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December 16, 2016

Americas
This Week in Markets and Democracy: Asian Trade Openness, Palm Oil Abuses, Global Magnitsky

Trade Rules Favor Asia, Not the United States Asia’s rise in the global trading system continues. Recent World Economic Forum data shows that the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) m…

A worker unloads palm fruit at a palm oil plantation in Peat Jaya, Jambi province on the Indonesian island of Sumatra September 15, 2015 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. September 15, 2015 (Reuters/Wahyu Putro A/Antara Foto).

November 17, 2017

South Korea
The Strategy Behind South Korea’s Outreach to Southeast Asia

On November 9, South Korean President Moon Jae-in unveiled his “New Southern Policy,” aimed at deepening relations with the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Moon’s ann…

The Strategy Behind South Korea’s Outreach to Southeast Asia

July 30, 2014

Wars and Conflict
South China Sea

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Podcast

February 13, 2014

Regional Organizations
John Kerry’s Visit to Jakarta

At the end of his current trip to Asia, Secretary of State John Kerry will be stopping in Jakarta and meeting with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretary-General Le Luong Minh. Alth…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he arrives for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit official dinner in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on October 7, 2013. (Pool New/Courtesy Reuters)

December 4, 2015

Asia
Lessons From Obama’s Southeast Asia Trip

Although President Obama’s Asia trip earlier this month was overshadowed by the international response to the Paris attacks and debates in the United States about refugee policy, the president’s visi…

Obama-ASEAN summit