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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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.
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paperBates Gill writes about China's perspective and concerns about the Quad.
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articleJessica Chen Weiss warns in an op-ed in The New York Times about the deteriorating U.S.-China relations and how exaggerated fear increases the likelihood of conflict.
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article"Australia will miss out if it doesn’t prepare for lower coal and gas exports", writes Asia Society Policy Institute's associate director of clean energy, Dr Muyi Yang.
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article"Washington also sees an urgent need to “disincentivise” risky behaviour and develop more specific guardrails " writes Executive Director of Policy, Richard Maude.
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articleAlistair Ritchie and Yi Chen write that China should speed up the development of its National ETS and fully leverage its potential without hesitation.
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articleThom Woodroofe writes on how cooperating on climate change could be the strategic guardrail the United States and China need to stabilize relations.