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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."
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-04-15)Japan-India relations have been improving rapidly since 2005 when the Japanese and Indian prime ministers began alternating reciprocal visits. Building on the momentum created by the establishment of the Japan-India strategic ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center, 2013-04-10)Victoria Tuke, Visiting Fellow at the Tokyo Foundation, explains why “The centrality of the US-Japan alliance to Japan is an important consideration regarding Afghanistan, but Japan’s interests are broader than solely the ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center, 2013-05-13)Hideshi Futori, recent Japan Studies Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington, explains that “First, the realm of HA/DR is a rare opportunity for Japan to actively engage in military cooperation with China.”
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center, 2013-01-10)Crystal Pryor, recent Japan Studies Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington, explains that "First, while Abe has been termed a 'hawk' or 'nationalist' in Western media outlets, these terms carry different ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-02-23)In 2010, two important documents on Japan's security and national defense policies were released under the Democratic Party of Japan government in Japan. One report is entitled "Japan's Vision for Future Security and Defense ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-03-13)Elina Noor, Assistant Director, Foreign Policy and Security Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, explains that “The reality is that below the stratosphere of grand strategy, the ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-07-21)John R. Malott, former US Ambassador to Malaysia, writes that there is a tendency among Americans to hold an idealized image of Malaysia as a successful multi-racial and multi-religious paradise, an Asian economic dynamo, ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-07-26)Alicia Campi, Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington and President of the US-Mongolia Advisory Group, writes that “The secretary said that she was inspired by the Mongolian people’s commitment to democracy ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center, 2012-11-01)Alicia Campi, recent Asian Studies Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington and President of the US-Mongolia Advisory Group, explains that "Mongolia's extensive experience in manipulating the ambitions of ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-04-28)The last few years have witnessed a regular stream of irritants in Sino-Indian interactions. Even bilateral trade, once regarded as the pillar of their rapprochement, has been losing its shine with a rising trade deficit ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2011-07-26)The US-Japan Security Consultative Committee, or the so-called "2+2" meeting between foreign and defense cabinet level officials convened in Washington, D.C. in late June. Media attention centered on the delay of the ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-07-12)The rise of China poses many questions, foremost of which is will a powerful China be a responsible member of the international community, complying with established rules and norms of the current global system? Or will ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center in Washington, 2012-04-03)Nick Bisley, Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, Australia, and Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington, explains that “Australia has made up its mind about its strategic policy: it ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center, 2012-12-04)Catharin Dalpino, Sharkey Fellow in the Whitehead School at Seton Hall University, explains that "One concrete and immediate answer [to the purpose of the US-Thai alliance in the 21st century] was Bangkok's announcement ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-11-18)US President Barack Obama’s APEC summit in Hawai‘i clearly speeds up the tempo of the US “back to Asia strategy.” It is obvious that no other region of the world, in Obama’s mind, is more vital to the long-term interests ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center, 2013-04-24)Alok Bansal, Executive Director of the South Asian Institute for Strategic Affairs in New Delhi, explains that “The window of opportunity for the Pakistani state to contain the growing influence of the TTP in Karachi is ...
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(Washington, D.C.: East-West Center in Washington, 2011-11-10)The clumsy manner in which Pakistan announced that it would grant the trade status of Most Favored Nation (MFN) to India indicates the political significance of this decision. Two days after the official announcement, other ...
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(Washington, D.C. : East-West Center, 2013-04-25)Yogesh Joshi, Ph.D Candidate at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Frank O’Donnell, Ph.D Candidate at King’s College London, explain that “The paradox for the international community is that a strong military ensures the ...