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Chuyên mục: Southeast Asia
CSIS: Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – Jan 7, 2016
Sunnylands Summit Provides Opportunity To Bolster U.S.-Southeast Asia Ties
By Murray Hiebert (@MurrayHiebert1), Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Chair for Southeast Asia Studies (@SoutheastAsiaDC), CSIS
January 7, 2015
President Barack Obama will host leaders from the 10 ASEAN countries for a summit at the lush Sunnylands retreat in southern California on February 15 and 16 in a gesture aimed at deepening U.S. ties to this dynamic region. The president raised the idea of the meeting with Southeast Asian leaders at the U.S.-ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur in November 2015, during which he and his ASEAN counterparts announced the upgrading of U.S.-ASEAN relations to a strategic partnership. The leaders will look to flesh out the ASEAN-U.S. Plan of Action 2016–2020 that they endorsed at the summit in Kuala Lumpur. Tiếp tục đọc “CSIS: Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – Jan 7, 2016”
CSIS: Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – Dec 3, 2015
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CSIS: Southeast Asia SIT-REP – Dec 10, 2015
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Ambitious climate goals, weak foundations
Speed read
- Most ASEAN and Pacific SIDS have submitted national plans for a UN global pact
- But concerns have been raised about the reliability of the data used for the plans
- Still, the country pledges are described to combine ‘complex’ needs of the areas
The INDCs are public pledges detailing how each country plans to cope with climate change, starting in 2020, as part of a new international climate agreement that will be adopted at the UN conference. Tiếp tục đọc “Ambitious climate goals, weak foundations”
Tại sao hội nhập ASEAN lại qua con đường kinh tế
NCBĐ – Thứ năm, 05 Tháng 11 2015 16:16
Các nước ASEAN tập trung vào hội nhập về kinh tế bởi sự hội nhập về chính trị là điều “không tưởng” ở khu vực này do có những khác biệt lớn về các ý niệm cơ bản như quyền lực, bộ máy lãnh đạo, vai trò của nhân dân.
Trong khi chỉ với chưa đầy 20 tháng nữa là tròn nửa thế kỉ thành lập và phát triển, ASEAN sẽ chính thức trở thành một cộng đồng vào ngày 31/12 tới. Sự hội nhập này về cơ bản đang và sẽ tiếp tục được triển khai trong lĩnh vực kinh tế. ASEAN có tham vọng và chủ động trong việc tạo ra một thị trường và cơ sở sản xuất chung. Tiếp tục đọc “Tại sao hội nhập ASEAN lại qua con đường kinh tế”
CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP, Nov. 5 2015
The SIT-REP gives you links to all of CSIS Southeast Asia’s (@SoutheastAsiaDC) best updates and programs in a five minute read. This issue includes a special feature on Myanmar’s upcoming elections on November 8, a preview of President Barack Obama’s visit to the Philippines later this month, analyses of recent South China Sea developments, and key issues in Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s visit to the United States in late October. Links will take you to the full publications, multimedia, or to registration for upcoming programs when available. To jump to a section, select one of the following:
- Special Feature on the Myanmar elections
- Commentaries on the Philippines
- CogitAsia articles covering the South China Sea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Cambodia
- The Leaderboard profiles from the United States
- CogitAsia Podcast discussing the South China Sea and Indonesia
Special Feature: Myanmar’s Elections
Myanmar’s national elections are a critical milestone for U.S. policy toward Myanmar. Get the best inside scoop with our analysis and programs. Tiếp tục đọc “CSIS Southeast Asia SIT-REP, Nov. 5 2015”
Asia, US Defense Ministers Fail to Reach South China Sea Agreement
U.S. Defense Secretary to Join Aircraft Carrier on South China Sea Patrol
Asean summit founders after China insists on no mention of territorial dispute
Updated Nov. 4, 2015 10:23 a.m. ET
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter will visit a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier on patrol in the South China Sea on Thursday in a show of strength to reinforce Washington’s resistance to Chinese assertiveness in the disputed region.
The growing U.S.-China rivalry in the South China Sea overshadowed a high-level Asian defense summit in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday as the Malaysian hosts confirmed there would be no agreement to cap talks, which ultimately foundered on the question of how to mediate territorial disputes. Tiếp tục đọc “Asia, US Defense Ministers Fail to Reach South China Sea Agreement”
CSIS: Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – Oct 29, 2015
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CSIS: Southeast Asia SIT-REP, Oct. 22, 2015
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ASEAN can survive great-power rivalry in Asia
Some argue that ASEAN is both toothless and clueless in responding to these changes. Seen as ‘talk shops’, ASEAN’s regional institutions — the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), ASEAN+3, ASEAN+6 and the East Asian Summit (EAS) — might have been sufficient when great-power relations were less volatile right after the Cold War, but they have outlived their usefulness. ‘ASEAN centrality’, and even its very survival, is being written off. Tiếp tục đọc “ASEAN can survive great-power rivalry in Asia” CSIS: Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – Oct 1, 2015
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CSIS Southeast Asia Sit-Rep Sept 24, 2015
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Large-scale illegal trade in hundreds of wild-collected ornamental plants in Southeast Asia
Date:September 14, 2015
Source:National University of Singapore
Sciencedaily – Southeast Asia is a widely recognised centre of illegal wildlife trade — both as the source region for species ranging from seahorses to tigers, and as a global consumer of ivory carvings, wild pets, and traditional Chinese medicinal products.
While there are mounting efforts to tackle illegal wildlife trade, including within Singapore to reduce demand for wildlife products, the illegal trade in some species still remains undocumented.
Associate Professor Edward L. Webb, from the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and NUS PhD graduate Dr Jacob Phelps, have uncovered a previously little recognised Southeast Asian wildlife trade — the illegal sale of wild-collected ornamental plants, especially orchids.
Their findings were recently published in the journal Biological Conservation in June 2015.
Uncovering the “invisible” orchid trade
The researchers conducted extensive surveys of wildlife markets across Thailand, including border markets with Laos and Myanmar, and identified more than 400 species of ornamental plants in illegal trade — species widely prized by plant enthusiasts for their beauty, fragrance and/or rarity. Over 80% of these plants traded at the markets are wild orchids. Some of these were even listed in published literature as threatened. Tiếp tục đọc “Large-scale illegal trade in hundreds of wild-collected ornamental plants in Southeast Asia”
NASA, USAID Open Environmental Information Hub for Southeast Asia
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (right) cuts the ceremonial ribbon celebrating the opening of the SERVIR-Mekong hub in Bangkok, Thailand, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2015. Beth Paige (center), mission director for USAID Regional Mission for Asia, and Bhichit Rattakul, special advisor to the Asian Disaster Prepardness Center, joined Bolden.
Credits: USAID Asia
NASA and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday launched SERVIR-Mekong, a joint project to strengthen regional environmental monitoring in five countries in the lower Mekong region of Southeast Asia.
One of three SERVIR hubs now operating in developing regions of the world, the center is housed at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand, and joins a growing global community of scientists and decision-makers using publicly available data from space assets to address critical regional issues. Tiếp tục đọc “NASA, USAID Open Environmental Information Hub for Southeast Asia”
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