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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-04-12)John Lee, Michael Hintze Fellow for Energy Security at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney, discusses why “China cannot exist as a ‘responsible stakeholder’ in the international liberal ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-02-09)Peter Mattis, Editor of the China Brief at The Jamestown Foundation, argues that regarding governance in China “The CCP has created a powerful apparatus—military, intelligence, and propaganda—that will operate short of ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-04-12)Japan's power sector is at a major turning point. The ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear facility highlights to the general public the potential dangers associated with Japan's ambitious nuclear power targets and its ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-06-26)Renato Cruz De Castro, Senior Professor of International Studies at De La Salle University, Manila, explains that “while the Obama administration has somewhat enhanced security ties with the Philippines because of the ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-03-08)After being wondrously jolted by the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt, the world watches Libya anxiously. Its neighbors on either side have carried out the once unthinkable. They have toppled sturdy old Arab dictatorships ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-02-18)When the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) kicked the Liberal Democratic Party out of power in 2009, there was some sense of hope amongst the Japanese that things would change. If nothing else, the Japanese hoped that the ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center, 2013-02-28)Jonas Parello-Plesner, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, explains that "On issues of trade and economics, the EU is clearly showing that is has a strategy that it is implementing."
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-04-10)Sharon Squassoni, Director of the Proliferation Prevention Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, explains that “leaders failed to connect the dots between nuclear fuel cycle choices and their impact ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-06-27)India is one of the United States' key partners in Asia for international trade in services. Services, also known as intangibles, include a diverse range of industries, such as banking, insurance, telecommunications, ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-05-20)As usual the China-US bilateral relationship is constantly shifting; and some could even argue that recently it was deteriorating. However, the third round of the annual China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) held ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-03-11)Civilizational, cultural, and geographic neighbors, India and Indonesia share striking commonalities in their modern historical trajectories. With a view to renewing their collective destiny in a post-Cold War Asian ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2011-12-09)After two years of deliberation the Indian cabinet announced at the end of November that it would allow foreign direct investment (FDI) into its domestic retail sector. Specifically, this proposal would have allowed 51 ...
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(Washington, D.C : East-West Center, 2012-12-14)Satoru Nagao, Research Fellow at the Ocean Policy Research Foundation based in Tokyo, Japan, explains that "Upon closer examination, it is clear that India will be an influential security partner for the United States in ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-02-23)Sasiwan Chingchit, former Research Scholar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, explains that India and Thailand both look to the democratic and economic opening of Burma as giving “a much-needed boost to the connectivity and ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-05-19)Indonesia, holder of the ASEAN Chair for 2011 and host of the 18th ASEAN Summit held on May 7-8 in Jakarta, clearly aspires to create new opportunities for ASEAN by contributing to problem solving within a globalized world. ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-02-17)The presence of Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as chief guest at the 62nd Republic Day celebrations in India in January marks a major milestone in the long history of Indonesia-India relations. This development ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2012-01-26)One of the major challenges for any government is how to manage religious diversity, and how to provide for religious minorities in particular. In Indonesia there are six officially recognized religions: Islam, Protestantism, ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-06-04)Sean Connell, Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Tokyo, explains that “While emphasis in Washington and Tokyo often centers on the security aspects of the ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2011-10-13)For centuries Burma has been prized for its high-quality gemstones, and today the Burmese gem industry continues to thrive at a furious pace despite international sanctions. Conventional estimates are that up to 90 percent ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center, 2013-01-24)Hirofumi Kawaguchi, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Tokyo, explains that "The LDP's landslide victory does not mean that Japanese voters enthusiastically support the LDP."