Southeast Asia - Related Publication

A Low Note for Malaysia: Start of the Anwar Trial Today

sherry — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

For anyone watching Malaysian politics over the last five years, the message is clear: people want their political system to move on to represent a modern Malaysia and its more sophisticated electorate. Voters are fed up with the old ways and anachronistic political structures, as well as with some of the personalities that have become inextricably identified with those structures.

Transnational Threats Update November-December 2009 - Vol. 7, No. 9

dgordon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Transnational Threats Update is produced by the Transnational Threats Project and provides monthly reports and analysis on terrorism, drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, and arms trafficking. The newsletter draws on several U.S.

Analysis of Secretary of State Clinton’s Asia Architecture Speech

ian — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered an important speech at the East-West Center in Hawaii on Tuesday explaining the United States’ enduring interests in the Asia-Pacific region and the intention of the Obama administration to play a leading role in constructing an open and inclusive regional architecture for the future.

The Legacy of Abdurrahman Wahid, Gus Dur, Fourth President of the Republic of Indonesia

ian — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Abdurrahman Wahid passed away this evening in Jakarta after a long battle with kidney disorder, heart disease and diabetes. He was 69 years old. A State Funeral will be held tomorrow in Indonesia, with all flags flying at half mast in his honor.

Vietnamese Minister of Defense General Phung Quang Thanh

pfrank — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Over the weekend, Minister of Defense Senior Lt. General Phung Quang Thanh of Vietnam landed in Washington, D.C.

U.S.-ASEAN Summit: President Obama Engages Southeast Asia

sherry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

On November 15, 2009, President Obama will meet the 10 leads of the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the first ever U.S.-ASEAN Summit. ASEAN includes Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Together, these countries include two U.S.

PacNet #69 - Will SBY Strive for Greatness? Prospects for the Indonesian President's Second Term

dfernandez — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, familiarly known as SBY, will be inaugurated for a second term on Oct. 20, 2009. As the first democratically elected president and the first to be elected to a second term, SBY has opportunities that no other Indonesian leader has had.

PacNet #61 - Burma, Senator, Webb, and U Win Tin

dfernandez — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Senator James Webb’s recent visit to Burma/Myanmar has come under fire from the Burmese democracy movement. The protests, while sincere and well-intended, miss the point of Webb’s visit – he was not there to praise or legitimize the ruling junta but to help craft a more effective policy aimed at its removal and the restoration of democracy to this proud land.

PacNet #57 - Aung San Suu Kyi’s Verdict: Implications for ASEAN

dfernandez — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

On Aug. 11, 2009, Aung San Suu Kyi was found guilty by a court in Myanmar of breaking the terms of her house arrest and sentenced to 18 more months of house arrest for harboring an American man, John William Yettaw, who swam to her house uninvited. This ruling signals to Southeast Asia and the international community that little progress has been made internally in the country.

PacNet #56 - Securing Cory Aquino’s Legacy

dfernandez — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino, who died on Aug. 1 after a year-long battle with colon cancer, was laid in a “quasi-official ceremony” Aug. 5 after hundreds of thousands paid final respects to the unassuming former housewife who became an international icon for her role in restoring democracy in the Philippines in 1986.