Southeast Asia Trembles As Trans-Pacific Partnership Nears Completion – OpEd
As the sun began to rise in Georgia’s capital Atlanta on October 5th, trade bureaucrats from 12 nations put pen to paper and came one step closer to finalizing the “21st century trade agreement” known...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Change Of Heart On TPP Raises Hopes For Wider Asian Trade Deal –...
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo gave his clearest indication that he intends to reform and modernize his country’s economy with an announcement during his first US visit that he intends to join the...
View ArticleTo Understand US Presidential Primaries, Recognize Impact Of Movements – OpEd
Confusion reigns in the Democratic and Republican primaries. Huffington Post political reporters write, “It’s Time To Admit: Nobody Knows Anything About The 2016 Campaign,” now that “the old ‘rules’ of...
View ArticleIndia’s TPP Dilemma – Analysis
By Geethanjali Nataraj* The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) that was agreed to on 5 October 2015 covers almost a third of world trade and 40 per cent of global GDP. By not being part of the TPP, India...
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The TPP’s Impact On Vietnam: A Preliminary Assessment
By Le Hong Hiep * The conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) Agreement negotiations on 5 October 2015 has been hailed by the twelve participating countries as a landmark...
View ArticleThe Trans-Pacific Partnership: Questions That Congress Must Answer – OpEd
By Bryan Riley and Ambassador Terry Miller* On November 5, text of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement between the United States and 11 other countries was made public.[1] That text,...
View ArticleVietnamese President Set To Steal Show At Manila APEC Meeting – OpEd
Vietnam’s popular President Truong Tan Sang is set to steal the show at the two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Manila this week for at least three reasons. First,...
View ArticlePACOM’s Role In Sustaining Indo-Asia-Pacific Security – Analysis
By Paul Lushenko and Jon Lushenko* As the successful completion of negotiations on the Trans‐Pacific Partnership (TPP) free‐trade deal – the economic pillar of President Obama’s rebalance to Asia –...
View ArticleWars: US Militarist Factions In Command – OpEd
Over the past 15 years the US has been engaged in a series of wars, which has led many writers to refer to the ‘rise of militarism’ – the growth of an empire, built primarily by and for the projection...
View ArticleModi Visit Gives India Higher Profile In ASEAN – Analysis
By Mahendra Ved* A new and powerful economic community is emerging in India’s extended neighborhood at a time when the world as a whole is facing economic uncertainties, combating the scourge of...
View ArticleTrans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), India And Asian Regionalism – Analysis
Though the Trans-Pacific Partnership is still the most ambitious of all plurilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), it is far from the ‘gold standard’ originally envisaged. By Ram Upendra Das* and Nitya...
View ArticleSearching For A New Identity: South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy – Analysis
By Yul Sohn* Over the past decade, South Korea has been playing an active and prominent role as a middle power at both the regional and global level. It hosted the G-20 summit meeting in November 2010,...
View ArticleFrom ASEAN Chair To UN Security Council: Malaysian Foreign Policy In 2015 –...
In a tumultuous year for domestic politics in Malaysia, its international roles in the UN Security Council and as chair of ASEAN have come under increased scrutiny. By Rashaad Ali* With the year coming...
View ArticleThe Economics Of Origami – Analysis
By Lena Muxfeldt and Matthias Götz* In recent decades, it has become a mantra that the EU-Japan relations are full of significant untapped potential. Now, with the negotiations for a free trade...
View ArticleMalaysia’s Economic Transformation Still Going Strong – OpEd
While the main focus of economic news coming out of Asia this year has been China’s stuttering growth, the country’s major trade partners in Southeast Asia have faced their own individual challenges in...
View ArticlePeru: Trans-Pacific Agreement Could Impact Price Of Medicines
Health unions in Peru warn that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement could generate a trade monopoly that would eventually lead to an increase in the cost of medicines. Non-governmental health...
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Evaluating The Trans-Pacific Partnership – Analysis
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is being held up as a model for 21st century trade agreements. This column looks into its implications for Japan. It says that agricultural sectors such as rice and beef...
View ArticleBleak Prospects For Latin America Under Trans-Pacific Partnership – Analysis
By Ian Gustafson* The Trans-Pacific Partnership, agreed to on October 5, 2015 by the twelve participating countries, is likely to prove disastrous for the Latin American states—Chile, Mexico, and...
View ArticleHow Kenya Confirmed The Deathbed Of WTO – Analysis
By Horace G. Campbell* When the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle, Washington in 1999, the Africa paper[1] carefully prepared by the Kenya representatives to the WTO in Geneva had set the...
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Delayed Transition: End Of Consensus Leadership In Vietnam? – Analysis
By Paul Schuler and Kai Ostwald* On January 20th, more than a thousand party members will gather in Hanoi for the Vietnam Communist Party (VCP) Congress, as they do roughly every five years. The...
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