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NOV 19, 2009
Obama’s Beijing balancing act points to the new challenge for the west
The Guardian
Yet beyond the hard power relations, there is an almost philosophical question about how we in the west engage with China. There are, it seems to me, two basic approaches we could adopt. As he swayed on his tightrope, the end of Obama's balancing pole pointed sometimes to one, sometimes to the other. The first approach, which China's rulers like, is to say this: you have your traditions, your civilisation, your culture, your values; and we have ours. In a world of very diverse sovereign great powers, the only basis for international order is mutual respect.
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NOV 19, 2009
A new courtship for Southeast Asia
Asia Times
As United States President Barack Obama's Asia tour wraps up this week, his takeaway message was clear: the US is back in the region. In Southeast Asia, that message is translating into renewed engagement which, while not aimed exclusively at containing China's growing influence, is certainly targeted at fostering greater competition for the loyalty of individual countries.
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NOV 18, 2009
Have Work, Will Travel
The New York Times
Working Holiday programs were created to foster youth mobility, but they also encourage the exchange of cultural values. Participants serve as ambassadors for their home country and gain a greater appreciation for their host. And participants, like any tourists, contribute to the economy; Working Holiday travelers spend about $1.2 billion annually in Australia
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NOV 18, 2009
Uncle Sam hasn’t abandoned Taiwan
The China Post
Probably to the disappointment of Taipei, President Barack Obama did not mention the Taiwan Relations Act as one of the four pillars of Washington's China policy, since the United States normalized relations with China in 1979. After a summit meeting with Obama in Beijing, his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao said China “approves of President Obama's repeated reiteration of the one-China principle.”
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NOV 18, 2009
President Obama in Asia: The Bow, the Handshake and the Smile
Baker Institute Blog
Is President Obama "advertising weakness" in Asia? Conservative critics...have accused Obama of practicing a destructive "diplomacy of deference" in which American supremacy overseas is weakened by inept public diplomacy. Obama's bow to the Japanese emperor, his handshake with Myanmar's prime minister at the APEC conclave in Singapore, and his town hall meeting with university students in Shanghai are exhibits A, B and C, according to this analysis.
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NOV 18, 2009
How the U.S.-China Relationship Has Changed
The Atlantic Wire
After debating Obama's town hall speech and negotiations over the trade imbalance, commentators have begun scrutinizing the overall dynamics of the trip. Was Obama as assertive as his predecessors? While there weren't any dramatic face-offs between the American president and his Chinese counterpart, commentators found signs that the U.S.-China relationship has changed.
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 Pax Asia-Pacifica: Asia’s Emerging Identity and Implications for U.S. Policy
Notwithstanding headline-grabbing political tensions among China, Japan and Korea, East Asia is moving toward a more cohesive regional community, especially in the economic and cultural realms. This development has significant ramifications for America’s long-standing preeminence in the region. Yet the United States can remain a vital element in Asia by engaging, rather than trying to block, the evolutions underway.
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![]() Japanese views of the U.S.: a special relationship and the difference of memories
MAR 11, 2010
Adam Clayton Powell III
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![]() PD Lessons from a Chinese New Year Gala
FEB 24, 2010
APDS Bloggers
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 How to Promote Economic Development: Your Sister City as a Tool
Sister Cities International
February 27, 2010
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 Virginia Haufler: Governing Corporations in Zones of Conflict -Issues, Actors & Institutions
CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
12:00 PM, Thursday, November 19, 2009
Venue: USC; SOS B40
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 God Needs No Passport: Immigrants and the Changing American Religious Landscape
A lecture by Peggy Levitt of Wellesley College and Harvard University
5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Venue: USC; Montgomery Ross Fisher Building, Room 340
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