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Recommendations by the U.S.-ASEAN Eminent Persons Group
December 13, 2012 These recommendations are designed to have impact, set a vision and specify attainable, near-term goals for governments and the private sector with the aim of elevating ASEAN-U.S. relations from enhanced to strategic partnership.

Critical Questions
ASEAN and Partners Launch Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
December 7, 2012 | Murray Hiebert

As the East Asia Summit (EAS) concluded in late November, regional leaders formally agreed to launch negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). The RCEP aims to be the largest free-trade bloc in the world, comprising all 10 ASEAN nations and the...


Commentary
Obama Trip Shows Purposeful Asia Focus in Second Term
November 9, 2012

Forty-eight hours after winning reelection to a second term, President Barack Obama announced he would visit three countries in mainland Southeast Asia—Cambodia, Myanmar, and Thailand—from November 17 to 20.

Commentary
Land Reform: A Critical Test for Myanmar’s Government
November 9, 2012 | Murray Hiebert One of the byproducts of the reforms launched in Myanmar over the past 18 months has been a sharp rise in protests against land acquisitions by previous governments and their businessman friends.

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CSIS Laos Trip Report
November 1, 2012 | Murray Hiebert In mid-October 2012, Murray Hiebert, deputy director and senior fellow in the CSIS Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, visited Vientiane, Laos, for several days to explore recent economic and political developments.

Commentary
Cambodia’s EAS Carrot: Incentives for a Successful Summit
October 26, 2012 | Gregory B. Poling Cambodia will fulfill its last major obligation as this year’s ASEAN chair November 18–20 when it hosts the annual ASEAN Summit and seventh East Asia Summit (EAS).

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Comprehensive Partnership Nudges U.S.-Indonesia Relations to New Levels of Cooperation
September 28, 2012 | Murray Hiebert Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met September 20 for the third annual U.S.-Indonesia Joint Commission Meeting in an effort to solidify strategic cooperation between the world’s second- and third-largest democracies.

Commentary
Myanmar’s Crisis Calls for Constitutional Overhauling
September 14, 2012 | Gregory B. Poling An ongoing showdown between the branches of Myanmar’s young civilian government took a dramatic turn September 7 when the nine members of the country’s Constitutional Tribunal resigned following a vote to impeach them by the Lower House of the parliament.

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CSIS Myanmar Trip Report
September 10, 2012 | Michael J. Green, Christopher K. Johnson In August 2012, a group of senior CSIS Asia specialists visited Myanmar to explore the political, economic, and social reforms launched by the new civilian government and develop policy recommendations for the U.S. government.

Commentary
China Reveals Its Hand on ASEAN in Phnom Penh
July 20, 2012 For the first time in its 45-year history, ASEAN’s foreign ministers failed to issue a joint communiqué following their annual consultations last week in Phnom Penh.

Critical Questions
United States Announces Steps to Ease Myanmar Sanctions
July 12, 2012 | Murray Hiebert

On July 11, the Obama administration announced an easing of restrictions to allow U.S. companies to do business in Myanmar. The move comes nearly two months after the United States said it would suspend sanctions against Myanmar in response to political and economic reforms...


Critical Questions
The Fifth U.S.-Vietnam Political, Security, and Defense Dialogue
July 6, 2012

The United States and Vietnam are engaged in a serious effort to broaden and deepen bilateral ties.

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