WASHINGTON/PHNOM PENH ¨C There goes the Year of the Horse. As 2015 and the Year of the Sheep unfolds, it¡¯s time for one last look at the year we left behind.
A year ago, taking a page from Washington Post political columnist Chris Cillizza¡¯s awarding U.S. President Barack Obama the dubious distinction of ¡°Worst year in Washington,¡± we took to the digital pages of Fortune Magazine.
The challenge ¡ª naming who had the ¡°Worst year in Asia¡± ¡ª and the ¡°winner¡± then of that least desired of 2013 prizes: Obama also, for what proved to be his lost year in Asia, marked by canceled trips and persistent questions of where¡¯s the substance to a much ballyhooed pivot to Asia amidst China¡¯s rise and seemingly never-ending talks toward a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
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