy Institute’s Jenny Hayward-Jones looks ahead to to Secretary of State…
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Southeast Asian Sub Purchases Not Aimed at China
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By Dzirhan Mahadzir, freelance defence journalist based in Malaysia, and Malaysia correspondent for Janes Defence Weekly. Joshua Kurlantzick has a post up on Asia Unbound about a Southeast Asian naval arms race. He argues that countries in the region are…
ASEAN now Important to Japan's Future
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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…
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 …
China and the World: A Case for Panda Diplomacy
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By Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Singapore The simultaneous rise of China and India is the biggest growth story of the 21st century. It has the potential to change the power and civilisational balance…
Between the U.S. and China: A Kiwi Perspective
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By Matthew Hill, Intern, Global Issues Program at the Lowy Institute for International Policy Recently, both Michael Green and Hugh White addressed the strategic challenges Washington and its partners face in adjusting to the shifting distribution of power in the…
United States and China: Will Positive Relations Endure?
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By Robert Sutter, Visiting Professor, Asian Studies at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University He recently completed consultations with officials and non-government opinion leaders in 15 Asian-Pacific cities. Since the early years of the George W. Bush administration, US…
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…
Balancing Act: Trilateral Relations of US, China, and Cambodia
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By Jennifer Chen, Intern, CSIS Southeast Asia Program On December 21, 2009, Beijing once again proved to Washington that it will continue to pursue an active, practical, and possibly manipulative, role in Southeast Asia. This time, China did not claim…
Taiwan Finds (Trade) Love…in ASEAN
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“the past 2 months have been the most exciting in Taiwan’s economic history since the 1950s – but that is the case. Taiwan is on a roll … “