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Much of the world senses a connection with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. The feeling appears mutual. Obama has repeatedly said that his background (childhood in Indonesia, father from Kenya) enables him to better understand other nations and cultures. He will need that understanding, especially in Asia, where the U.S. is fighting a war in Afghanistan, battling terrorism in Pakistan and learning to cope with rising powers China and India, among other challenges. Here's Obama's main Asia agenda, and what he should do about...
...Afghanistan and coordinating the counterterror fight more closely with Islamabad. In office, though, Obama may well wind up playing the same unilateral hand as George W. Bush - launching American precision strikes against targets because he can't trust the Pakistani military. Instead, Obama would be wise to look to Indonesia. There, the government enlisted public opinion in the terror fight and combined it with capable police work. Rather than simply pouring unconditional U.S. aid into Pakistan and Afghanistan, Obama needs to federalize the assistance, working more closely with provincial and local leaders. And, as the U.S. did in Indonesia...
...transformed itself in record time from vanquished pauper to cutting-edge innovator. Today, Alimansyar teaches Japanese at the University of North Sumatra, and the school's rapidly growing Japanese-language program is filled with 500 students who are often lured by Japanese cars, electronics and animé. "People in Indonesia look at Japan as a role model," he says. "They want to know how Japan was able to rebuild itself from nothing into such an amazing country...
...moved in this direction last June by passing a resolution that allows foreign vessels to enter Somalia’s territorial waters and use “all necessary means” to combat piracy, a ruling that does not apply to other pirate hotspots such as Vietnam or Indonesia. While this resolution was a good start, a more concerted effort to stamp out piracy should be created through an international naval peacekeeping mission that controls waterways much like land-based peacekeeping missions...
Wait, you hadn't been home in a year? Nah. I just tend to stay where I'm at, I don't like to fly to Fiji or Tahiti or Australia or Indonesia and fly back home the next week and then fly somewhere else that far away again the other week. I tend to stay where I'm at and then fly to next place, it makes it easier for me to deal with. Why not chill in Fiji for a while...