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Summit Season in Asia

Summit Season

“Summit Season” in Asia will take place in November 2022 with a number of high-level international summits being held throughout Asia. This includes COP27, the climate change focused summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand, and G20 in Bali, Indonesia, where issues surrounding the global economy will take center stage; and the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits, related Summits, ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and ADMM Plus, and 15th East Asia Summit will all be held in Cambodia. The ASEAN summits will cover the range of issues from the Russia-Ukraine conflict to regional trade and climate change. Asia Society Policy Institute experts are closely following the outcomes of the summits and meetings and providing their analysis on what this means for Southeast Asia, the wider region, and the world.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

  • Thom Woodroofe, What it’s Like to Negotiate a Climate Agreement, The Saturday Paper (Op-ed)
  • Danny Russel, What it Looks Like When Biden and Xi Try to Get Along, Politico (Commentary)
  • Danny Russel, Did Joe Biden and Xi Jinping Lower the Risk of War Over Taiwan?, The New Yorker (Commentary)
  • Thom Woodroofe, Biden-Xi Meeting Presses Pause on U.S.-China Free Fall, Axios (Commentary)
  • Thom Woodroofe, Big-Power Rivalry Overshadows Biden-Xi Cooperation Pledge, Reuters (Commentary)
  • Kevin Rudd, Ex-Australia PM Sees Marginal Gains in Ties After Xi, Biden Meet, Bloomberg (Commentary)
  • Bates Gill, Albo to Meet With China's Xi Jinping, 3AW (Interview)
  • Daniel Russel, As Biden and Xi Meet, Can Their Old Connection Avert a Clash, Washington Post (Commentary)
  • Rorry Daniels, China Wants to Mend Ties with the U.S. But it Won't Make the First Move, Washington Post (Commentary)
  • Daniel Russel, Biden to Warn Xi North Korea's Path Could Prompt Bigger U.S. Military, CNBC (Commentary)
  • Evan Medeiros, Biden and Xi Try to Steady Collapsing U.S.-China Relations in First Meeting, Financial Times (Commentary)
  • Kevin Rudd and Ban Ki-moon, The Climate Fight is Asia's Leadership Opportunity, Project Syndicate (Op-ed)
  • Kevin Rudd, What Biden and Xi Can Agree On, The Atlantic (Op-ed)
  • Richard Maude, South-East Asia and the Wong doctrine, Australian Financial Review (Op-ed)
  • Richard Maude, The Pandemic and ASEAN, Southeast Asia and COVID-19 (Article)
  • Elina Noor, The Private Sector Perspective on IPEF and APEC with Ambassador Ted Osius, Southeast Asia Radio (Podcast)
  • Richard Maude, ASEAN Struggles on in an Uncertain Age, The Diplomat (Op-ed)
  • Taylah Bland, Why China Won’t Play Power Politics With the U.S. at COP 27, The Diplomat (Op-ed)
  • Thom Woodroofe, Why Australia Should Host the UN Climate Conference in 2025, Australian Foreign Affairs (Op-ed)
  • Danny Russel, If the U.S. Means to Win Back ASEAN from China, Showing Up Isn't Enough, South China Morning Post (Op-ed)
  • Taylah Bland, The World Needs Sino-American Climate Cooperation, 9Dashline (Op-ed)
  • Richard Maude and Dominique Fraser, Conversation Six Series about Southeast Asian Perspectives on Myanmar (Podcast)
    • The security situation in Myanmar
    • The role of ASEAN in the Myanmar crisis
    • The support Australia could lend Myanmar

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Wendy Cutler, Vice President and Managing Director, Washington, D.C. Office

Dominique Fraser, Research Associate

Kate Logan, Associate Director of Climate, ASPI, and Fellow, Center for China Analysis

Richard Maude, Senior Fellow, Asia Society Policy Institute, and Executive Director, Policy, Asia Society Australia

Elina Noor, Director, Political-Security Affairs and Deputy Director, Washington, D.C.

Kevin Rudd, President, Asia Society Policy Institute; Founding Chair, Center for China Analysis

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Shay Wester, Director of Asian Economic Affairs and Outreach Director

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Thom Woodroofe, Chief of Staff to the President & CEO and Fellow

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