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Obama, the Teabaggers and Foreign Policy

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Okinawa, Teabaggers, Rush Limbaugh, Asia, China, Myanmar, Barack Obama, Japan, Emperor Akihito, Deficit, Conservatives, Asean, Richard Nixon, Afghanistan, Nation Building, Glenn Beck, World News
Leon T. Hadar

As Obama contemplates a new strategy for Afghanistan, he should consider integrating the conservative values of fiscal discipline and limited government into his foreign policy decision-making.

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Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi

AP | VIJAY JOSHI | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Burma, Typhoon, Obama, Democracy, Myanmar Democracy, General Election, Suu Kyi Release, Association of Southeast Asia, Myanmar, Asia Visit, Myanmar Elections, Asean, Junta, Communism, Military Junta, Barack Obama, Southeast Asia, Suu Kyi, Free Suu Kyi, Buddhism, Us, Burma Elections, World News

SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face i...

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Obama's Human Rights Opportunity in Singapore

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Assembly, Apec, Chee Soon Juan, Democracy, Canada, Obama, Autocracy, Defamation, Singapore Democratic Party, Amnesty International, Freedom of Speech, People's Action Party, Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, Human Rights, Asean, Freedom of Expression, Harper, World News
Robert Amsterdam

Any American president should be horrified by the conditions under which opponents of the regime in Singapore have been harassed. The APEC summit presents an opportunity to set the record straight.

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The War on Terrorism Ends; and the Winner is... China

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, Apec, Asean, Greater Middle East, South Korea, Condoleeza Rice, George W Bush, Obama, China, Japan, World News
Leon T. Hadar

The American neglect of the Asia-Pacific region and its policy concerns has not only alienated its friends in the region. It has also hurt long term U.S. economic and strategic interests.

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In Support of the Struggle for Democracy in Burma

José Ramos-Horta | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Darfur Genocide, Democratic Republic of Congo, Corazon Aquino, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Dictator Suharto, Imelda Marcos, Suharto Dictatorship, Rwanda Genocide, Darfur, Suu Kjie, Killing Fields, Genocide, Cambodia, Somalia, World War II, People's Power, UN Membership, Asean, World News
José Ramos-Horta

The new officer corps emerging in Burma should know that they have a historic opportunity to save their country and restore Burma's place in the world.

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Indian Ocean Unity

Shashi Tharoor | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Indian Ocean, Shashi Tharoor, IOR-ARC, Nato, Mercosur, Asean, Indian Ocean Rim Countries' Association for Regional Cooperation, World News
Shashi Tharoor

What international association brings together 18 countries, straddling three continents thousands of miles apart, united solely by their sharing of a common body of water?

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Like Iran, Burma Muddies the Waters for Negotiations

Russ Wellen | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, National League for Democracy, Asean, World News
Russ Wellen

The harder the junta tries to remove Suu Kyi from the scene, the more prominent she becomes in the eyes of the world.

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Thai Protesters Vow To Return Unless Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Resigns

AP | JOCELYN GECKER | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: Thai ASEAN Protests, Thailand Unrest, Asean, Thailand Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand Protests, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand, Anti-Government Protests and Thailand, Advocacy, World News

PATTAYA, Thailand - Thousands of anti-government protesters retreated Friday after an all-day standoff with soldiers in riot gear at the Asian summit,...

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Thai Parliament Dissolution Demanded By Thousands

AP | AMBIKA AHUJA | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

Read More: Thailand, Thai Parliament, Thai Protests, Prime Minister Thaksin, Thaksin Shinawatra, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Asean, Jakrapob Penkair, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Abhisit Thailand, Abhisit, World News

BANGKOK — Thousands of protesters surrounded the prime minister's office Tuesday demanding Thailand's parliament be dissolved and new elections ...

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ASEAN Charter Signed, Could Soon Have Single Market

AP | NINIEK KARMINI | Posted 01.15.2009 | World

Read More: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Asia, Surin Pitsuwan, Asean Single Market, Asean Charter Signed, Asean Charter, Asean, World News

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations moved to forge an EU-style community Monday, signing a charter that makes the bl...

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Our Failed Myanmar Policy

Olivier Kamanda | Posted 05.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Myanmar Junta, ASEAN, Myanmar Regime, Myanmar Sanctions, Myanmar, Burma Policy, Burma, Myanmar Cyclone, Myanmar U.S. Unilateralism, Myanmar Mccain, Myanmar Obama, Home News
Olivier Kamanda

After 14 years of U.S. sanctions, the Myanmar regime refuses to cede ground and now even obstructs disaster relief efforts. We've isolated the regime but not moved it. The EU has a better plan.

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