The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework announced Monday is expected to address issues like supply chain resilience and climate change, says former United States ambassador to Japan, John Roos, who is currently co-founder at Geodesic Capital.
Kevin Rudd, former prime minister of Australia, says the new Australian government has a “deep interest” in renewing engagement with Pacific nations particularly in providing aid and taking action on climate change.
Susan Thornton, former acting U.S. assistant secretary of state, says there isn’t any “imminent crisis” in Taiwan, but the more it is talked about the more likely it could happen.
Masahiro Matsumura of St. Andrew’s University in Osaka says U.S. President Joe Biden’s aim to strengthen the relationship between Japan and South Korea is a “good diplomatic initiative.”
Frank Thiel of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines says it’s “mildly optimistic” that the new administration would continue to support some of the programs under President Rodrigo Duterte’s government.
Richard Heydarian of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines discusses Philippine presidential front-runner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and says the Marcoses are “smooth operators.”
Sanath Jayasuriya, who was also Sri Lanka’s former deputy minister of postal services in the government led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, says confidence in the government is “declining rapidly.”
