Reportaje The Diplomat, 11.05.2015 John Sifton, director de Human Rights Watch en AsiaThe Trans-Pacific Partnership won’t do much to improve the human rights situation in Asia. To hear the Obama Administration tell it, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, is a win-win and cure-all. It will create jobs in the U.S., improve labor and environmental protections, improve business transparency...
Prelude to a Japanese Revival
Artículo Geopolitical Weekly, 28.04.2015 John Minnich analista político y económico (U. de Cornell)Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived in Washington, the third stop on his maiden voyage to the United States since assuming office in 2012. Over the next two days, he will hold a summit with U.S. President Barack Obama on U.S.-Japanese defense and trade cooperation,...
Weighing the Geopolitics of the Vietnam War
Análisis Stratfor Global Intelligence, 03.05.2015Summary South Vietnam's capital city, Saigon, fell to invading North Vietnamese troops on April 30, 1975. The image of an overloaded Huey helicopter on top of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, frantically loading refugees, was forever seared into the American mind. It was the ignominious end of more than a decade of involvement by the...
Beyond the US Rebalance to Asia: A Regional Perspective
Columna The Diplomat, 29.04.2015 David LangA look at what US allies and partners are doing in the Asia-Pacific. The future of America’s rebalance to the Asia–Pacific continues to be a topic of much discussion and speculation. There’s no doubt that the rebalance has steadily continued over the past few years—albeit with less fanfare than many thought would be...
Over Half of World Piracy Attacks Now in ASEAN
Columna Politico Magazine, 25.04.2015 Prashanth ParameswaranA new report has some troubling numbers for the region on this score. Southeast Asia accounts for over half of the world’s piracy and armed robbery incidents in 2015, according to a report released by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB). The IMB’s figures indicate that Southeast Asia accounted for 55 percent of the world’s...