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Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Toolkit Timeline

Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative Toolkit

The Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) has developed a digital toolkit with the goal of ensuring that Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) infrastructure projects are mutually beneficial, equitable, inclusive, and environmentally and socially sustainable.
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Chinese Diplomacy in Southeast Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Assessing China's practice of diplomacy in the region throughout 2020 and 2021.
Raising Standards
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Raising Standards: Ethical Artificial Intelligence and Data for Inclusive Development in Southeast Asia

This publication is a compilation of two subject-matter reports on data and artificial intelligence (AI), respectively. Each report canvasses the landscape in five Southeast Asian countries.
ASPI Emerging Leaders with Amb. Cho Tae-Yul

Emerging Female Trade Leaders

Working to develop the next generation of Asia's female trade leaders through mentorship opportunities and skill-building workshops.
KF Climate LEaders

Korea's Next Generation Leaders in Climate and Energy Policy

Works to equip young leaders with knowledge, networks, and inspiration to help develop and implement the required policies to put Korea on the pathway to achieve the vision of the Green New Deal and the net-zero 2050.
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High-level Policy Commission on Getting Asia to Net Zero

A high-level and independent commission of Asian leaders to help urgently accelerate the regional transition to net zero emissions.
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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.
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Stacking the Deck: China’s Influence in International Technology Standards Setting

Examines China’s influence in digital rule-setting and the implications for global technology competition.
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ASPI Notes

ASPI experts on what you need to know about what's happening in the Asia-Pacific.
Building the Chinese Carbon Market and Its Regional Connections

Building the Chinese Carbon Market and Its Regional Connections

Works to enhance the regional and global fight against climate change through carbon market maturation and cooperation in Asia.
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Supply Chains: A Shifting Indo-Pacific

Examines an emerging trend of the relocation, diversification, and reshoring of supply chains by mapping out the foreign investment policies of economies in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Southeast Asia and COVID-19

Asia Society Policy Institute and Asia Society Australia examine the COVID-19 pandemic and what it means for Southeast Asia’s future.
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Rebuilding U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

Seeks to establish a blueprint for post-2020 climate cooperation between the U.S. and China.