SINGAPORE: Last week, ten foreign ministers from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Hanoi. When their initial gathering ended, they hosted their counterparts from across the region, including US Secretary of State Hillary (...)
This is the season for Asian gatherings. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Thailand in late October brought all the key players of Asia together. Come mid-November, almost all of them will meet again in Singapore at the (...)
NEW YORK: The recent decision by Myanmar's government to sentence pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a further 18 months' house arrest shows how difficult it is to deal with that country's ruling generals. Yet the first steps toward a new (...)
SINGAPORE: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to travel to Asia again in July to meet foreign ministers at the ASEAN Regional Forum, and to visit India. On her first Asian trip in February, she provided a welcome contrast to the past (...)