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The Evolution of the Global Trading System: How the Rise of Asia and Next Generation Trade Will Shape the Future Economy

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China's 20th Party Congress Analysis Hub

This picture taken on February 8, 2020 shows Chinese workers building the first rail line linking China to Laos, a key part of Beijing's 'Belt and Road' project across the Mekong, in Luang Prabang. - From an artificial island in Sri Lanka to a bridge in Bangladesh and hydropower projects in Nepal and Indonesia, China's trillion-dollar Belt and Road plan is stuttering under the effects of the deadly coronavirus.

Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative Toolkit

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Chinese Diplomacy in Southeast Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic

China’s Common Prosperity Program: Causes, Challenges, and Implications

President Biden in virtual summit with President Xi

Reflections on China and U.S.-China Relations in 2021

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The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG-65), the guided-missile destroyers USS Sampson (DDG-102) and USS Pinckney (DDG-91), and the guided-missile frigate USS Rentz (FFG-46) operate in formation in the South China Sea. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

The South China Sea: Realities and Responses in Southeast Asia

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A computer chip with the Chinese flag, 3d conceptual illustration.

Stacking the Deck: China’s Influence in International Technology Standards Setting

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The Evolution of the Global Trading System: How the Rise of Asia and Next Generation Trade Will Shape the Future Economy

China's 20th Party Congress Analysis Hub

Navigating the Belt and Road Initiative Toolkit

Chinese Diplomacy in Southeast Asia during the COVID-19 Pandemic

China’s Common Prosperity Program: Causes, Challenges, and Implications

Reflections on China and U.S.-China Relations in 2021

The South China Sea: Realities and Responses in Southeast Asia

Stacking the Deck: China’s Influence in International Technology Standards Setting

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A Conversation with the Hon. Leni Robredo, 14th Vice President of the Philippines

05 Dec 2022
5 - 6:30 p.m.

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Join us for a conversation with the Hon. Leni Robredo, former Vice President of the Philippines and Chairperson of Angat Pinas, and Asia Society Policy Institute Council's Ambassador Frank Wisner.
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Reimagining the TPP: Revisions that Could Facilitate U.S. Reentry

12 Dec 2022
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Join the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) for a virtual launch of Reimaging the TPP on December 12 with Wendy Cutler, Clete Willems, and Bob Davis.

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Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise

12 Dec 2022
5 - 6 p.m.

Join us for the fifth China Wise book series event with Christopher Marquis, Sinyi Professor at University of Cambridge, to discuss his new book, Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise.

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What Next for Iran?: 100 Days of Protest and Defiance

14 Dec 2022
6:30 - 8 p.m.

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Dr. Nazee Moinian leads a conversation on what to expect in Iran, with women's rights advocate Masih Alinejad and Carnegie Endowment and Asia 21 Young Leader Karim Sadjadpour.

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Start of paddy cultivation at West Bengal,West Bengal,India

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Three Challenges That Need to be Managed to Make Net Zero Emissions a Reality in India

Kevin Rudd, Ban Ki-moon, and Arvind Panagariya write about opportunities in India to accelerate climate actions toward net zero emission.

Two Electric engineer wearing Personal protective equipment working on top of wind turbine farm

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Asian Nations Should Work Together to Accelerate Decarbonization

Kevin Rudd and Ban Ki-moon write on the urgent need for accelerated climate action and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.

19th National Congress Of The Communist Party Of China (CPC) - Closing Ceremony

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The Two Women Competing for Promotion at the 20th Party Congress

ASPI's Center for China Analysis Junior Fellow Johanna Costigan writes about women in China's Party Congress.

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The World According to Xi Jinping: What China's Ideologue in Chief Really Believes

Kevin Rudd writes in Foreign Affairs about the role of ideology in Xi Jinping's worldview.

China Prepares For 20th CPC National Congress

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Xi Jinping's Position is Secure But Growing Gloom Will Have Impact

ASPI's Center for China Analysis Assistant Director Nathan Levine and Junior Fellow Johanna Costigan write about Xi Jinping's challenges ahead.

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China's Course to Carbon Neutrality

This paper takes stock of China’s planning and reform efforts across the domains of climate, energy, and industrial upgrading
since the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) was adopted.

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Decoding the 20th Party Congress

The 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will determine China’s leadership for the next five years, and be a defining moment for politics, policy, and the world.
Cure4Cancer

To accelerate the eradication of cancer (or, to find a cure for cancer), with multi-stakeholder, multi-regional collaboration, which is focused on patient-centric clinical trials and international regulatory harmonization.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Building Trade Ties with ASEAN's Emerging Female Leaders

Professional development program for ASEAN early-career female trade experts.
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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.
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.
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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A Conversation with the Hon. Leni Robredo, 14th Vice President of the Philippines

05 Dec 2022
5 - 6:30 p.m.

New York Time

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Join us for a conversation with the Hon. Leni Robredo, former Vice President of the Philippines and Chairperson of Angat Pinas, and Asia Society Policy Institute Council's Ambassador Frank Wisner.
Online

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

12 Dec 2022
2 - 3 p.m.

Washington, DC Time

Calculate your local time »

Join the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) for a virtual launch of Reimaging the TPP on December 12 with Wendy Cutler, Clete Willems, and Bob Davis.

Register Now
In-person

Discussion

Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise

12 Dec 2022
5 - 6 p.m.

Join us for the fifth China Wise book series event with Christopher Marquis, Sinyi Professor at University of Cambridge, to discuss his new book, Mao and Markets: The Communist Roots of Chinese Enterprise.

Register Now
In-person

Discussion
/ New York

What Next for Iran?: 100 Days of Protest and Defiance

14 Dec 2022
6:30 - 8 p.m.

New York Time

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Dr. Nazee Moinian leads a conversation on what to expect in Iran, with women's rights advocate Masih Alinejad and Carnegie Endowment and Asia 21 Young Leader Karim Sadjadpour.

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