As the country with the largest population, economy, and military in Asia, China exerts tremendous influence on day-to-day developments and long-term trends related to international security, prosperity, and sustainability in the region and across the globe. As its power and influence grow, China’s rise will continue to shape power dynamics in the Asia-Pacific and raise questions about the future of regional and international order.
ASPI convenes strategic dialogues and discussions and produces reports and expert commentary to deepen understanding about China and its impact on the region, as well as expand cooperation among China, the United States, and other Asia-Pacific countries. ASPI President Kevin Rudd leads an initiative on the future of U.S.-China relations . Additionally, The China Dashboard: Tracking China’s Economic Reform Program, a joint project of the Asia Society Policy Institute and the Rhodium Group, tracks China’s progress toward its self-defined reform objectives in 10 essential economic policy clusters. And through its initiative Toward a Northeast Asia Carbon Market, ASPI provides insights into the future of sustainability in Northeast Asia and emphasizes China’s integral role.
Reports
Featured Initiatives
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Recommendations to ensure beneficial and sustainable BRI outcomes.
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An initiative seeking to manage distrust and conflict between the U.S. and China.
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Using hard data to analyze China's economy under Xi Jinping.
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ASPI initiative to create a roadmap for linking the carbon markets in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
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An ASPI initiative to strengthen regional security institutions in Asia.
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An initiative aimed at promoting economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.
Commentary
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Kevin Rudd and Alistair Ritchie write that support would drive the cross-ministry coordination needed to ensure the emissions trading system helps China achieve its climate goals.
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ASPI Vice-President Wendy Cutler joins trade experts to discuss the latest on subsidies reform at the WTO and beyond.
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Wendy Cutler and Nick Wadhams on the Biden Administration's U.S. trade policy.
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Wendy Cutler and Kurt Tong on how to advance inclusion, climate, and innovation in the Indo-Pacific
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Daniel Russel's testimony to the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific
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Wendy Cutler on the way to minimize the costs of the China tariffs on U.S. workers and companies while keeping the pressure on Beijing.
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Richard Maude examines how Joe Biden's administration is approaching foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific in the first months of his presidency.
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ASPI President Kevin Rudd delivers a speech on Beijing's early reactions to the Biden Administration.
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Nathan Levine and Chris Li write that the United States Should Lead a New Push Against Bioweapons
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Anubhav Gupta writes that with no political solution to the China-India border issue on the horizon, the military disengagement merely provides temporary relief for a chronic problem.