
This conference brought together leading scholars and practitioners from the United States, Europe, and the Arab world to examine the complex dynamics underway within al-Qaeda.

The recent military coup could provide an opportunity to break Thailand’s political impasse if the Thai military rises above partisan politics and acts in the genuine interest of the country’s political development.

Opening its financial system to foreign participation can bring many benefits to Myanmar, but a phased approach would be better than rapidly opening the floodgates to foreign investment in banking.

Thailand can’t move forward without fresh elections, which are scheduled for July, yet it can’t seem to hold them either. And its electoral dysfunction is causing economic as well as political paralysis: GDP is hardly growing.

The concluded nuclear agreement with Vietnam should be viewed as an opportunity for U.S. government and industry to contribute to Vietnam’s energy security, not a counterproductive bilateral bone of contention.

China’s rise has generated enormous prosperity for the countries of Asia, as well as difficult questions about the region’s future stability and strategic order.

The idea that the United States at some point left Asia and only now is pivoting back to it under President Obama is inaccurate and unhelpful.

China cannot win the battle for regional sentiment so long as the debate is about security and sovereignty, on which Beijing’s hard position leaves little room for compromise.

Indonesia’s recent legislative election results were not as clear cut as opinion polls forecasted. Will this mean a splintered parliament and a coalition government that struggles to enact much-needed reforms? Or could a decisive win in the presidential elections give Indonesia’s next leader a clear political mandate for change?

Heightened tensions in the Asia-Pacific, coupled with China’s adjustment of its regional security policy, has meant that the results of the U.S. rebalance to Asia are not as good now as they were two years ago.