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Save to My PortfolioDisaster in Myanmar: Key Challenges for the International Community

Lex Rieffel, May 07, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Disaster in Myanmar: Key Challenges for the International CommunityWith more than a million people killed, missing, or uprooted by the cyclone that struck Myanmar/Burma on May 3, international aid groups and foreign governments are mobilizing food, water and other assistance for the country. Lex Rieffel, who is currently studying the Asian perspective on Myanmar/Burma, addresses some of the key policy challenges. Read More

Foreign Aid, Global Food Crisis, Southeast Asia, Global Economics, Global Poverty

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Save to My PortfolioMalaysian Elections: Rejection of the Usual Politics

Wing Thye Woo, March 10, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Malaysian Elections: Rejection of the Usual PoliticsFifty years of political domination by Malaysia’s National Front coalition eroded in the recent Malaysian elections as voters helped the opposition gain more seats in parliament. While Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi remains in power, the elections mark a new day for the country, which is America’s 10th largest trading partner. Wing Thye Woo examines the election in depth and recommends a reform agenda for Malaysia. Read More

Asia, Southeast Asia, Emerging Markets, Developing Countries, Development

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Save to My PortfolioThe Asian Path Toward Helping Burma

Lex Rieffel and David Steinberg, November 19, 2007, The Washington Times

With the leaders of the 10 ASEAN countries gathering in Singapore for their summit meeting, Brookings expert Lex Rieffel and David Steinberg of Georgetown University, argue that the U.S. government’s agenda on Burma would be better served by letting its Asian partners lead on the critical issues. Read More

Asia, Foreign Policy, Global Economics, Globalization, Northeast Asia

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Save to My PortfolioOut of Business and On Budget

Lex Rieffel and Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, June 01, 2007

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Save to My PortfolioMade for Export: Emigration and Higher Education in the Philippines

Neil G. Ruiz, January 07, 2007, Labor and Employment Relations Association

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Save to My PortfolioOld Enemies Become Friends: U.S. and Vietnam

Raymond F. Burghardt, November 01, 2006, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary

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Save to My PortfolioThe Tsunami Report Card

David Fabrycky, Karl F. Inderfurth and Stephen P. Cohen, December 01, 2005, Foreign Policy

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Save to My PortfolioSave Pakistan from 'Donor Fatigue'

David Fabrycky, Karl F. Inderfurth and Stephen P. Cohen, 17-Nov-05, The The Christian Science Monitor

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Save to My PortfolioBetween the Global and the Local: Islamism, the Middle East, and Indonesia

Anthony Bubalo and Greg Fealy, October 01, 2005, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioMalaysia

Elina Noor, 2005, Asia-Pacific Security Outlook 2005

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Save to My PortfolioFinancial Liberalization, Financial Sector Development and Growth: Evidence from Malaysia

James B. Ang and Warwick J. McKibbin, Jun-05, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioProtection of Internally Displaced Persons in Situations of Natural Disaster: A Working Visit to Asia

April 2005, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement

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Save to My PortfolioAfter the Tsunami, Flexible Debt Relief is Needed

Lex Rieffel, 14-Jan-05, Financial Times

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Save to My PortfolioIndonesia's Quiet Revolution

Lex Rieffel, September/October 2004, Foreign Affairs

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Save to My PortfolioIndonesia in Transition

Lex Rieffel, 1-Apr-04, The Brookings Institution

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Save to My PortfolioEast Asian Economic Regionalism

Edward J. Lincoln, March 12, 2004

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Save to My PortfolioRemove a Vestige of Vietnam War

Catharin E. Dalpino and Edward Gresser, 24-Apr-03, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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Lex Rieffel

Lex Rieffel

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development

Lex Rieffel is an expert on emerging markets finance, sovereign debt restructuring, international financial institutions, U.S. foreign assistance strategy, overseas volunteer service and Indonesia. He is a former U.S. Treasury official and teaches a graduate course at George Washington University.
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