Thursday, November 12, 2009

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- November 12, 2009


U.S. Making SE Asia A Major Priority In Sign Of China's Rise -- Frank Ching, China Post

This week, Barack Obama will make his first visit to Southeast Asia since becoming president of the United States, confirming a new direction in American foreign policy.

He will attend a meeting in Singapore of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and, while there, will meet with the leaders of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Significantly, he plans to include the Prime Minister of Myanmar, or Burma, a country long shunned by Washington, in the meeting.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

The Road Ahead for Asia's Economies -- Geithner, Indrawati & Shanmugaratnam, WSJ

Reshaping an Asian Partnership -- Sheila A. Smith, Washington Post

End of Whose History? -- Kishore Mahbubani, IHT

Make The Visit Count -- G Parthasarathy, Times of India

How India must face the Chinese threat -- Bharat Verma, Rediff

US finally wise to Pyongyang's ways -- Andrei Lankov, Asia Times

Kim Jong Il's Cry for Help -- Jiyeon Lee, Global Post

Lessons for dealing more effectively with the Islamic Republic -- Emily B. Landau, Daily Star

No wonder the Afghan review is taking so long -- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal

The US Needs to Teach Hamid Karzai a Thing or Two -- Max Boot, Los Angeles Times

The UN is losing credibility by keeping Karzai in power -- Peter Galbraith, the Independent

Vietnam, Afghanistan and Learning from History -- Gordon M. Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

Is it safe to ignore Hugo Chávez's bellicose rhetoric? -- Washington Post editorial

Hugo Chávez looks like he's preparing for war with Colombia. Don't be fooled. -- Mac Margolis, Newsweek

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