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	<title>Daniel Michaeli: Asia Ruminations &#187; U.S. Policy</title>
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	<description>Asian Geopolitics, Domestic Politics, and Everything in Between</description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Negotiate an Investment Treaty with China</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2011/04/09/lets-negotiate-an-investment-treaty-with-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2011/04/09/lets-negotiate-an-investment-treaty-with-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 8 April 2011.
Publication: The Huffington Post.
Author: Daniel Michaeli.
In recent years, Beijing has asked repeatedly for a treaty that would give U.S. investors in China greater and more enforceable rights. It is high time for the Obama administration to respond seriously &#8212; by concluding its open-ended review of bilateral investment treaties and working one out with China. The U.S. and China should work aggressively over the next several weeks to prepare to announce a timeline for negotiations at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington next month.
American firms have ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hu Jintao&#8217;s State Visit (Radio Interview)</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2011/01/18/hu-jintaos-state-visit-radio-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media: Colombia National Radio &#8211; &#8220;Coffee and News&#8221; Morning Show (Live).
Subjects: Issues likely to come up in the state visit; human rights; valuation of the Chinese Renminbi and risk of a &#8220;currency war.&#8221;
Length: 8:07.

This was a live interview conducted in English; Spanish interpretation follows each question and answer.


Note: If you have trouble with the embedded MP3 file above, you can open or download the interview directly here. The story on the Colombia National Radio web site can be accessed here.
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		<title>Obama in India: Testing a New World Order, Starting with the Security Council</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/11/08/obama-in-india-testing-a-new-world-order-starting-with-the-security-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/11/08/obama-in-india-testing-a-new-world-order-starting-with-the-security-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 8 November 2010.
Publication: The Huffington Post.
Author: Daniel Michaeli.
The future of American global influence will be decided in Asia, and India&#8217;s success could be a prerequisite for America&#8217;s long-term position in the region. So President Obama just made a substantial step towards securing U.S. interests in Asia by endorsing India&#8217;s aspiration to greater global and regional influence. He declared today in New Delhi, &#8220;I look forward to a reformed U.N. Security Council that includes India as a permanent member.&#8221; Indians have been waiting for this for a long time.
Successive U.S. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Southeast Asia Peaceful</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/26/keeping-southeast-asia-peaceful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/26/keeping-southeast-asia-peaceful/#comments</comments>
		<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>Obama Skips Asia (Again)</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/06/05/obama-skips-asia-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/06/05/obama-skips-asia-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fact that President Obama canceled yet another trip to Asia (after having canceled his March trip and deciding to skip Indonesia in November) is disappointing. This makes sense from the narrow American political perspective; Obama is afraid the Gulf oil spill could become his &#8220;Hurricane Katrina&#8221; incident, exposing the U.S. government as aloof and unable to respond to crises.
But the message sent to the Asia-Pacific region is not a good one.
Australia, like the United States, is a &#8220;Pacific&#8221; but not an &#8220;Asian&#8221; power. While Japan has jumped at opportunities ...]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let Iran Hijack the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/05/24/dont-let-iran-hijack-the-u-s-china-strategic-and-economic-dialogue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/05/24/dont-let-iran-hijack-the-u-s-china-strategic-and-economic-dialogue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 24 May 2010.
Publication: The Huffington Post.
Authors: Daniel Michaeli and Joel Backaler.
Monday&#8217;s Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China provides the Obama administration with an opportunity to forge agreements in a number of areas of crucial significance for both U.S. economic competitiveness and strategic stability in Asia&#8211;but only if U.S. negotiators are willing to give non-headline topics the attention they deserve.
At this time of economic uncertainty, the future of the American economy is firmly linked to the ability of U.S. companies to compete for marketshare in China, the world&#8217;s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Give Up the 2006 Futenma Agreement: There&#8217;s More to the U.S.-Japan Alliance</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/05/10/give-up-the-2006-futenma-agreement-theres-more-to-the-u-s-japan-alliance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/05/10/give-up-the-2006-futenma-agreement-theres-more-to-the-u-s-japan-alliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In negotiations between democracies, the atmosphere and public perceptions of the negotiations can matter even more than their paper outcome. In negotiations with Japan over relocating Futenma, the U.S. Marine Corps air station in the middle of Ginowan City, it&#8217;s time for the United States to recognize that. Maintaining an effective relationship with the Japanese public requires a policy change on Futenma relocation.
The U.S. bases much of its presence in Japan on Okinawa, an island strategically located near the Taiwan Strait. The tactical arguments for why the U.S. marines need ...]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/23/sinking-of-the-cheonan-opportunity-and-danger/#comments</comments>
		<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>China&#8217;s Approach to Iran (Radio Interview)</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/16/chinas-approach-to-iran-radio-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/16/chinas-approach-to-iran-radio-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media: Voice of America.
Subjects: Chinese interests in the Middle East, the China-Iran economic relationship, Iran, Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, and differing Chinese and U.S. foreign policy priorities.
Length: 2:43.

This segment on China&#8217;s interests in Iran, including the energy trading relationship, includes interviews with Erica Downs of the Brookings Institution and myself.


Note: If you have trouble with the embedded MP3 file above, you can open or download the interview directly here. See the written report on Voice of America&#8217;s web site here.
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		<title>Chinese Executives&#8217; Support for Currency Realignment (Print Interview)</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/03/25/interview-on-chinese-executives-support-for-currency-realignment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/03/25/interview-on-chinese-executives-support-for-currency-realignment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media: BusinessWeek (Cover Story).
Clip: &#8220;A coordinated message with these leaders changes the narrative,&#8221; says  Daniel Michaeli, a Sino-American relations expert who runs the Asia  Ruminations blog.
Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_14/b4172038526024.htm
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