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James Shwe Since retiring as U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Yangon in January 2026, Susan Stevenson has emerged as an influential voice calling for expanded American commercial engagement with Myanmar. [1]

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will impose a 20% tariff on goods imported from the Philippines starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump said in a letter revealed Wednesday, in his latest salvo against trade deficits with Southeast Asian nations. [2]

China appears to be responding to evolving global dynamics by deploying private security personnel, many of whom are suspected to be covert operatives from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). [3]

As Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran continue, as does Iran’s retaliation targeting other Gulf states, the crisis is quickly evolving into more than a regional security issue. [4]

Research and Innovation Council consults stakeholders on the implementation of strategic choices The Research and Innovation Council has opened a stakeholder survey on the implementation of the strategic choices of national TKI policies and activitie... (translated from fi) [5]

Erin Murphy is senior fellow and deputy director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. She is author of "Burmese Haze: U.S. [6]

Huong Le Thu is a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and a nonresident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. [7]

Ellen Kim is deputy director of the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington as well as a senior fellow at the center. OpinionBiden-Kishida-Yoon summit can build platform for 3-way cooperation ![Avatar]( [8]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-03-17 · 75% match

Business, Sanctions, and the Special Envoy: Navigating the Fine Line on U.S.-Myanmar Engagement

James Shwe Since retiring as U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Yangon in January 2026, Susan Stevenson has emerged as an influential voice calling for expanded American commercial engagement with Myanmar.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-07-10 · 75% match

Philippines to face 20% US tariff, Trump says in letter to Marcos

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will impose a 20% tariff on goods imported from the Philippines starting Aug. 1, President Donald Trump said in a letter revealed Wednesday, in his latest salvo against trade deficits with Southeast Asian nations.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-04-03 · 75% match

Examining the Role of Private Security Firms in Chinese Force Projection

China appears to be responding to evolving global dynamics by deploying private security personnel, many of whom are suspected to be covert operatives from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

[4] TH thediplomat.com · 2026-03-10 · 47% match

The Iran Crisis and the BRICS Dilemma

As Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran continue, as does Iran’s retaliation targeting other Gulf states, the crisis is quickly evolving into more than a regional security issue.

[5] FI valtioneuvosto.fi · 2026-03-10 · 44% match translated from fi

Tutkimus- ja innovaationeuvosto kuulee sidosryhmiä strategisten valintojen toimeenpanosta

Research and Innovation Council consults stakeholders on the implementation of strategic choices The Research and Innovation Council has opened a stakeholder survey on the implementation of the strategic choices of national TKI policies and activitie

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[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-01-27 · 75% match

The people of Myanmar need the world's help too

Erin Murphy is senior fellow and deputy director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. She is author of "Burmese Haze: U.S.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-03-02 · 75% match

ASEAN needs to uphold principles, not neutrality, in Ukraine war

Huong Le Thu is a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and a nonresident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-08-14 · 75% match

Biden-Kishida-Yoon summit can build platform for 3-way cooperation

Ellen Kim is deputy director of the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington as well as a senior fellow at the center. OpinionBiden-Kishida-Yoon summit can build platform for 3-way cooperation ![Avatar](

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-11-22 · 75% match

Australia's Albanese paid a high price for his trip to China

Lavina Lee is a senior lecturer in the department of security studies and criminology of Macquarie University in Sydney and a nonresident adjunct fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-10-04 · 75% match

China has no clear road map for Taiwan unification: U.S. experts

TOKYO -- Leading U.S. experts broadly believe China does not have a coherent internal strategy and road map to achieve peaceful unification with Taiwan, according to a new survey by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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