September 8, 2016 #YSEALI: Empowering the Next Generation of Young Southeast Asian Leaders About an hour or so ago we concluded the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Summit, with a traditional Lao… more 0
September 6, 2016 #YSEALI Fellows Gear up for Sixth Town Hall with President Obama It’s 5:45am in Luang Prabang, Laos, and I am looking out over the cloud-shrouded hills, listening to the sounds of… more 0
August 11, 2016 US-ASEAN Connect: A Framework for Shared Prosperity Last week, I visited Laos to participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia Summit (EAS)… more 0
June 15, 2016 WECREATE: Empowering Women through Global Entrepreneurship This week I had the privilege of hosting the inaugural WECREATE Google Hangout with four inspiring women entrepreneurs from around… more 0
June 7, 2016 Road to GES: Engaging Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa Seven years ago this week, President Obama delivered a landmark speech in Cairo in which he underscored the transformative power… more 0
May 10, 2016 Getting to Know the Benefits of TPP Country by Country U.S companies have a brand new resource available to them with the recently released Trans-Pacific Partnership Opportunities by Market report… more 1
May 9, 2016 Entrepreneurship as a Vehicle for Youth and Women’s Empowerment What words come to mind when you think about entrepreneurship? Maybe it’s big ideals like freedom, innovation, and empowerment. Maybe… more 2
April 21, 2016 A Sustained Focus on Nuclear Security On March 31-April 1, 2016, leaders and other high-level officials from 52 countries and four international organizations met in Washington,… more 0
March 2, 2016 Personal Care and Cosmetics: TPP Opens Expanding Markets to Industry Second only to the European Union in terms of total global exports, the United States personal care and cosmetics industry… more 0
February 9, 2016 Southeast Asian Leaders Join President Obama in California: A Historic Summit Preparations are in full swing for the U.S.-ASEAN Leader’s Summit , an unprecedented event taking place at the Sunnylands Estate… more 0
February 1, 2016 Ahead of the U.S- ASEAN Summit: 5 Things You Should Know About the U.S.-ASEAN Partnership President Obama has invited his ASEAN counterparts to the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage, California, for a special Summit on… more 3
January 4, 2016 Inside the United States' Presidency of the United Nations Security Council Did you know the UN Security Council (UNSC) has a rotating presidency? Each month, a different member of the Council… more 1
September 27, 2016 Cyber Diplomacy: Building Transparency, Confidence, and Stability in Cyberspace A few years ago, some bad guys used tens of thousands of compromised computers located around the world to launch… more 0
September 27, 2016 U.S.-Indonesia Investment Summit Signals Growing Opportunities for Partnership Amid the bustle of Jakarta, the capital of Southeast Asia’s most populous country, I was struck by the city’s energy… more 0
September 26, 2016 #AGOA2016: Women and Trade Dialogue Sparks Action for Emerging Entrepreneurs Today, the State Department announced a new partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network to help emerging entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses.… more 0
