TOPICS: ‘ASEAN’
Engaging WiselyJanuary 16, 2013 / Dhruva Jaishankarwww.forceindia.net
Strategic autonomy has served India’s foreign policy well till now.
Read more...Roads to MandalayOctober 31, 2012 / Dhruva JaishankarIndian Express
An integrated Southeast Asia is in India’s interests
Read more...Burma’s Opening and the Balance of Values in AsiaDecember 02, 2011 / Daniel TwiningForeign Policy
One of the best things U.S. policy in Asia can do is encourage democratic transition and consolidation in the region, creating political bulwarks against threats to the existing balance of power - which is also, in important respects, a balance of values.
Read more...Dizzy yet? The pros and cons of the Asia ‘pivot’November 22, 2011 / Daniel TwiningForeign Policy
The President has finished up a grueling trip to the Asia-Pacific region and can generally feel good about what he accomplished. Like everything this President does, however, the trip was very heavy on political spin.
Read more...ASEAN’s Human Rights Agenda: Modest Beginning, Reasonable Prospects – and How the West Can HelpMarch 01, 2011 / Rizal Sukma
In 2003 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), for the first time, agreed to include a human rights agenda in its official area of cooperation. How did that change of attitude come about? Does such a change suggest a greater adoption of liberal values by ASEAN so that a closer convergence with its Western partners becomes more likely? What can ASEAN’s partners in the West do in order to assist the Association to implement its commitment to better promote and protect human rights?
Read more...An EU Model for Asia?October 29, 2010 / Amy StuddartThe Straits Times
Despite being the largest meeting of heads of state and government in the world, the 8th Asia Europe Meeting (Asem) held in Brussels last week went largely unnoticed by the majority of the inhabitants of the two continents its members represent.
Read more...What are the transatlantic lessons for East Asian institution-building?January 12, 2010 / Akiko Fukushima
East Asia, which has only engaged in serious institution-building over the past two decades, is today home to a crowded, multi-layered landscape of regional organizations. While initially suspicious of adopting European models for regional cooperative institutions, Asia has now become more open to such concepts. However, important differences remain in the way in which Asia adopts-and adapts-its institutional architecture over the coming decades.
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