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July 12, 2010

United States
Where Now for Burma Policy?

Ho New/courtesy Reuters Lost amidst the ongoing tension in neighboring Thailand and the Obama administration’s attempts to build a closer partnership with Indonesia, Washington’s Burma policy appear…

Nobel Laureate Suu Kyi meets U.S. Assistant Secretary of State  Campbell and U.S. embassy charge d’affaires Dinger in Yangon

May 26, 2015

Asia
Japan and South Korea Should Bridge Their Differences, Snyder and Glosserman Write in New Book

Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also U.S. allies. Yet despite their common interests, shared values, and geograph…

May 9, 2011

China
U.S.-China Talks: What to Look for

China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan delivers a speech as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sit behind during the opening ceremony of the U.S.-China Str…

China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan delivers a speech as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sit behind during the opening ceremony of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing in 2010.

January 22, 2006

Emerging Markets
Too many currencies? Or too many dollar pegs?

The world has too many currencies.   The dollar is too good a currency not to be shared.    The US has a clear comparative advantage in central banking.   National pride - and a desire to maintain "m…

June 21, 2011

Thailand
What will the U.S. Reaction Be to Thailand’s Election?

A supporter of Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of toppled premier Thaksin Shinawatra and the prime ministerial candidate for the country's biggest opposition Pheu Thai Party, holds her poster in front of…

A supporter of Yingluck Shinawatra, sister of toppled premier Thaksin Shinawatra and the prime ministerial candidate for the country’s biggest opposition Pheu Thai Party, holds her poster in front of a building decorated with banners of the Democrat party in Bangkok’s notorious Klong Toey slum June 21, 2011.