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.
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articleKate Logan writes on U.S.-China climate cooperation ahead of APEC
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articleChristopher Vassallo writes about how China is taking steps to steel its trade in Saudi oil from foreign financial sanctions, just as it seeks to protect its physical trade routes – all without having to supplant the dollar globally.
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articleAsia Society Australia executive director of policy, Richard Maude, provides a background on "stabilisation".
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articleAs Prime Minister Albanese prepares to travel to China, Asia Society Australia has gathered perspectives from across the spectrum on Australia-China relations.
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paperRead about how Chinese popular opinion shapes the outcomes of geopolitical crises in the Indo-Pacific in this issue paper by Andrew Chubb.
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articleYun Jiang, AIIA China Matters Fellow, examines how shifting views on national security in both countries are reshaping the bilateral relationship.
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articleNeil Thomas examines Australia's role in great-power competition and highlights the country's potential to exert influence through building regional partnerships and investing in its own resilience.
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paperPhilippe Le Corre analyzes the Russia-China relationship from a European perspective and finds that most EU states are alarmed by the stronger relationship and condemn China's support of Russia.
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paperPhilipp Ivanov writes about the forces unifying and dividing China and Russia in 2023, how the two countries’ relationship is affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the future trajectory and global impact of the relationship.
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paperLyle Morris examines China's calculations on Sino-Russian relations and finds that China’s unconditional support for Russia’s war of aggression may be wavering, as Beijing seeks ways to bring about an end to the conflict.