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…
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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 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 …
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…
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 Shores Up Strategic Assets in Asia
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By Philip Bowring, Op-Ed Contributor, International Herald Tribune The United States has been gravely weakened by its Iraq and Afghan wars and consequent neglect of the strategic importance of East Asia. But two recent moves by Washington – the joint…