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Wen-Qing Ngoei is author of Arc of Containment: Britain, the United States, and Anticommunism in Southeast Asia. He talked about the post-World War II efforts by Western powers --…

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a discussion previewing the East Asia Summit, slated for November 14-15, 2018, in Singapore. The panel, which included a number of former U.S.…

From the 2018 Gaithersburg Book Festival, Carl Hoffman provided details of the exploration of Borneo in 1984.

Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Joe Hockey talked about Asia-Pacific trade relations at an event hosted by the Washington International Trade Association He spoke at the Australian embassy in…

Vice President Mike Pence delivered remarks at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia. He delivered greetings from President Trump, and talked…

Professor Will Nitzky and MaiHoua Lo talked about the “Hmong Reflections: Stories of Our Own” exhibit at the Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology. C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop…

Officals from 2016 presidential nominees Hillary Clinton (D) and Donald Trump (R) talked about their candidates' policy proposals on East Asia. Other topics included U.S-China relations and…

President Obama held a press conference at the conclusion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Vientiane, Laos, and the end of his nine-day Asia trip. He talked about his legacy in…

President Obama made opening remarks at the ASEAN summit in Vientiane, Laos.

President Obama joined Southeast Asia leaders for a group photograph at the 4th ASEAN-US Summit.

Foreign policy experts talked about the impact of the arms trade in East Asia, and the U.S. strategy for the Asia-Pacific region. Professor Thomas Berger said a major problem with the arms trade is the…

President Obama held a news conference at the conclusion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Rancho Mirage, California. He talked about some of the agreements reached during…

Panelists talked about U.S. foreign affairs issues, including conflicts in Ukraine, Iraq, Southeast Asia, and other regions. “Ukraine, Iraq, and Southeast Asia: Hot Spots Around the Globe”…

Ambassador Susan Rice and Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes discussed President Obama’s upcoming trip to Asia during the daily White House briefing. His stops would include Japan,…

Nominees testified about their qualifications to represent the U.S. as ambassadors to Sri Lanka, Maldives, Iraq, and Tajikstan. Much of the hearing focused on working with Iraqi leaders to…

Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell spoke about U.S. policy in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Among his comments he discussed the situation in Myanmar, also known as Burma, and…

Historian Peter Coclanis talked about how the history of the American South is connected to Asia and the Pacific as well as to the Atlantic World and its slave trade. He spoke about this global impact on Southern culture. He…

Senator Kit Bond talked about his book The Next Front: Southeast Asia and the Road to Global Peace with Islam (Wiley; September 15, 2009). In the book Senator Bond, who co-wrote the book with Lewis Simons, argues…

This was the first of a series of hearings on China and was entitled "U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Globalization". The first panel consisted of Deputy Secretary of State John…

The panelists talked about the history of U.S.-Pakistan relations and the internal politics of Pakistan. They focused on the elections in Pakistan scheduled to take place in January 2008.…