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The Avoidable War: The Decade of Living Dangerously

Short of War

How to Keep U.S.-Chinese Confrontation From Ending in Calamity

Understanding American Voter Attitudes Toward U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

The China Dashboard | Winter 2021
Tracking China’s Economic Reform Program

Nature and Nurture: How the Biden Administration Can Advance Ties with India

New Interactive Website

A Partnership to Save the Planet:

Rebuilding U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

Between War and Peace: A Roadmap for U.S. Policy Toward Iran

Southeast Asia and COVID-19

Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic and its political, economic, and strategic implications for Southeast Asia.

Reengaging the Asia-Pacific on Trade:

A TPP Roadmap for the Next U.S. Administration

WEAPONIZING THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

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Explainer | The Biden Administration and Climate Action

Asia Society Policy Institute non-resident Senior Fellow and former Australian Ambassador for the Environment Patrick Suckling explains how Joe Biden's administration is approaching climate action in the first months of his presidency.
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Explainer | The Biden Administration and Trade

Asia Society Policy Institute Vice President Wendy Cutler outlines how the Biden administration is viewing international trade policy in the first months of his presidency.

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The governments of Southeast Asia should engage the military but ASEAN should suspend Myanmar, writes Asia Society Policy Institute Director, Political-Security Affairs Elina Noor.
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Explainer | The Biden Administration and the Indo-Pacific

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“America is Back”: Views From Southeast Asia

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Beijing’s Early Reactions to the Biden Administration: Strategic Continuity and Tactical Change

ASPI President Kevin Rudd delivers a speech on Beijing's early reactions to the Biden Administration.
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Quad Leaders Have Put Forward a Plan, Not a Promise

Daniel Russel writes that the Quad that the U.S. is now cultivating is focused on what they seek to achieve, not merely what they want to counter.
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Pathogens Have the World’s Attention

Nathan Levine and Chris Li write that the United States Should Lead a New Push Against Bioweapons
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India and China Need More Than a Border Pullback to Mend Fences

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The Avoidable War: The Decade of Living Dangerously

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Understanding American Voter Attitudes Toward U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

For the first time, polls indicate climate change is a top priority for U.S. voters. This joint report analyzes voter attitudes to cooperation with China on climate change.
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ASPI Notes for the Biden Administration

Creative and practical ideas for how the United States might re-engage in the Asia Pacific in the critical first six months of the new administration.
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Nature and Nurture: How the Biden Administration Can Advance Ties With India

Anubhav Gupta provides a blueprint for how the incoming U.S. administration can bolster U.S.-India ties.
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The New Geopolitics of China’s Climate Leadership

China has built up enormous goodwill in recent years for staying the course with the Paris Agreement. This essay outlines why climate leadership must remain an important geopolitical priority for China in the years ahead.
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U.S. and China Climate Goals: Scenarios for 2030 and Mid-Century

This joint report models various 2030 and mid-century emissions scenarios in the U.S. and China.
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Between War and Peace: A Roadmap for U.S. Policy Toward Iran

This ASPI issue paper examines the sources of tension in the U.S.-Iran relationship, lays out alternative scenarios that could unfold in the period ahead, and offers specific recommendations for U.S. policy toward Iran.
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Southeast Asia and COVID-19

Asia Society Policy Institute and Asia Society Australia examine the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means for Southeast Asia’s future.
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Reengaging the Asia-Pacific on Trade: A TPP Roadmap for the Next U.S. Administration

Wendy Cutler lays out a roadmap for the next U.S. administration to reengage with the TPP.
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Weaponizing the Belt and Road Initiative

Report on BRI projects' strategic and military implications for China, the region, and the United States.
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Curbing State-Driven Trade Policies

How can international trade rules better address the trade distortions presented by industrial subsidies and other forms of state aid?
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China’s Response to Climate Change: A Study in Contrasts and a Policy at a Crossroads

China’s response to climate change is a study in contrasts. This issue paper explains this and highlights a number of key climate-related decisions by the Chinese government in the coming 18-months that will reverberate globally.
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Climate Diplomacy under a New U.S. Administration

The United States is the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter. For that reason, the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November will have an undeniable impact on the future of the global climate change regime.
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With a problem-solving mandate, the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) tackles major policy challenges confronting the Asia-Pacific in security, prosperity, sustainability, and the development of common norms and values for the region. Learn more

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