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Why you should care about the TPP trade deal
USA TODAY Network
Why debate about the Trans-Pacific Partnership will continue to be a hot issue. Brent Snavely, Detroit Free PRess
TPP is a trade agreement between 12 countries: the U.S., Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, Chile and Peru.
Heated rhetoric over U.S. trade policy this campaign season has made the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership a toxic issue for Democrats and Republicans, delaying action in Congress.
Renewable Energy Benefits: Decentralised solutions in agri-food chain
The number of people without access to electricity is estimated at more than a billion, while almost 2.9 billion still rely on traditional, unsustainable biomass sources such as firewood for cooking and heating. About 80% of those lacking modern energy access live in rural areas, which also host more than 70% of the world’s poor.
On Duterte’s heels, Malaysia is the next Asian country to embrace China
Protesters gather in support of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in Manila on Oct. 21 after he announced that his country would separate itself from U.S. policies. (Jes Aznar/Getty Images)
BEIJING — Malaysia’s prime minister arrived in China on Monday with warm words for his hosts, a thirst for Chinese money and, for the first time, a promise of significantly closer defense ties with the purchase of Chinese naval coastal patrol ships.Najib Razak called himself a “true friend” of China, determined to take their relationship to “new heights” — echoing the pro-China outreach by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte two weeks ago when he proclaimed a “separation” from his country’s longtime U.S.-oriented policies
Americans and Russians see the world differently, and that’s hurting Syrians
theconversion_U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently said that he sometimes feels like he’s living in a “parallel universe” compared to his Russian counterpart when it comes to Syria.
This parallel universe can be explained by analyzing the strategic narratives of the United States and Russia since the end of the Cold War.
US-Asean relations: From rebalance to reset?
Iseas -Yusof Ishak Institute – Published Nov 5, 2016, 5:00 am SGT
In the second of a two-part series, scholars from the Iseas -Yusof Ishak Institute evaluate the legacy of outgoing US President Barack Obama in South-east Asia, and look to the challenges for the incoming administration after the Nov 8 presidential election.
On Friday, we featured perspectives on Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Today, we offer viewpoints on Thailand, Vietnam, and US engagement with Asean.
Energy Investments In A Transitioning World
The ECOreport interviews Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA) about energy investments in a transitioning world
By Roy L Hales
Though most of the world’s energy investments are still in fossil fuels, their iron grip is weakening. The largest source of power investment was the $313 billion put into alternate energy sources like wind and solar. According to Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency (IEA), last year there were more renewables coming online than the entire growth of the energy sector. In many developing countries, wind and solar are less expensive than using imported gas to produce electricity. Laszlo Varro, Chief Economist of the International Energy Agency, described energy investments as the world transitions to a low carbon economy.
America’s Pacific Century
FP – The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action.
Ảnh sinh hoạt hằng ngày – Nov 8, 2016 – Taking a photo of a sound
The second workshop on photography: I more and more realize that it is an amazing course with Jamie, our artist instructor.
We had a homework last Wednesday, which was to take a photo of a sound. Continue reading Ảnh sinh hoạt hằng ngày – Nov 8, 2016 – Taking a photo of a sound
Obama’s legacy in South-east Asia
Nov 8 marks the close of a tumultuous presidential election campaign in the United States. As the end of incumbent President Barack Obama’s administration nears, six scholars working with the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute evaluate the Obama legacy in South-east Asia, and examine challenges for the incoming administration. In the first of this two-part series written for The Straits Times, we feature perspectives on Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Tomorrow, we will publish viewpoints on Thailand and Vietnam, as well as an assessment of US engagement with Asean.
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UPDATED: Imagery Suggests Philippine Fishermen Still Not Entering Scarborough Shoal
AMTI – Published: October 27, 2016
Despite earlier reports, it appears that Filipino fishermen are still not fishing inside Scarborough Shoal. New imagery from October 29 showed a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel anchored just inside the mouth of the lagoon, where it has been for most of the period since China seized the shoal in 2012, apparently blocking access. At least 17 Philippine fishing vessels were present along the exterior of Scarborough’s reef. This corroborates reports that Filipino fishermen fished “just outside Scarborough’s lagoon” over the last week. There were also two Chinese civilian ships in the vicinity. According to the Philippine Navy, three other CCG vessels continue to patrol near Scarborough.
Artificial Intelligence’s Language Problem
by Will Knight August 9, 2016
technologyreview_About halfway through a particularly tense game of Go held in Seoul, South Korea, between Lee Sedol, one of the best players of all time, and AlphaGo, an artificial intelligence created by Google, the AI program made a mysterious move that demonstrated an unnerving edge over its human opponent.
Lawrence Weiner
A Rubber Ball Thrown on the Sea
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Local Residents Force Monsanto to Tear Down GMO Seed Plant in Argentina
Submitted by Food Democracy Now on August 7, 2016 – 2:23pm
Monsanto have announced that they will dismantle their half-built multi-million dollar GMO seed plant in Malvinas, Argentina, following protests from local citizens over the past 3 years.
Local Malvinas citizens and GMO Free campaigners from across Argentina forced Monsanto to stop the construction of their GMO seed plant in 2014, through well-coordinated protests at the construction site.
Vietnam’s Military Modernization
After extraordinary growth in military hardware, Vietnam is consolidating its new gains.
By Zachary Abuza and Nguyen Nhat Anh
The Diplomat – October 28, 2016
In the past 10 years, there has been a fundamental shift in the capabilities of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), which for the first time has the ability to project power and defend maritime interests. No country in Southeast Asia has put more military hardware online in the same period of time as Vietnam. This military modernization has been driven almost exclusively by the threat posed by China over territory in the contested South China Sea.
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