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East Asia

Housing three of the world’s largest economies and most influential nations — China, Japan, and South Korea — as well as Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, and Taiwan — East Asia is a vital center of gravity in the Asia-Pacific. East Asia’s economic development has transformed the economic and strategic dynamic beyond Asia as well, boosting growth and trade across the globe. At the same time, festering historical disagreements, long-standing instability on the Korean Peninsula, enduring maritime disputes, and China’s growing military power raise a number of security concerns for the region and the world.

ASPI’s work on East Asia focuses on enhancing cooperation and dialogue within the region and between its countries and the United States. It also aims to develop mechanisms to enhance regional security, prosperity, and sustainability. For instance, ASPI is working to create a roadmap for linking carbon markets in China, Japan, and the South Korea to facilitate trilateral cooperation and their emissions reduction efforts. It is also engaged in a major initiative to decrease misperceptions and increase cooperation and trust between the U.S. and China. Through public events and expert commentary, ASPI also furthers understanding of the region in the rest of the world.

Featured Initiatives

  • Belt and Road Initiative Martix Data Visualization
    report

    Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative

    Recommendations to ensure beneficial and sustainable BRI outcomes.
  • Donald J. Trump and Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit

    The Avoidable War: An Alternative Future for U.S.-China Relations

    An initiative seeking to manage distrust and conflict between the U.S. and China.
  • China Dashboard Page Image

    The China Dashboard: Tracking China's Economic Reform Program

    Using hard data to analyze China's economy under Xi Jinping.
  • Chinese workers ride in a boat through a large floating solar farm project under construction by the Sungrow Power Supply Company on a lake caused by a collapsed and flooded coal mine on June 13, 2017 in Huainan, Anhui province, China. The floating solar field is billed as the largest in the world. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

    Toward a Northeast Asia Carbon Market

    ASPI initiative to create a roadmap for linking the carbon markets in China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea.
  • The Asia Society Policy Institute convened a Trade Policy Commission in Australia that examined the current trade architecture in the Asia-Pacific. Members include, from left to right, Yoichi Suzuki, Mari Elka Pangestu, Peter Grey, Wendy Cutler, Jong-hoon Kim, and Tu Xinquan. (Julia Bergen/Asia Society Australia)

    Building a High Standard and Inclusive Asia-Pacific Trade Architecture

    An initiative aimed at promoting economic integration in the Asia-Pacific.
  • East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur on November 22, 2015

    Securing Peace in Asia

    An ASPI initiative to strengthen regional security institutions in Asia.
  • Globe - Asia
    report

    Asia’s New Pivot: Evolving Ties Between East and West Asia

    Exploring the strategic implications of growing ties between major countries in the Middle East and Asia.

Reports

US President Joe Biden (2nd-L), Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd-R), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) announce the Quad Fellowship, a scholarship program that will bring together American, Japanese, Australian and Indian masters and doctoral students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to study in the United States, during the Quad Leaders Summit at Kantei in Tokyo on May 24, 2022.
report

The Quad from the Four Corners

ASPI experts analyze the Quad from the perspective of its four members: Japan, Australia, India, and the United States.
China's National People's Congress - Preview
paper

The Rise of Xi Jinping’s Young Guards: Generational Change in the CCP Leadership

Read about the generational change of leadership within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) following the 20th Party Congress in this paper by Guoguang Wu.
Supply Chains
paper

Strengthening Regional Supply Chain Resiliency Through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)

Han-koo Yeo and Wendy Cutler examine how the IPEF Supply Chain pillar presents a unique opportunity for the U.S. and its partners to enhance the resilience and security of supply chain networks, especially during times of crisis.
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report

Getting Asia to Net Zero

The Asia-Pacific could add over 6% to its predicted GDP and create more than 36 million additional jobs by the 2030s by aligning its climate action with the Paris Agreement's 1.5 °C temperature goal and hitting net zero emissions by 2050.
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paper

Key Factors Shaping China’s Engagement With International Environmental Law

In this paper, Taylah Bland analyzes how China approaches the process of determining its domestic climate agenda while engaging in international environmental law.
A pixelized rose on a tech inspired background
paper

Picking the Rose, Leaving the Thorn: Why China’s AI Regulations Are Worth Careful Examination

Johanna Costigan writes about how China’s AI regulations reflect Xi Jinping’s attempt at authoritarian and patriarchal social control and offers meaningful protections against the technology.
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paper

Europe’s China Challenge: The Narrow Path for France, Germany, and the EU

In this paper, Philippe Le Corre addresses the rapidly deteriorating EU-China relationship against the background of the Ukraine war while highlighting the German and French ambitions to maintain strong connections to China.
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paper

Countering Economic Coercion: Tools and Strategies for Collective Action

Experts including Victor Cha, Melanie Hart, Ryuichi Funatsu, Mariko Togashi, and Wendy Cutler discuss strategies and tools to counter economic coercion.
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paper

“Generation N”: The Impact of China’s Youth Nationalism

Barclay Bram writes about the disconnect between Chinese youth's perceptions of their lives on an individual level and their continued belief in the prospects for China on a national level in his most recent paper.

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Video

Opportunities for Asia's Climate Leadership in 2023: The G20 and COP28
Policy
 /  New York

Opportunities for Asia's Climate Leadership in 2023: The G20 and COP28

Amitabh Kant, Lana Nusseibeh, Hana AlHashimi, and Kevin Rudd discuss opportunities for Asian economies to reduce emissions while enhancing their economies, trade, and peoples’ livelihoods.
Watch Now
Reimagining the TPP: Revisions that Could Facilitate U.S. Reentry
Policy
 /  New York

Reimagining the TPP: Revisions that Could Facilitate U.S. Reentry

Wendy Cutler, Clete Willems, and Bob Davis discuss the new ASPI report that offers recommendations for improvements and updates to the agreement which could potentially facilitate U.S. re-entry.
Watch Now
Reshaping Trade: The Rise of Asia and Next-Generation Challenges
Current Affairs
 /  Washington, D.C.

Reshaping Trade: The Rise of Asia and Next-Generation Challenges

Wendy Cutler, Tim Groser, Yeo Han-koo, Elizabeth Chelliah, Kurt Tong, and Candi Wolff discuss Asia Society Policy Institute’s latest report on Asia’s critical role in the future of trade negotiations.
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    China

    ASPI's projects and analysis on China.
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    Japan

    ASPI's projects and analysis on Japan.
  • North Korea Military Parade

    North Korea

    ASPI's projects and analysis on North Korea.
  • Lotus Lanterns at Jogyesa

    South Korea

    ASPI's projects and analysis on South Korea.

Commentary

  • article

    The Quad: A Backgrounder

    Dominque Fraser writes about the history and evolution of the Quad.
  • article

    Even China Isn’t Convinced it Can Replace the U.S.

    Jessica 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.
  • paper

    Strengthening Regional Supply Chain Resiliency Through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)

    Han-koo Yeo and Wendy Cutler examine how the IPEF Supply Chain pillar presents a unique opportunity for the U.S. and its partners to enhance the resilience and security of supply chain networks, especially during times of crisis.
  • article

    China's Emissions Trading System is in Need of Attention

    Alistair Ritchie and Yi Chen write that China should speed up the development of its National ETS and fully leverage its potential without hesitation.
  • article

    A Partnership to Save the Planet

    Thom Woodroofe writes on how cooperating on climate change could be the strategic guardrail the United States and China need to stabilize relations.
  • article

    Macron is EU's Best Bet for Swaying China on Ukraine

    Philippe Le Corre writes in Nikkei Asia that European leaders must consider all options, including seeking China's help, to bring the Ukraine crisis to a resolution.
  • article

    China-Saudi Relationship is Evolving Beyond Oil to Help Reshape the Middle East

    Taylah Bland and Rachel Horne write in an op-ed in South China Morning Post about how both Beijing and Riyadh have much to gain from strengthening their partnership.
  • paper

    Countering Economic Coercion: Tools and Strategies for Collective Action

    Experts including Victor Cha, Melanie Hart, Ryuichi Funatsu, Mariko Togashi, and Wendy Cutler discuss strategies and tools to counter economic coercion.
  • article

    My Meeting With Jiang Yanyong, the Chinese Doctor Who Dared Speak the Truth About SARS

    Susan Jakes writes in NPR about her meeting in 2003 with Jiang Yanyong who passed away on March 11, 2023.
  • article

    Rise of China’s Military-Industrial Leaders Will Heat Up Race Against the U.S.

    In a recent op-ed in South China Morning Post, Guoguang Wu and Bates Gill share recent research by the CCA on a new faction of military-industrial technocrats in China's political system.
  • article

    Japan Must Tread Carefully in Lining Up With U.S. and Taiwan

    Johanna Costigan and Lery Hiciano write in Nikkei Asia about Japan's ties with Taiwan and the securitization of the country's economic approach to China.
  • article

    What To Watch During the Two Sessions

    Jing Qian and Haolan Wang trace the most significant shifts and probable outcomes of this year's Two Sessions (两会) and why they matter for policy-making in China.
  • article

    The U.S. Should Deter — Not Provoke — Beijing over Taiwan. Here’s How.

    Jessica Chen Weiss writes about what the U.S. should do to deter China over Taiwan in an op-ed published in The Washington Post
  • article

    For China, One Overlooked Consequence of the Russia-Ukraine War

    Taylah Bland writes about how China has capitalized on discounted coal from Russia as a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine and how it affects China's commitments to decarbonization.
  • article

    Xi the Survivor: How Washington Overestimates Chinese Weakness

    Christopher Johnson writes in Foreign Affairs about how Western analysts are overestimating Xi Jinping's weaknesses.

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