Managing the Rise of Southeast Asia's Coast Guards
Over the past few years, Southeast Asian states have begun either significantly increasing their investments in coast guards and other maritime law enforcement agencies (MLEAs) or have considered...
View ArticleRemembering the Rohingya
The plight of the Rohingya community is one of the saddest, and most underreported, stories of modern times.This Muslim community has long suffered through persecution, marginalization, and mass...
View ArticleEvent Recap: What's Next for the Rohingya?
The Rohingya Crises may have faded from the headlines but the plight of the Rohingya remains uncertain. On April 2nd, 2019, the Asia Program hosted Dr. Nehginpao Kipgen, one of the foremost experts on...
View ArticleSoutheast Asia Stands to Gain Big on U.S.-China Frictions
The impact of the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute has gone far beyond the borders of the two countries calling the shots. From the IMF to investment banks on Wall Street, voices cautioning against...
View ArticleThe South China Sea in Strategic Terms
In recent years, U.S. military planners have shifted their focus from counterterrorism, low intensity conflict to great power, high intensity threats. The most likely single scenario for a major...
View ArticleManaging the Rise of China's Security Partnerships in Southeast Asia
Over the past few years, while China has continued its criticism of the U.S. alliance system in the Asia-Pacific, Beijing has in fact been developing a network of new security partnerships of its own...
View ArticleWhat Does the Rise of China’s Security Partnerships Mean for Asia?
Over the past few weeks, new details have emerged around a potential Chinese military facility in Cambodia, which could possibly give Beijing its first installation of its kind in Southeast Asia.
View ArticleWhy 2020 Will Be a Big Year for Vietnam’s Foreign Policy
Over the past few years, Vietnam’s foreign policy has been in focus due to Hanoi’s increasing activism on a range of issues ranging from peacekeeping to the territorial disputes in the South China Sea,...
View ArticleRealizing the Singapore-on-Thames Inspiration
The Conservative’s landslide victory in the latest UK elections led to a collective sigh of relief in the global financial markets. The win is expected to lead to political stability that has been...
View ArticleChina and the South China Sea
Southeast Asia is bound to China by geography. Viewed from China, the region is a southern appendage to China, one fragmented into a number of relatively small countries. Ethnographers believe all the...
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