Chuyên mục: US – ASEAN relationship – Quan hệ Mỹ ASEAN

Obama’s legacy in South-east Asia

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ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute
Published Nov 4, 2016, 5:00 am SGT

Nov 8 marks the close of a tumultuous presidential election campaign in the United States. As the end of incumbent President Barack Obama’s administration nears, six scholars working with the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute evaluate the Obama legacy in South-east Asia, and examine challenges for the incoming administration. In the first of this two-part series written for The Straits Times, we feature perspectives on Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Tomorrow, we will publish viewpoints on Thailand and Vietnam, as well as an assessment of US engagement with Asean.

The friendliest US president to Asean

Tang Siew Mun, Senior fellow and head of the Asean Studies Centre

President Barack Obama is held in high regard in the region, especially in Indonesia, where he lived from 1967-71. Undoubtedly the most South-east Asia-friendly president, he has visited all but one state during his term of office. He would have completed the full “Asean circuit” if not for the cancelled visit to Brunei in 2013 to attend to the pressing business of averting the looming shutdown of the US government. Tiếp tục đọc “Obama’s legacy in South-east Asia” →

US-Asean relations: From rebalance to reset?

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Iseas -Yusof Ishak Institute
Published Nov 5, 2016, 5:00 am SGT
President Obama putting his hands together before bowing at the end of his address on the sidelines of the Asean Summit in Vientiane, Laos, in September. While his presidency has seen significant engagement with the 10-nation bloc, much could change, thanks to the uncertainty of his succession. PHOTO: REUTERS

In the second of a two-part series, scholars from the Iseas -Yusof Ishak Institute evaluate the legacy of outgoing US President Barack Obama in South-east Asia, and look to the challenges for the incoming administration after the Nov 8 presidential election.

On Friday, we featured perspectives on Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Today, we offer viewpoints on Thailand, Vietnam, and US engagement with Asean. Tiếp tục đọc “US-Asean relations: From rebalance to reset?” →

Lethal legacy of secret war in Laos

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XIENG KHOUANG, LAOS – Tuesday, September 06, 2016 07:00

Reuters – Addressing the legacy of war in Laos will be a focus of U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip this week to the country’s capital, Vientiane, for a meeting with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders and an East Asia Summit.

Obama, who will become the first sitting president of the United States to visit Laos, is expected to announce more funding to help clear leftover bombs and conduct Laos’ first national survey on unexploded ordnance.

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Tom Hayden, preeminent 1960s political radical and antiwar protester, dies at 76

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Washington Post

In 1973, political activist Tom Hayden tells members of the media that he thinks public support was partially responsible for the decision not to send him and others of the Chicago Seven to jail for contempt. (George Brich/AP)
By Elaine Woo October 24 at 2:13 AM

Duterte’s Flip-Flop Into Bed With China Is a Disaster for the United States

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FP

With the Philippine president ditching Washington for Beijing, the contest to control the South China Sea just got a lot more complicated.

Duterte’s Flip-Flop Into Bed With China Is a Disaster for the United States

International relations theorists of a “realist” persuasion like to claim that states are rational actors pursuing their strategic interests in an anarchic world where power alone matters. Ideology and domestic politics do not much concern these thinkers; they believe that a nation’s foreign policy is much more likely to be shaped by factors such as geography, demography, and economics. Tiếp tục đọc “Duterte’s Flip-Flop Into Bed With China Is a Disaster for the United States” →

Nếu không có 30/4 miền Nam có giàu như Hàn Quốc?

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VNY – 19 thg 10, 2016

Nếu không có ngày thống nhất đất nước 30/4/1975, liệu miền Nam ngày nay có phát triển như Hàn Quốc không? Sự thật là nền kinh tế VNCH cho đến 1975 hoàn toàn không có nội lực gì, phụ thuộc hoàn toàn vào viện trợ Mỹ và nguồn tiền mà lính Mỹ chi tiêu. Do đó, nếu không có sự kiện 30/4 và Mỹ cũng không còn viện trợ kinh tế ồ ạt mỗi năm hơn nửa tỷ USD thì nền kinh tế VNCH phải mất nhiều năm tập cai sữa rồi mới có thể tập bò rồi tập đi bằng đôi chân của mình. Vì thế hãy thôi ảo tưởng quá khứ đi, Sài Gòn là hòn ngọc viễn đông nhưng là hòn ngọc do sự có mặt của người Mỹ tạo ra chứ không phải do nền kinh tế VNCH và những người dân bản địa tạo nên.

The Philippines, China, the U.S., and ASEAN in 2017

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Asia Foundation October 19, 2016
By Steven Rood

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The Philippines will serve as ASEAN Chair in 2017, at which time ASEAN will mark its 50th anniversary. Having successfully served as host of APEC in 2015, the country has demonstrated that facilitating massive, significant international events is well within its capability—thus observers’ attention can focus on substance instead of administrative details. And there is considerable attention directed to the Philippines at the moment, not least because of the outspoken new president, Rodrigo Duterte. Tiếp tục đọc “The Philippines, China, the U.S., and ASEAN in 2017” →

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1963, Vietnam – Hồ sơ mật VN 1963

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Read full text at US State Department website:
– January-August 1963
– August-December 1963
Đọc bản tiếng Việt do nhóm Thiện Pháp chuyển ngữ

VN-related documents (1945-1980) published by US State Department

Preface

The publication Foreign Relations of the United States constitutes the official record of the foreign policy of the United States. The volumes in the series include, subject to necessary security considerations, all documents needed to give a comprehensive record of the major foreign policy decisions of the United States together with appropriate materials concerning the facts that contributed to the formulation of policies. Documents in the files of the Department of State are supplemented by papers from other government agencies involved in the formulation of foreign policy. This volume also includes documents from the private collections of various government officials connected with U.S. policy toward Vietnam.

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