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White House Visit for Myanmar's Thein Sein Historic, and Earned
In a show of just how far Myanmar has come, President Thein Sein — the unlikeliest of reformers — is in Washington to meet President Barack Obama at the White House on Monday.
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Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Accuses India of 'Warmongering'
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar told an audience at Asia Society that despite tough talk from India this week, Pakistan remains committed to dialogue with the country to find "peacefully coexist."
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Foreign Minister: Pakistan, US Emphatically Allies Against Terrorism
In talk with Joe Klein, Pakistan's first woman foreign minister stresses joint interests underlying fraught relationship.
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Video: Pakistan's Military Shift From India to Insurgents 'Genuine'
Despite a recent skirmish with its neighbor, the Pakistan military may be serious about putting insurgents on the hit list above India, says Asia Society Senior Advisor Hassan Abbas.
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Video: Chuck Hagel Says 'You Do Have to Engage' With Iran
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel is President Obama's pick for defense secretary. Watch his October 2008 comments on Iran, Pakistan at Asia Society.
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Northeast Asia in 2013: New Beginnings, Old Challenges
Asia Society Associate Fellow Charles Armstrong discusses what all the political transitions of 2012 will mean for the upcoming year.
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In 2013, Washington's Asian 'Rebalance' Needs to Start at Home
U.S. leaders must educate the public about the assumptions on which they are already working — that engagement in Asia is both crucial and irreversible, writes Asia Society's Matt Stumpf.
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North Korea Playing Small Role in S. Korea Election, But Will Loom Large Afterward
If the next government in Seoul makes a bold, strategic decision to re-engage the North, there is good reason to expect that inter-Korean dynamics can improve markedly, writes John Delury.
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Photos: US Ambassador to China Gary Locke at Asia Society New York
American Ambassador to China Gary Locke meets with students and engages in an onstage panel discussion on U.S. relations with China.
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Ambassador Locke: US 'Not Trying to Contain China'
U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke joined ABC News' George Stephanopoulos and Asia Society's Orville Schell in a wide ranging discussion on U.S.-China relations Monday night in New York.
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For China's New Leaders, the Spirit of Deng Remains Strong
Deng Xiaoping biographer Ezra Vogel breaks down four major political perspective in modern China, and suggests which one "trumps" them all.
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