New Perspectives on Asia

CSIS research intern Maxwell Bessler traces historical shifts in Washington's appetite to decouple U.S.-China economic flows.

CSIS research interns Stephen Garrett, Maxwell Bessler, Lona Girardin, and Joseph Vaughan review what CSIS experts wrote in last year’s “Five Things to Watch in 2022” based on what played out this year.

In America, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was praised as President Biden’s biggest legislative achievement. However, to America’s biggest trading partners, it was perceived as another element of the Biden administration’s polite protectionism. 

One in seven Indians are living with mental health disorders, and India’s treatment gap of any mental disorder is 83 percent. The private sector can play a key role in addressing the mental health crisis in India by providing mental health resources to employees.

CSIS research intern Maxwell Bessler summarizes four diverging policy views on the U.S.-China economic decoupling debate.

CSIS research interns Irene Ezran and Joseph Vaughan analyze divergent views on the evolution of Sino-German relations as German chancellor Olaf Scholz travels to Beijing.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) recently concluded its 22nd summit on September 17.

Overshadowed by the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s recent and rapid militarization of a group of islands claimed by Japan has flown largely under the radar.

Southeast Asia is the epicenter of U.S.-China competition, but most countries in the region avoid taking sides.