Video: Taiwan President Ma Outlines Strategies for Security at CSIS
On May 12, Ma Ying-jeou, president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), outlined three strategies for increasing Taiwan’s national security—institutionalizing cross-strait rapprochement with mainland...
View ArticlePublic Health in Japan After the Tsunami
In the video below, the Director of the Global Health Policy Center here at CSIS, Dr. Stephen Morrison, talks about “building back better” in the Tohoku region of Japan that was hit by the triple...
View ArticleEconomic Damage of Thailand’s Flooding
By Chayut Setboonsarng The heaviest flooding in 50 years will have devastating effects on Thailand. Automotive, electronics, and agriculture sectors will bear the brunt of the economic costs. The...
View ArticleEast Asia Summit: Next Step is Structure
By Ernie Bower Leaders of eighteen nations from the Asia Pacific will meet in Bali, Indonesia this week for the East Asia Summit (EAS) in recognition that new regional architecture is required to...
View ArticleEast Asia Summit Themes in Context
By Ernie Bower President Barack Obama and the leaders of 17 other countries will meet this weekend, November 19–20, at the sixth East Asia Summit (EAS) in Bali, Indonesia, the first summit in this...
View ArticleCSIS Asia Team Mega Event Series Recap
Over the past two weeks our CSIS Asia Team hosted a series of high profile events on developments in the Asia-Pacific and the implications for U.S. foreign policy. Here at cogitASIA On Monday,...
View ArticleBy the Numbers: Typhoon Bopha
Super typhoon Bopha made landfall December 3 on the Philippines’ southern island of Mindanao. The Category 5 storm, known as Pablo in the Philippines, wrought widespread devastation throughout the...
View ArticleInternal Displacement in Southeast Asia
By Phoebe De Padua Southeast Asia, where violent conflicts and natural disasters often drive people from their homes, is home to around two million internally displaced persons (IDPs). Measures that...
View ArticleDoing More with Less? Allies Face Aid Challenges in Asia
By Jason Schulman The Australian government announced drastic changes to its foreign aid budget in December 2012, saying it will reallocate $375 million to fund onshore processing of asylum seekers in...
View ArticleBy the Numbers: U.S. Response to Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda
Super-storm Haiyan, referred to as Yolanda locally, made landfall in the Philippines on November 8. The typhoon, which carried winds of over 200 miles per hour and storm surges of over 20 feet, has...
View ArticleInfrastructure Problems Hobble Relief Efforts in the Philippines
By Murray Hiebert & Phuong Nguyen During the first week after Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the central Philippines, relief operations were greatly hampered by the destruction of roads, bridges, and...
View ArticleThe Leaderboard: Panfilo Lacson
Who is he? Panfilo “Ping” Lacson was elected to the Philippine Senate in 2001 and served as a legislator for more than a decade, during the administrations of presidents Joseph Estrada, Gloria...
View ArticleMH370: Five Concerns
By Ernest Z. Bower, Christopher K. Johnson, & Thomas M. Sanderson Four days ago, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 (MH370) disappeared over the South China Sea with 239 people on board en route from...
View ArticleAustralian Aid and the Asia Pacific: How Much Will Change?
By Ashlee Betteridge Countries in the Asia Pacific have been the biggest beneficiaries of the doubling of Australia’s aid budget in the past decade. However the change of government last year, from the...
View ArticleEnhancing Japan’s Energy Resilience: The Role for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
By Yoshikazu Kobayashi Three years after the 3-11 earthquake in Japan, the new Basic Energy Plan (BEP) was approved by the cabinet this spring. The new BEP, a product of lengthy and heated discussions...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: Aid in the Pacific
$960 million The amount allocated in Australia’s 2014-15 budget for aid to Pacific Island countries in U.S. dollars. This represents around 20 percent of Australia’s overall aid budget and makes it the...
View ArticleAnd the Winner of Mamasapano is…Senator Grace Poe
By Zachary Abuza The national outrage in the Philippines following the clash in Mamasapano that left 44 Special Action Force (SAF) police dead after an encounter with the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom...
View ArticlePerspectives on East Asia: Pacific Pathways
On March 4, CSIS Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies Dr. Maren Leed had the opportunity to interview General Vincent Brooks, Commanding General of the U.S. Army, Pacific (ARPAC) in a public...
View ArticleBy The Numbers: Cyclone Pam Wreaks Havoc
On March 13 tropical Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu, causing widespread damage across the archipelago nation in the South Pacific. Vanuatu’s president Baldwin Lonsdale said the Category 5 storm “wiped out”...
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