http://csis.org/region/110/related/publication A list of publications related to this region en http://csis.org/publication/pacific-partners-outlook-pacifics-new-market <p><a name="BacktoLeadingStory" id="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>One should not be surprised when Nauru, a nation of less than 10,000, is offered $50 million from Russia. Nor should the opening of diplomatic missions from Georgia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates in the South Pacific be remarkable when considering what is at stake.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/pacific-partners-outlook-pacifics-new-market">read more</a></p> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 35085 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/evolving-us-footprint-southeast-asia <p>Over the past two weeks, U.S. defense secretary Leon Panetta and his key officers, including Admiral Robert F. Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, have actively explained details of President Barack Obama&rsquo;s January 5 announcement about the new defense budget and its implications for the Asia Pacific. Southeast Asian counterparts want to clearly understand U.S.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/evolving-us-footprint-southeast-asia">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Mobile Trade and Economics Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 kate 35005 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asia-corner-18th-and-k-streets-evolving-us-footprint-southeast-asia <p><a id="BacktoLeadingStory" name="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>Over the past two weeks, U.S. defense secretary Leon Panetta and his key officers, including Admiral Robert Willard, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, have actively explained details of President Barack Obama&rsquo;s January 5 announcement about the new defense budget and its implications for the Asia Pacific.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asia-corner-18th-and-k-streets-evolving-us-footprint-southeast-asia">read more</a></p> Mobile Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 35000 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/us-india-relations-pivot-problems <p>There is a conundrum at the heart of the Obama administration's &quot;pivot&quot; toward Asia, at least as it relates to India.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/us-india-relations-pivot-problems">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Trends and Forecasting International Security Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 ellise 34940 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/all-roads-myanmar <p>One after another, Western dignitaries are traveling to Myanmar. A standard interpretation of the change in attitude is that Myanmar is finally demonstrating the courage and means to break away from China. But was Myanmar in the Chinese &quot;geopolitical grip&quot; in the first place?</p> Defense and Security Global Trends and Forecasting International Security Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 ellise 34846 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/myanmars-reforms-challenges-ahead <p>The recent release of many high-profile political prisoners by the Myanmar government has been hailed as a firm step on the country's path toward democracy. While the effects of many reforms have not yet trickled down tangibly to the masses and remain largely confined to major cities and Bamar-majority areas, noticeable changes have undeniably occurred.</p> Defense and Security Global Trends and Forecasting International Security Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 ellise 34845 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asia-corner-18th-and-k-streets-year-dragon <p><a name="BacktoLeadingStory" id="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>As the year of the dragon approaches, ASEAN must ask and answer existential questions about itself and the great powers around it.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asia-corner-18th-and-k-streets-year-dragon">read more</a></p> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 34746 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/year-dragon-aseans-existential-questions <p><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a>As the year of the dragon approaches, ASEAN must ask and answer existential questions about itself and the great powers around it.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/year-dragon-aseans-existential-questions">read more</a></p> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 34748 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-3-comparative-connections-summary <p>It's been an Asia-centric four months. The US proclaimed America's &quot;pivot&quot; toward Asia, while North Korea faced a pivotal moment following the death of Kim Jong Il.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-3-comparative-connections-summary">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting International Security Regional Analysis Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 ellise 34631 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/pacific-partners-outlook-fiji-lifts-martial-law-introduces-new-restrictions <p><a name="BacktoLeadingStory" id="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama&rsquo;s New Year&rsquo;s Day announcement that the government will lift emergency powers has been met with considerable skepticism, but it might be considered a first positive step forward.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/pacific-partners-outlook-fiji-lifts-martial-law-introduces-new-restrictions">read more</a></p> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 34606 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/fiji-lifts-martial-law-introduces-new-restrictions <p>Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama&rsquo;s New Year&rsquo;s Day announcement that the government will lift emergency powers has been met with considerable skepticism, but it might be considered a first positive step forward.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/fiji-lifts-martial-law-introduces-new-restrictions">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 34607 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3 <p>Edited by Carl Baker and Brad Glosserman</p> <p>January 2012, Vol. 13, No. 3 &ndash; (September&ndash;December 2011)</p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Military Strategy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34625 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-regional-overview <p>It&rsquo;s been an Asia-centric four months. The US proclaimed America&rsquo;s &ldquo;pivot&rdquo; toward Asia, while North Korea faced a pivotal moment following the death of Kim Jong Il.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-regional-overview">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Military Strategy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34626 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-japan <p>Prime Minister Noda accomplished important steps including the selection of the F-35 as Japan&rsquo;s next-generation fighter, relaxing the three arms export principles, and announcing a decision to join negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership &ndash; all of which demonstrated Tokyo&rsquo;s readiness to revive the economy and strengthen security ties and capabilities.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-japan">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Military Strategy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34627 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-2-time-has-come-economic-reform-myanmar <p>On the eve of a critically important IMF Article IV Consultation Mission to Myanmar, the basic question is: where's the beef on economic reform? After over a year of post-election policy debate, meaningful economic reform initiatives have been meager.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-2-time-has-come-economic-reform-myanmar">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Development Policy Economic Development and Reconstruction Global Trends and Forecasting International Security Trade and Economics Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 ellise 34628 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-china <p>A spate of measures taken by the Obama administration to bolster US presence and influence in the Asia-Pacific was met with a variety of responses from China. Official reaction was largely muted and restrained; media responses were often strident and accused the US of seeking to contain and encircle China.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-china">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting International Security Military Strategy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34629 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-korea <p>South Korean President Lee Myung-bak&rsquo;s state visit to the US attested to the strength of the relationship and the personal ties between Presidents Obama and Lee. The timely passage of the KORUS FTA in the US was the big deliverable for the summit.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-korea">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Military Strategy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34630 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-southeast-asia <p>With visits to Hawaii, Indonesia, Australia, the Philippines, and Burma, President Obama and Secretaries Clinton and Panetta demonstrated the US commitment to the region despite concern over the anticipated decline in the US defense budget. Generally, the additional US forces are seen as evidence of Washington&rsquo;s decision to remain involved in regional security.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-southeast-asia">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Military Strategy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34632 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-china-southeast-asia <p>China endeavored to win regional influence and goodwill by emphasizing reassurance and mutually beneficial relations with Southeast Asian counterparts.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-china-southeast-asia">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34633 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-china-taiwan <p>The campaign leading to the Taiwan&rsquo;s Jan. 14 presidential election has dominated cross-strait developments. Opposition candidate Tsai Ing-wen has continued her rejection of the &ldquo;1992 consensus&rdquo; and criticized President Ma Ying-jeou for suggesting he might consider negotiating a peace accord with Beijing.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-china-taiwan">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Military Strategy Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34634 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-north-korea-south-korea <p>No reader of Comparative Connections needs telling that Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack on Dec. 17. Kim&rsquo;s death poses a dilemma. In one sense it changes everything.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-north-korea-south-korea">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34635 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-china-korea <p>Beijing underscored maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula following Kim Jong Il&rsquo;s death. DPRK leadership succession raises questions about the future direction of China&rsquo;s Korea policy, which was most recently reaffirmed during an October visit to the two Koreas by Vice Premier Li Keqiang, the presumed successor of Premier Wen Jiabao.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-china-korea">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34636 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-japan-china <p>Noda Yoshiko became prime minister of Japan in early September and met President Hu Jintao at the G20 Summit and the APEC meeting. On both occasions, they agreed to take steps to strengthen the mutually beneficial strategic relationship &ndash; and again during Noda&rsquo;s visit to China at the end of December.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-japan-china">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34637 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-japan-korea <p>The close of 2011 was dominated by two leadership changes &ndash; the mid-December death of Kim Jong Il and the election of Noda Yoshihiko in September. Kim&rsquo;s death is a watershed event that could have repercussions around the region. South Korea and Japan reacted cautiously to the news of Kim&rsquo;s death and the rise of his son, Kim Jong Un.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-japan-korea">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34638 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-china-russia <p>The last four months of 2011 were both ordinary and extraordinary for Beijing and Moscow. There was business as usual as top leaders and bureaucrats from the two countries held frequent meetings. The world around them, however, was riddled with crises and conflicts.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-china-russia">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34639 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-inda-east-asia <p>Over a decade into the &ldquo;normalization&rdquo; of US-India relations and nearly 20 years into India&rsquo;s &ldquo;Look East&rdquo; policy, the US-India-East Asia nexus is regularly articulated by the US and India, generally accepted in the region, and shows some signs of gaining traction with the launch of a regular US-India dialogue on East Asia and the first-ever US-India-Japan trilatera</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/comparative-connections-v13-n3-us-inda-east-asia">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34640 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/developing-enduring-strategy-asean <p>The U.S.-ASEAN Strategy Commission was organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) to provide useful and practical recommendations to American policymakers with the objective of developing a long-term U.S. strategy to deal with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries and the ASEAN organization.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/developing-enduring-strategy-asean">read more</a></p> International Security Trade and Economics Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 jdunton 34485 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/malaysian-opposition-leader-anwar-be-sentenced-january-9 <p>The highly politicized trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges will conclude on January 9, when the judge is expected to deliver his verdict. Accusations of character assassination and government interference have marred the nearly two-year trial, which has captured the attention of Malaysians and international observers alike.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/malaysian-opposition-leader-anwar-be-sentenced-january-9">read more</a></p> Mobile Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 sherry 34501 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/critical-questions-2012 <p><a name="top" id="top"></a>From international security and regional study to global challenges, CSIS experts will address many of the world's most difficult policy concerns and critical questions in 2012. To kick off the new year, we asked 25 of our scholars to identity what worries them most and what are the biggest opportunities in their respective areas of study.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/critical-questions-2012">read more</a></p> Acquisition and Resources Alternative Energy Cybersecurity Defense and Security Demography Development Policy Disaster Risk Reduction Economic Development and Reconstruction Energy and Climate Change Food and Water Global Health Global Health Policy Global Prosperity Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance HIV/AIDS Homeland Security Human Rights International Security Markets and Trends Media Analysis Military Strategy Mobile Nuclear Weapons Regional Analysis Security and Climate Change Space Technology Technology Policy Terrorism Trade and Economics Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 ian 34505 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asia-corner-18th-and-k-streets-republic-and-kingdom-time-mutual-respect-and-co <p><a id="BacktoLeadingStory" name="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>Sometimes the closest relationships are the hardest to manage. Thailand is the United States&rsquo; longest-standing ally in Asia, yet relationships with this ally will be among the hardest to handle as U.S. foreign-policy makers look ahead to 2012 and beyond.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asia-corner-18th-and-k-streets-republic-and-kingdom-time-mutual-respect-and-co">read more</a></p> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 34265 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/republic-and-kingdom-time-mutual-respect-and-continuity <p>Sometimes the closest relationships are the hardest to manage. Thailand is the United States&rsquo; longest-standing ally in Asia, yet relationships with this ally will be among the hardest to handle as U.S. foreign-policy makers look ahead to 2012 and beyond.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/republic-and-kingdom-time-mutual-respect-and-continuity">read more</a></p> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 34267 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/constitutional-crisis-erupts-papua-new-guinea <p>A political crisis has erupted in Papua New Guinea following the Supreme Court&rsquo;s 3-2 decision on December 11 that Peter O&rsquo;Neill&rsquo;s election as prime minister was unconstitutional. The court ordered that former prime minister Sir Michael Somare be reinstated because the office was not legally vacant when O&rsquo;Neill was elected on August 2.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/constitutional-crisis-erupts-papua-new-guinea">read more</a></p> Governance Mobile Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 sherry 34172 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-69-perils-monotone-asia <p>As 2011 draws to a close, the rise of Asia is becoming an old story. The new Asian narrative is what happens after Asia rises, and in particular, key strategic choices that consequential powers have to make over a spectrum of issues without historical parallel.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-69-perils-monotone-asia">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting International Security Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 34162 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/why-us-approval-apec-business-travel-card-matters <p>On November 12, President Barack Obama signed the APEC Business Travel Cards (&ldquo;ABT Cards&rdquo;) Act of 2011, which allows U.S. businesspeople and senior government officials to enjoy the same ease of entry into 18 other Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries that their counterparts already enjoy.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/why-us-approval-apec-business-travel-card-matters">read more</a></p> Mobile Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 sherry 34127 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asia-corner-18th-and-k-streets-mixed-results-corruption-fight-indonesia <p><a id="BacktoLeadingStory" name="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>Transparency International gave Indonesia another poor grade on December 1 in the country&rsquo;s battle against corruption. Indonesia scored 3 out of a possible 10 (the cleanest score) in Transparency&rsquo;s annual Corruptions Perception Index (CPI), a slight improvement from 2.8 last year.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/southeast-asia-corner-18th-and-k-streets-mixed-results-corruption-fight-indonesia">read more</a></p> Governance Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 34013 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/mixed-results-corruption-fight-indonesia <p>Transparency International gave Indonesia another poor grade on December 1 in the country&rsquo;s battle against corruption. Indonesia scored 3 out of a possible 10 (the cleanest score) in Transparency&rsquo;s annual Corruptions Perception Index (CPI), a slight improvement from 2.8 last year. It also ranked 100 (an improvement from 110 last year) among the 183 countries surveyed.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/mixed-results-corruption-fight-indonesia">read more</a></p> Mobile Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 34014 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/clintons-myanmar-visit-united-states-responds-reform <p>For the first time since John Foster Dulles did it in 1955, a U.S. secretary of state just wrapped up a visit to long-secluded Myanmar.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/clintons-myanmar-visit-united-states-responds-reform">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Governance International Security Mobile Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 ian 33950 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/keys-mandate-promote-economic-recovery-and-closer-ties-united-states <p><a name="BacktoLeadingStory" id="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>The November 26 elections in New Zealand saw Prime Minister John Key returned to power with nearly 50 percent of the vote, giving his National Party one of the country&rsquo;s strongest electoral performances in five decades.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/keys-mandate-promote-economic-recovery-and-closer-ties-united-states">read more</a></p> Trade and Economics Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 33917 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-68-why-go-myanmar <p>Why should Hillary Clinton go to Myanmar? The short answer is to encourage the best chance at real political change in a country that effectively cloistered itself under harsh military rule for nearly five decades. Myanmar, or Burma, has been the virtual political ball and chain of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which it joined in 1997.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-68-why-go-myanmar">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 33903 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/new-zealands-national-party-returned-power <p>The November 26 elections in New Zealand saw Prime Minister John Key returned to power with a larger share of the seats in Parliament. His center-right National Party received a plurality of the votes (48 percent, up from 45 percent in 2008) and 60 seats in the 121-seat Parliament, one seat short of a majority.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/new-zealands-national-party-returned-power">read more</a></p> Mobile Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 sherry 33886 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/abu-sayyaf-group <p>Founded in the early 1990s as a Filipino Muslim (Moro) terrorist organization, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) emerged as a more violent Islamist alternative to the stagnated political movements of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). ASG strove to create an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/abu-sayyaf-group">read more</a></p> Defense and Security International Security Terrorism Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 jdunton 33834 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/why-go-myanmar-0 <p><a name="BacktoLeadingStory" id="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>Why should Hillary Clinton go to Myanmar? The short answer is to encourage the best chance at real political change in a country that effectively cloistered itself under harsh military rule for nearly five decades.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/why-go-myanmar-0">read more</a></p> Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 33819 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/why-go-myanmar <p>Why should Hillary Clinton go to Myanmar? The short answer is to encourage the best chance at real political change in a country that effectively cloistered itself under harsh military rule for nearly five decades. Myanmar, or Burma, has been the virtual political ball and chain of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which it joined in 1997.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/why-go-myanmar">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Economic Development and Reconstruction Governance Human Rights International Security Mobile Trade and Economics Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 ian 33801 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/sixth-east-asia-summit-and-third-us-asean-leaders-meeting-bali-indonesia <p>President Barack Obama and the leaders of 17 other countries will meet this weekend, November 19&ndash;20, at the sixth East Asia Summit (EAS) in Bali, Indonesia. In addition, President Obama and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet for the third U.S.-ASEAN Leaders Meeting.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/sixth-east-asia-summit-and-third-us-asean-leaders-meeting-bali-indonesia">read more</a></p> Governance Mobile Trade and Economics Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 ian 33708 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-66-taiwans-2012-presidential-election-and-cross-strait-relations <p>Since Ma Ying-jeou assumed the presidency in Taiwan in May 2008, relations across the Taiwan Strait have improved dramatically. In the past three and a half years, 16 agreements have been signed on practical matters that have largely benefited the people on both sides of the strait. The presidential election in Taiwan is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2012, and the race is extremely tight.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-66-taiwans-2012-presidential-election-and-cross-strait-relations">read more</a></p> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 33650 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/president-obama-will-announce-increased-marine-presence-during-australia-visit <p>President Barack Obama will visit Australia on November 16&ndash;17 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty and reestablish U.S. leadership in the Asia-Pacific region. His arrival in Canberra will mark his first visit to Australia as president and the first U.S. presidential visit since George W.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/president-obama-will-announce-increased-marine-presence-during-australia-visit">read more</a></p> Defense and Security International Security Mobile Trade and Economics Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 ian 33631 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-65-burma-myanmar-whatever-we-call-it-its-time-move <p>Every now and then, the complex tumblers of a slot machine momentarily align, changing things forever. In the long deadlock we call &lsquo;Burma&rsquo; (but which the ruling regime and most of the world calls &lsquo;Myanmar&rsquo;), the tumblers have aligned for the first time in decades.</p> Defense and Security Global Strategy Global Trends and Forecasting Governance International Security Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 33649 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/apec-summit-boosts-us-trade-opportunities-asia <p>President Obama&rsquo;s summit with the 21 leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on November 13 marked the beginning of a nine-day push by the president to highlight the U.S. &ldquo;pivot&rdquo; toward Asia.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/apec-summit-boosts-us-trade-opportunities-asia">read more</a></p> Governance Mobile Trade and Economics Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 ian 33572 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-64-united-states-and-east-asia-summit-new-beginning <p>This week President Obama will join seventeen other Asian leaders in Bali for the Sixth East Asia Summit (EAS). With a tough economy at home and the decision of the Congressional &ldquo;super-committee&rdquo; on the federal budget only days away, this is hardly a good time for a US president to be out of the country.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/pacnet-64-united-states-and-east-asia-summit-new-beginning">read more</a></p> Defense and Security Global Trends and Forecasting International Security Trade and Economics Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 bMizuno 33648 at http://csis.org http://csis.org/publication/two-models-integrating-asia-must-win-president-obama <p><a id="BacktoLeadingStory" name="BacktoLeadingStory"></a>Asia is now home to more than 50 percent of the world&rsquo;s economic activity, a long-anticipated benchmark vastly accelerated by China&rsquo;s stunning, swift economic growth and its overtaking Japan as the planet&rsquo;s second-largest economy. Asia&rsquo;s dynamism is transforming the world, its institutions, and U.S. strategy.</p> <p><a href="http://csis.org/publication/two-models-integrating-asia-must-win-president-obama">read more</a></p> Trade and Economics Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 gpoling 33507 at http://csis.org