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"rebalance" America's Asia policy, announced in 2011, really mean? It's important that Mr. Obama's trip to Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Malaysia this week clarify his plans for greater engagement with Asia. The policy was initially oversold by the White House and, as a result, is often misun

), the most important trade deal under negotiation today. By eliminating trade barriers and harmonizing regulations, the TPP would connect a dozen Asia-Pacific economies in a massive trade and investment framework covering 40 percent of global gross domestic product. It would directly provide the United St

ensuing years, this marked the beginning of a rebalancing of France’s foreign policy in Asia. Today, France is a leading arms provider to Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Singapore, and—to a lesser degree—Japan. It is the leading country—and one of only two EU countries—participating in freedom of navi

all the more concerning when Chinese influence is less easy to trace. It is impossible to tell, for example, if Huawei’s donation to Chatham House’s Asia-Pacific program will affect this venerable institution’s independence and if UK universities’ self censorship on their Chinese campuses will bleed into their

and Thailand; the other is a victim of government intervention, as in Korea and China. The two worlds can coexist in the same country, for example in Malaysia where independent power producers enjoy solid power purchase agreements while utility Tenaga, which is a large employer and which faces the consumer

tural gas vehicle adoption and accelerating shale gas development. Below is a partial list of structural changes driving long/short opportunities in Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan): 10 Electron Capital Partners, LLC HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024211 --- PAGE BREAK --- Global Utility White Paper CONFIDENTIAL Electron’s struc

olicy. But the issue 1s deeper than that. The Obama administration has declared it HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027109 --- PAGE BREAK --- wants to focus on the Asia-Pacific region and, surprisingly, it means what it says. Only a year after troops withdrew from Iraq, that country is not talked about in Washington, like a

rs. TB: How important has Israel been to the revival of Islam? DP: It is a major factor in the neighboring states. But elsewhere, in Morocco, Iran, Malaysia, it has minor importance. TB: Since the “Arab Spring,” Israel seems increasingly beleaguered. DP: Not really, not yet, though I agree that it will b