Asia Program
Covering every corner of the world's most populous region, the CSIS Asia Team provides insightful analysis and develops innovative policy solutions for the Asian century
CSIS plays an important role in shaping the foreign policy debate on Asia. Our Asia team provides in-depth policy analysis and insights on the drivers of economic, political, and security dynamics in China, Japan, Korea, India, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
The Asia team also maintains digital platforms for policy analysis such as Beyond Parallel, examining and bringing transparency to the possibility of Korean unification; the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), our interactive source for information, analysis and policy exchange on maritime security issues in the region; China Power, which unpacks the complexity of China’s rise through data visualization and analysis; and podcasts such as The Impossible State, The Asia Chessboard, ChinaPower, and Southeast Asia Radio.
The Asia team also seeks to define the contours of U.S. strategy in Asia by conducting collaborative research projects such as Mapping the Future of U.S. China Policy and organizes multiple events including the annual Asia Forecast conference, where panels of CSIS experts predict regional developments in the coming year.
Contact
- Nicholas Szechenyi
- Senior Fellow, Japan Chair and Deputy Director for Asia
- 202.741.3928
- nszechenyi@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Paige Montfort
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.3173
- pmontfort@csis.org
Featured Asia Program Projects

Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative

Australia Chair

China Power Project

Chinese Business and Economics

Economics Program

Freeman Chair in China Studies

Japan Chair

Korea Chair

Scholl Chair in International Business

Southeast Asia Program

Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies
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Why Taiwan Matters
Event by Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Victor Cha — June 8, 2023
Hand-Off: The Evolution of U.S. Policy in Asia
Event by Stephen Hadley , David Sanger , Victor Cha , Christopher B. Johnstone , Bonny Lin , Dennis Wilder , and Nicholas Szechenyi — May 23, 2023
Hand-Off: The Evolution of U.S. Policy in Asia - Panel Discussion
Transcript — May 23, 2023
Countering AAPI Discrimination and its Intersections with U.S. Foreign Policy
Event by Ambassador Katherine Tai , John C. Yang , Sarah Mineiro , Chadwick Eason , Victor Cha , Hadeil Ali , and Aidan Arasasingham — May 22, 2023
Countering AAPI Discrimination and its Intersections with U.S. Foreign Policy
Transcript — May 22, 2023
The G7 Hiroshima Summit: Unpacking Economic Security Concerns about China
Commentary by Kimberly Lehn — May 18, 2023
2023 Thai Election Results: An Opposition Win but Unclear Path Ahead
Critical Questions by Karen Lee and Gregory B. Poling — May 16, 2023
Allies and Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region
Event by and John J. Hamre , Michael J. Green , Peter Dean , Miah Hammond-Errey , Victor Cha , Charles Edel , John Kunkel , Hayley Channer , Gerard DiPippo , Emily Benson , Matthew P. Goodman — May 4, 2023
President Marcos Goes to Washington
Commentary by Gregory B. Poling , Monica Sato , and Jared Tupuola — May 4, 2023
Global Trends in Cybersecurity Policy: The Case of Internet Security Liability
Commentary by Mari Kumano — May 2, 2023