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The 18th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) closed its doors on 24 July and the overall positive results seem to have satisfied the 27 delegations (the ten ASEAN members and the 17 dialogue partners such as Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, US, the EU, Russia and India) who met in Bali. Nevertheless, despite the fact that [...]

In the last several weeks, China and Vietnam have been accusing each other over the disputed islands situated in the South China Sea. The last episode to rekindle tensions between the two former enemies occurred 26 May, when Chinese patrol boats intentionally severed a seismic cable towed by a Vietnamese survey vessel

The question remains open, casting a shadow over the future of millions of people in South East Asia. Yet there seems to be nothing the main political forum of the region can do about it. When the leaders of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) gather for a summit in Jakarta, the very controversial issue of a giant dam planned on the Mekong river, high up…

‘‘Myanmar sta cercando di muovere verso democrazia, stabilità nazionale e sviluppo”, e’ il messaggio del primo segretario dell’Spdc (State Peace and Development Council, il governo birmano), Tin Aung Myint Oo durante l’incontro con Li Changchun, membro dell’Ufficio politico del comitato centrale del Partito comunista cinese (Pcc), avvenuto a Pechino. Il rappresentante birmano, a capo di [...]

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission ASIA: A general view of the conditions of women in Asian countries International Women’s Day–2010 Today the world is looking to women for change in what remains a situation that offends human rights on a daily basis. In its work as a listener and voice to claims [...]

U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership: Will It Work? – by Fabio Scarpello www.fabioscarpello.com World Politics Review Denpasar [Indonesia] – Under the leadership of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, U.S.-Indonesia ties have progressively strengthened since he first took office in 2004. Yudhoyono earned a masters degree in the U.S. and has never hidden his liking for the States. So [...]

Sono ripresi nel tardo pomeriggio i colloqui del summit sul clima in corso a Copenhagen dopo che i delegati del gruppo ‘G77-China’, in rappresentanza dei 130 Paesi in via di sviluppo, avevano deciso di sospendere la propria partecipazione in segno di protesta. Tale ripresa, però, si è limitata alle sole consultazioni informali. Questa mattina i [...]

“No al protezionismo” e incentivi al libero scambio. Con queste parole e obiettivi i 21 rappresentanti dell’Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) si erano saluti a Lima lo scorso anno, in attesa di ritrovarsi il 14 novembre prossimo a Singapore, dove si terrà il 21esimo summit. Un anno è trascorso dall’ultima presenza ufficiale in contesto internazionale di [...]