Director of the South East Asia Forum, Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Senior Fellow at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, director of its Southeast Asia Forum and affiliated scholar in its Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies; editor of Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and Regionalism in Southeast Asia
Bombings Target Foreigners in Jakarta In Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, two suicide bombers attacked the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels. The attacks were almost simultaneous, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 50. Donald Emmerson is Director of the Southeast Asia Forum at Stanford University and Affiliated Scholar at the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.
ASEAN Adopts Charter despite Differences over Myanmar A long-time loose group of countries focused on trade and business, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is trying to forge a common market roughly similar to the European Union . But the question of how to confront Myanmar's crackdown on democracy has left ASEAN divided. Will Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore start to take a stand on democracy, and are they turning away from the US as China booms? Donald Emmerson is director of the Southeast Asia Forum at Stanford’s Shorenstein Center and the author of many papers and books on the region.
The longest US war: Will Trump send more troops to Afghanistan? The Trump White House is divided over the Pentagon's request for more troops in Afghanistan—where the US has been fighting for the past 16 years. Is there a formula -- either for "victory" or a political settlement? Is there an end in sight for America's longest war?
What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
Trump plays scolder-in-chief with NATO allies At the opening of NATO’s dramatic new headquarters in Brussels today, President Trump acknowledged that Article 5 — promising that “an attack on one nation is an attack on all” -- has only been invoked one time: in the aftermath of September 11. But the President failed to provide what 27 other Alliance members have been waiting for: a re-commitment by America’s new leader to Article 5. Instead, they got a scolding.