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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articleTaylah Bland writes about how the United States and China are more inclined to progress on their own domestic climate agendas after U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry’s recent visit to Beijing.
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articleAnalytical brief on China's climate change targets post-COP27
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articleBates Gill and Konrad Lee write in The Diplomat about how further tightening of U.S. export controls on China will create challenges, including in relations with Washington’s European and Asian allies.
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articleThree hard truths face the West’s China policy. But are the alternatives any better? By Bates Gill, Executive Director, Center for China Analysis, Asia Society, and Richard Maude, Executive Director of Policy, Asia Society Australia.
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articleIn a conversation with The Wire China, Philippe Le Corre talks about how the EU can pursue its own strategy towards China, what its approach to the Taiwan situation should be, and the state of China-watching in the United States and Europe.
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articleExecutive Director of Policy, Richard Maude, writes on Blinken's visit to China.
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articleDaniel Russel, Richard Maude, C. Raja Mohan, Takako Hikotani and Bates Gill write in Project Syndicate about the challenges that the Quad faces.
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Opportunities for Leadership: Loss and Damage Climate Financing and U.S.-China Strategic Competition
In this paper, Taylah Bland explores how climate loss and damage financing may become an important area of strategic competition between the United States and China and how that can have a net positive effect on climate financing. -
articleExecutive Director of Policy, Richard Maude, gives the Albanese Government their one-year report card.
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articleDominque Fraser writes about the history and evolution of the Quad.