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With ASEAN Paralyzed, Southeast Asia Seeks New Security Ties
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations tirelessly proclaims its centrality to the region, but its inability to develop a coherent response to Chinese aggression or the crisis in Myanmar has effectively killed that claim. ASEAN members will inevitably continue to seek out alternative paths.
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Sep 18, 2023
Foreign Policy
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman

International Diplomacy

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Biden's Southeast Asia Policy Improves in Second Year, but Still Much to Do
In 2022, the Biden administration stepped up its game in Southeast Asia by showing up in person, clarifying its approach in key strategy documents, and boosting cooperation. But one obvious problem that remains is that it still has no real economic strategy to counter China in the region.
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Jan 10, 2023
Foreign Policy
Derek Grossman @DerekJGrossman
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From Glasgow to Kashmir
Scotland's vote could be a step toward disrupting the historical pattern of independence being won by force, not granted after a vote. This was the paradigm of the past, and it remains the paradigm of the present. But the vote in Scotland just might help set a new roadmap for the future.
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Sep 22, 2014
Foreign Policy
Jonah Blank
Global Security

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Is Asia's Forgotten Revolt About to Explode?
This is why teachers are so often the targets of attack. In the rebels' view, schools aren’t neutral places for children to receive an education. They are seen as government-run indoctrination centers, propagating an exclusionary history and an alien language, writes Jonah Blank.
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Feb 25, 2013
CNN
Jonah Blank

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Deterring North Korean coercion involves some combination of threatening to impose costs on the North and to deny North Korea the benefits it seeks with employment of nuclear weapons.

Bruce W. Bennett

Adjunct International/Defense Researcher

Source: Korea On Point

While not assured, a long-sought economic peace from the ruins of this war is possible. The United States seems willing to commit to such a project. The successes of the Abraham Accords suggest regional leaders will also lend their support. But even if the international community provides the foundation, it will require vision, leadership, and courage from the Israeli and Palestinian communities to turn this disaster into an opportunity for peace.

Daniel Egel

Senior Economist

Source: Barron's

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