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November 13, 2020

Chile
A Conversation With President Sebastián Piñera of Chile

President Piñera discusses short term and long term economic recovery after COVID-19, Chile’s new constitution, global governance, and the shifting geopolitics of Latin America.

Play President Sebastián Piñera of Chile standing on the right.
Virtual Event by Sebastián Piñera Echeñique and Blair W. Effron

February 5, 2016

Libya
Weekend Reading: Fact and Fiction in Libya, a Saudi in Iran, and “Turkishness”

Reading selections for the weekend of February 5, 2016.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

September 27, 2012

Trade
Hillary Clinton Meeting With Thein Sein Major Success

As reported yesterday, following a meeting with Myanmar president Thein Sein, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that the United States would now be easing the American ban on imports from …

Myanmar's president Thein Sein addresses the sixty-seventh United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound

October 11, 2018

China
Christianity in China

Tens of millions of Chinese now identify as Christians, and the number has grown rapidly, posing challenges for a government that is officially atheist and wary of threats to its power.

Chinese Catholics attend an Ash Wednesday mass at a state-sanctioned church in Beijing.
Backgrounder by Eleanor Albert

May 9, 2022

Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos Jr Appears to Have Won Convincingly: Here’s What That Means for the Philippines

Marcos Jr's decisive victory would change the political landscape in the Philippines.

Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., the son and namesake of the late Philippine dictator, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in San Fernando, Pampanga province, Philippines, on April 29, 2022.
Blog Post by Joshua Kurlantzick Asia Unbound