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		<title>Keeping Southeast Asia Peaceful</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/26/keeping-southeast-asia-peaceful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southeast Asians want the United States active and engaged in the region, and the U.S. is clearly trying to deliver. But Southeast Asian countries cannot hope to receive full U.S. support in the South China Sea until they resolve ongoing disputes among themselves.
This burst of U.S. activity in Southeast Asia is, in part, a response to China&#8217;s recent assertiveness, particularly in the maritime space (more on that here). Southeast Asians hope drawing the United States more deeply into the region can help balance China&#8217;s heft in multilateral organizations and deter China ...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-South Korea Ties Strengthen as China Shirks Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/13/u-s-south-korea-ties-strengthen-as-china-shirks-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the UN Security Council came out with a weak statement that failed to assign blame for the attack and sinking of a South Korean naval ship in March. China and Russia declined to participate in an international inquiry, watered down the Security Council statement, and now willfully look the other way as North Korea continues denying its involvement. The Council&#8217;s statement mentioned the results of the internationally-backed inquiry that showed a North Korean torpedo was responsible, but that was all.
Frankly, Korean president Lee Mung-bak failed to take advantage ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sinking of the Cheonan: Opportunity and Danger</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/23/sinking-of-the-cheonan-opportunity-and-danger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea has a history of aggressive behavior towards the South. So it would not be entirely out of character for it to have ordered an attack on a South Korean ship in retaliation for a naval skirmish last year, as some are alleging (including a North Korean defector).
If it becomes clear that North Korea&#8217;s top leaders ordered this attack, with a probable death toll of 46 sailors, the South Korean public will demand a forceful response from President Lee Myung-bak. Since the Cheonan was sunk nearly four weeks ago, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Moving on Trade</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/12/17/moving-on-trade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced this week that the United States will negotiate to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which currently includes New Zealand, Chile, Brunei, and Singapore. As more countries join&#8211;Australia, Peru, and Vietnam will negotiate to join with us&#8211;this could be the start of a more robust U.S. trade agenda in Asia. Kirk even said Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea should join an agreement, too.
But is the United States really ready for an agreement like this? And is the Obama administration really serious about moving forward on ...]]></description>
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		<title>The United States in the New Asia</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/11/03/the-united-states-in-the-new-asia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working for the past few months on preparing a report, The United States in the New Asia, which was released today by the Council on Foreign Relations. The authors, Evan Feigenbaum and Bob Manning, are veterans of the Bush administration with a deep appreciation for Asian sensibilities.
But Evan and Bob mince no words in criticizing the host of largely useless multilateral institutions that have been built up in Asia over the past 10-20 years. They observe, sharply, that &#8220;creating multilateral forums has rivaled badminton as the leading indoor ...]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s &#8220;East Asian Community&#8221; and Its Impact on America&#8217;s Interests</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/10/13/japans-east-asian-community-and-its-impact-on-americas-interests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2009/10/13/japans-east-asian-community-and-its-impact-on-americas-interests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s excellent Foreign Policy article by Dan Sneider and Richard Katz attempts to make sense of Japanese PM Hatoyama&#8217;s concept of an &#8220;East Asian Community.&#8221; This is an article well worth reading. The main argument: just because Japan is looking more towards Asia does not mean that Japan is distancing itself from the United States. Indeed, the U.S. has encouraged Japan to take on a more assertive regional profile in the past. The region is changing, and it is to be expected that the U.S.-Japan alliance will need to change ...]]></description>
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