Bangladesh-USA
The importance of Dhaka is growing in the eyes of Washington as Bangladesh-US relationship has entered a new era when it is trying to shape up its future relationship through a partnership dialogue that has ended in the Washington. The growing relationship manifested as Dhaka is the partner of all four global initiatives of President Obama. More…
Reposted from NewsMN
Mongolia continues its rapid ascent in the strategic playbook of the United States and the West. The U.S. views Mongolia through an integrated lens balancing its economic interests with strategic concerns. As the world’s fastest growing economy (GDP growth at 17.3 per cent in 2011), Mongolia is an appealing target for foreign investors in sectors such as mining, nuclear power, and technology. For Washington though, security still trumps in Mongolia. The U.S. continues to view Mongolia as a credible partner in an uncertain area filled with truculent neighbors. More…
Reposted from The Diplomat
By Le Dinh Tinh
The Vietnam “story” has changed over time. First, it was a war story; then Vietnam “became a country” in the run-up to the normalization of U.S.-Vietnam relations in 1995. Now the country is moving forward with a new narrative, a strategy of active and proactive international integration.
Now, the country’s top foreign policy makers have decided it’s time for Vietnam to fully launch itself into the international arena. In a conversation with the Council on Foreign Relations last year, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said: “This was a turning point in our foreign policy, because before we focused on economic integration, but now we also integrate in all areas such as not only economic but politics, diplomacy, security, defense, culture and social effects.” More…
President Shimon Peres with Prime Minister Truong Tan Sang
Israel’s much-traveled President Shimon Peres has frequently been flattered by royalty, presidents, prime ministers and even a pope or two, but seldom to the extent of the warm welcome that he was given this week by Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang, with whom he held a working meeting following a colorful, full-scale ceremonial reception with large military honor guard on his arrival in Hanoi. More…
