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The East-West Center contributes to a peaceful, prosperous and just Asia Pacific community by serving as a hub for cooperative research, education and dialogue on critical issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the US. The Asia Pacific Bulletin (APB) publishes short articles, analysis and opinion pieces, as well as summaries of conferences, seminars, visitor and roundtables.

Publishers: East-West Center (EWC)
Publications: The United States and Pakistan Need Each Other for Stability and Peace in Afghanistan
Addressing the Root Causes of Conflict-Driven Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia
Opportunities and Challenges of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Implications for US Policy and Pakistan
Two Myths and Two Realities behind Japan’s Support for Globalization
Regional Order Reconfigured: China, Japan, and the United States in the Evolving Asia Pacific
Vietnam is a Promising Partner for the Trump Administration
Japan-India Development and Security Cooperation Should be Steady, not Rushed
US Opportunities for Positive Engagement with Thailand and the Philippines
North Korea Policy: Failure is the Only Option
Uncertainty in ASEAN-China-US Relations on the South China Sea
The Trump Presidency and the Future of Indo-US Relations
The Two Levels of Russia´s South China Sea Policies
Australian Defense Policy in the Trump Era
Sri Lanka Suffers from China´s Indian Ocean Strategy
Power Asymmetry in the China-India Brahmaputra River Dispute
Foreign Direct Investment and National Security: Regulatory Challenges for the US and Japan
South Asia´s Efforts at Regional Reintegration: Fantasy or Feasible?
Vacillations and Dramas Exist in Sino- Philippines Relations Too
Bilateral and Regional Implications of the US-Philippine Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA)
Australia-Philippines Relationship Status: It´s Complicated
Can China Participate in Middle East Stabilization Efforts by Supporting Regional Connectivity?
Duterte, Mindanao, and Political Culture
PACOM’s Role in Sustaining Indo-Asia- Pacific Security
India-Japan-US Trilateral Dialogue Gains Additional Traction
Sino-Myanmar Relations in Myanmar's Election Year
AICHR in October 2015: Change or Continuity in the Diplomatic Club?
Realist Indonesia’s Drift away from ASEAN
China’s Non-Military Maritime Assets as a Force Multiplier for Security
Building Japan-ROK Relations through East Asian Maritime Security
A Long Way from Sharing a Mountain: Japan-China Relations and the Creation of the AIIB
Misinformation Hinders Debate on THAAD Deployment in Korea
Opening Australia's
Indian Navy Role in Yemen and Beyond Highlights Range of Objectives
Next Steps for US-South Korea Civil Nuclear Cooperation
How the ASEAN Economic Community Will Benefit American Companies
Claimant Tactics in the South China Sea: By the Numbers
Japan Needs a New Mechanism to Bridge the Public and Private Sectors
Is China Driving PM Modi's
How to Deepen Asia-Latin America Economic Relations
The Third Way: Japan’s Policy on Nuclear Energy
An Australian Perspective on the
South Korea’s Policy Choices in the TPP Era
Searching for the
An Emerging 3rd Pillar in Asian Architecture? AIIB and Other China-led Initiatives
A Little Help from Our Friends: Security Partnerships and the Rebalance
Anchors and Antidotes: The Japan-Australia Strategic Partnership
The Conflict in Northern Myanmar: Another American Anti-China Conspiracy?
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: New Paradigm or Old Wine in a New Bottle?
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
India’s Economic Potential in Looking East
Powering Paradises: Recommendations for the Hawai‘i-Okinawa Clean Energy Initiative
Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2015: Perspectives and Prospects
Eyes on the Prize? The Philippines-US Alliance and Defense Modernization
Mongolian Participation in an Upgraded Eurasian Energy and Transport Grid
The United States: Still Singapore’s Indispensable Partner?
Time to Get Serious about Regional Institution-Building in Asia
Australia and the Importance of Being Global
China’s Grand Strategy is not Absent, Just Contradictory
Russia Plays a Pragmatic Game on the Chinese Chess Board During APEC and EAS
Shinzo Abe’s Struggle in the Indian Ocean Region
India’s Joint Andaman and Nicobar Command is a Failed Experiment
Modi’s Canberra Visit: Continuing the Momentum
Modi Meets Abbott: A New Start for Australia-India Relations?
Myanmar: Taking the Long View
India's Strategic Culture and US-India Ties
Asia’s Importance, China’s Expansion and US Strategy: What Should Be Done?
America's Aging Society Problem
US-India Relations after the Modi Visit
What Place for the Asia-Pacific in French Global Strategy?
China’s Shifting Perceptions of India: The Context of Xi Jinping’s Visit to India
ISIL, a Growing Threat in Indonesia?
Economic and Security Reform in Japan: Harder Than it Looks
Understanding the Persistence of American Alliances and Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific
US Comfort Women Memorials: Vehicles for Understanding and Change
Prospects for US-India Economic Relations Under Prime Minister Modi
Jokowi's Rise and Indonesia's Second Democratic Transition
Caveats for the Mongolia-China Strategic Partnership
US Arms Sales to India
Japan’s Cabinet Seeks Changes to Its Peace Constitution — Issues New “Interpretation” of Article Nine
US Should Help Vietnam Counter China’s Coercion
TPP: An Agreement to Bridge the United States with ASEAN and Asia
China's New Calculations in the South China Sea
The Indonesian Presidential Election: Now a Real Horse Race?
Hub and Spokes: How US Allies in Asia Can Contribute to the US Rebalance
Japan-China-Taiwan Relations after Taiwan's Sunflower Movement
The Bay of Bengal
Implications of the US-Philippines Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement
President Obama in Malaysia
Obama’s Visit to Korea: An Unwavering US-ROK Alliance Amidst Regional Tensions
President Obama’s Visit to Malaysia: Looking Beyond Flight MH370
Australia’s Gains in Northeast Asia Pave the Way for Obama’s Trip
Japan’s Domestic Politics Prior to President Obama’s Visit
Moving ASEAN-US Security Relations to a New Level?
China’s Dilemma in the Ukraine Crisis
Mongolian Foreign Relations Surge Indicates New Activist Agenda for 2014
The New Vietnamese Vocabulary for Foreign and Defense Relations
China’s Media Crackdown is a Growing Concern
Russia and Japan: Can Two-Plus-Two Equal More Than Four?
Can China and India Coexist in Myanmar?
China, India and Indonesia—Building Trust Amidst Hostility
An Emergent US Security Strategy in Southeast Asia
Japan in East Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for 2014
Innovation, the 'Third Arrow' and US-Japan Relations
Beijing Calculates Cross-Strait Relations: Waiting for the Melon to Drop
Rebalancing the US Army Towards Asia
The Rise of China: What to Watch For
Vietnam in ASEAN and ASEAN in Vietnam
Myanmar-China-US: The Potential for Triangular Cooperation
North Korea and Mongolia: A New Partnership for Two Old Friends?
Getting to Full Bloom in US-Malaysia Relations
China-ASEAN Relations: Consensus on Principles, Differences on Specifics
Japan-US Alliance Adapts to the Needs of the 21st Century
The ROK-US Alliance at Sixty: Vigorous, but Vigilance Required
Turkey’s Evolving Strategic Balance with China, Japan and South Korea
China's Antidrug Policies in Southeast Asia's Golden Triangle
Patterns of Military Behavior in Myanmar’s New Legislature
US Investors Support the ASEAN Economic Community But Question the 2015 Deadline
Australia’s Foreign and Defense Policies after the September 2013 Election
The Japan-US Alliance is in Danger of Drifting Apart
Korea’s Creative Economy Agenda
NGOs, Piracy and Maritime Crime in Southeast Asia
The Philippines’ Security Cooperation with the United States and Japan
Abe’s Real Challenge is the Japanese Economy
High Hopes and New Realities for the Vietnam-US Relationship
Rebalancing NGO Contributions to Public Health in Asia
Learning to Love NGOs
Social Media's Growing Influence on Cambodian Politics
The Expanding Indo-Japanese Partnership
Strategic Implications of TPP: Answering the Critics
US and Japanese National Security Regulation on Foreign Direct Investment
Japanese Historical Reconciliation Should Begin at Home with Okinawa
Australia and India
Malaysia’s Election and Najib’s Challenged Mandate
Deciphering Australia’s Defense Budget
South Korea: National Security or National Pride Regarding Japan?
Japan’s Disaster Relief Diplomacy
Conflict Prevention Urgent for the Senkaku Conundrum
Promoting Standards Harmonization in the Fight Against Climate Change
Pakistan’s Nuclear Labyrinth and the Future of Democratization
The Ongoing Talibanization of Karachi
Dignity in International Relations
Why China’s Return to the Sea May not be all Bad
Japan's Crucial Role in Afghanistan
The United States: The Hidden Actor in the Senkaku Islands
South Korea: Give Nukes a Chance
Grading Europe in the Asia-Pacific: European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2013
Reef and Relations: Is the Philippines-US Alliance Finally Maturing?
Sri Lanka's Ongoing Shift to Authoritarianism
China's Intervention in the Myanmar- Kachin Peace Talks
Tourism in Yap and Micronesia
Japanese Politics: “Season Three”
Bumpy Road to the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
Can the CCP Really Afford to Play the Nationalist Card?
Japan's Election: Watching the Wrong Hawks
The Collective Influence of Smaller States in the US-China Security Dilemma
India's Military Modernization and the Changing US-China Power Balance
US-ASEAN Relations: Advances Made But Challenges Remain
Strategic Imperatives for US–Japan Outer Space Cooperation
After Obama's Visit: The US-Thailand Alliance and China
Obama in Thailand: Charting a New Course for the Alliance?
Closer US-India Relations Benefit the United States and Mississippi
Whatever Happened to Myanmar as the
Chinese Domestic Debates on Public Diplomacy
China’s Transparency Deficit Complicates Beijing’s Regional Outreach
Mongolia's Turn at the
Results, Expectations, and Challenges for Cambodia’s 2012 ASEAN Chairmanship
Sri Lanka’s Ongoing Struggle for Democracy
Chinese Strategic Miscalculations in the South China Sea
Confusion Down Under: Australia and the US Pivot to Asia
Drop the Fallacy: The United States is Not Blocking China's Rise
Uncomfortable Truths: Breaking the Impasse in the South China Sea
South China Sea: Not Just About “Free Navigation”
What Went Wrong with the ROK-Japan Military Pact?
Restraint for Now: Pakistan’s Supreme Court Seeks Compromise with Government
The Message Behind Secretary Clinton’s Trip to Mongolia
The US Pivot to Asia and Asia's Pivot to the US
Part of the Pivot? The Washington Declaration and US-NZ Relations
Understanding China’s Foreign Policy Crisis Behavior
Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan: Japanese Leadership at a Critical Juncture
Accepting Immigrants: Japan’s Last Opportunity for Economic Revival
Future Challenges in the US-Philippines Alliance
Smoke and Mirrors: Malaysia’s
Innovation: A New Focus for US-Japan Economic Cooperation
Political Reforms in Malaysia: Winds of Change or Hot Air?
UK-Japan Defense Cooperation
Rising Tensions Over China's Monopoly on Rare Earths?
Reluctant India, Rising China and Alliance Politics in the Asia-Pacific
Burma/Myanmar’s By-Elections: Will Personalities Trump Institutions?
False Hopes for Chinese Economic “Integration”
Inching Forward at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit
China-North Korea: Renewal of the “Blood Alliance”
No Hedging in Canberra: The Australia-US Alliance in the
The Significance of Burma/Myanmar’s By-Elections
US Agricultural Exports to ASEAN Grow— But Face Competition
“Linsanity,” Social Media and US-Asia Relations
US–Vietnam: New Strategic Partners Begin Tough Trade Talks
Syria: What China Has Learned From its Libya Experience
India, Thailand and the Burma Connection
The Foundations of China’s Future Stability
Southeast Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and the Nuclear-Weapon States
US-China Competition in Asia: Legacies Help America
Indonesia's Blasphemy Law: Bleak Outlook for Minority Religions
Taiwan: Crisis Deferred, But Maybe Not For Long
The Emerging Strategic Dynamic in Southeast Asia
India's FDI Retail Policy Suspension: Set Back to Market Reforms
Developing Trust in Asia Amidst New US Military Deployments: An Indonesian Perspective
Pakistan Grants India Most Favored Nation Trading Status?
Europe's Renaissance or Its Judgment Day?
Power Diplomacy at the 2011 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
China and the United States: Hacking Away at Cyber Warfare
China Still Has a Long Way to Go
ASEAN's Dilemma: Courting Washington Without Hurting Beijing
Jade or JADE? Debating International Sanctions on Burma's Gem Industry
Something is Happening: This Time in Thailand
The South China Sea:
The United States Should Strengthen Ties With the Smaller Countries of South Asia
People Power in Malaysia
ASEAN Regional Forum 2011
US-India Relations
New Common Strategic Objectives for the US-Japan Alliance
Malaysia's Political Awakening
Shanghai Cooperation Organization Has Wind in Its Sails
New Imperial China
Policy Lessons for Japanese Disaster Responses
US-Japan Security Relations: Towards a
Incomplete Reform of India's Service Sector
Soul Searching Singapore's 2011 General Election
ASEAN Should Forge Ahead with Integration Despite Territorial Disputes
After the Earthquake: Reinvigorating US-Japan Policy Dialogue
The China-South Korea Japan Triangle
US-India: Parallel Links Along China's Southern Periphery
Developing US-Mongolian Relations
Incrementally Stabilizing China-US Relations at the 2011 S&ED
US-ASEAN 2010 Goods Trade
Reimagining Chinese Indonesians in Democratic Indonesia
Multilateralizing Chindia
The Japan-India Nuclear Agreement
The Fukushima Crisis and the Future of Japan's Power Industry
Want a New Map of Asia? Include the United States
Evolution, Not Revolution: The US-NZ Security Partnership
Dealing with Davis: Inconsistencies in the US-Pakistan Relationship
A Step Too Far
Australia and Japan: Allies in Partnership
Cambodia's Bumpy Development Road
India and Indonesia: Renewing Asia's Collective Destiny
Gandhi and Gaddafi: The Nonviolent Road to Revolution?
Bloody Blasphemy: Antagonizing Religious Minorities in Indonesia and Pakistan
What Can the United States Learn from Russia's Relations with ASEAN Countries?
Japan's National Security Policy: New Directions, Old Restrictions
Glum and Glummer in Japan
Indonesia-India Relations: It's Business as Unusual
Vietnam's Eleventh Party Congress
China’s Confucius Institutes
If South Korea Retaliates
Japan's 2010 National Defense Program Guidelines
The Human Trafficking Problem in US-Malaysia Relations
Time to Think Anew and Act Anew on Myanmar (Burma)
Chinese Domestic Debates on Soft Power and Public Diplomacy
The Wrong Numbers
Nakaima Wins in Okinawa
US-India Relations: From Vision to Process
President Obama Adds a Personal Touch to the US-Indonesia Relations
A Taste of Things to Come
US-Cambodia Relations: New Momentum
On the Sidelines of the G-20
60th Anniversary of China's Involvement in the Korean War
Pakistan's Courts: A Counterterrorism Challenge
Will Post-Elections Australia Pursue a Course Independent of the United States?
ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting-Plus: The
The Second US-ASEAN Leaders Meeting
A Mosque, A Temple, An Idea
US Reengagement in the Asia-Pacific region
China's Ambitions in the South China Sea
How to Contain Radical Islam
Vietnam-US Relations: Past, Present, Future
Thinking Beyond Kopassus
US-Vietnam Relations: A Scorecard
It Takes Two to Tango: The Delicate Dance Between India and Burma
WikiLeaks Intensifies Afghanistan Debate
Noynoy Aquino: A Philippine Nixon?
Cooperation and Pragmatism: Malaysian Foreign Policy Under Najib
The US-ROK Alliance and China
The 2010 US QDR and Its Impact on China
America Misses Another Asian Opportunity
A Strategic Re-Engagement Perspective for ASEAN and the United States
The New Guam Doctrine
On Afghanistan: Keep India in the Loop
The 2010 US Nuclear Posture Review and its Implications for Japan
Vietnamese Diplomacy in 2010
The Obama Administrations' Deepening Engagement Throughout Oceania
The 2010 QDR and Asia: Message for the Region
ASEAN's Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and Civil Society Initiatives in Southeast Asia
From Rebels to Soldiers
Denuclearization Negotiations With North Korea are Worth Pursuing
Pyongyang's Failed Currency Reform
Diffusing Tensions Over China's Exchange Rate Policy
Improved Cross-Strait Relations Confusing to the Japanese
US-Burma Relations:
Japan's Approach to Building Peace
The Cambodia-Thailand Conflict
The Democratic Party of Japan and North Korea Policy
The United States-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership and the New Yudhoyono Administration
Bill Clinton in North Korea
The ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights and Beyond
Learning From Recent Global Health Disaster Risk Cases
Indonesia's Role in India's Look East Policy
Is a Strategic Alignment Possible for South Korea and China?
The Presidential Election: Safeguarding Mongolia's Democratic Future
China's Stimulus Package
Modifying US Burma Policy
North Korean Missile Test: Remedial Action
Rebuilding the US-Indonesian Security Relationship
An Indian Perception of the Tibetan Situation
Thaksin's Time Atop Thailand's Politics May Be Over
Calming the Waters in Maritime Southeast Asia
Japan-North Korea Relations: The Forgotten Agenda
The North Korean Food Situation
China and the Global Financial Crisis
Mongolia's Cloudy Future: Part II
Under Foreign Pressure, Chinese Support Their Government
Burma's Dramatic Year: Harbingers of Transition?
Cambodia's 2008 Parliamentary Elections
India Rescues the Nuclear Pact and its Foreign Policy
Mongolia's Cloudy Future
Will Japan Be Out of Tune With A Concert of Democracies?
Takeaways from the 2008 Shangri-La Dialogue
Managing Sino-Japan-U.S. Relations
Hu Jintao's Japan Visit
Nepal's 2008 Constituent Assembly Elections
Burma's Referendum in 2008
Australia-India Relations
Malaysia's 12th General Election
Pakistan: Between Rocks and Hard Places as Elections Approach
New US Trade Strategies in Southeast Asia
Taiwan's 2008 Legislative Elections
Gujarat's December 2007 Elections
Lee Myung-Bak's Continuities and Challenges
Malaysia's November 2007 Protests
Elections and Democracy in Thailand
Kevin Rudd and the U.S. Alliance
Prospects for Taiwan-PRC Peace Under New Leaders
United States Relations with ASEAN at Thirty (Executive Summary)
United States Relations with ASEAN at Thirty
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