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. 

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The Truth of the Matter

Emergency Podcast: U.S.-China Tariff Pause

Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and director of the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, and Philip Luck, director of the CSIS Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business, join the podcast to discuss the 90-day suspension in the trade war between the United States and China.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz, Philip Luck, and Scott Kennedy — May 13, 2025

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The Latest on Southeast Asia: Military Reform & Student Protests in Indonesia

On March 20, the Indonesian House of Representatives  passed significant revisions to the 2004 Law on the Indonesian Armed Forces. After a series of clandestine deliberations conducted in luxury hotels, the amendments sped through the House less than a month after their introduction and President Prabowo Subianto’s written endorsement. 

Blog Post by Japhet Quitzon — March 27, 2025

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Protecting the Backbone of the Internet

CSIS’s Erin Murphy joins the podcast to discuss why subsea cables are so important to global security and how they can impact competition with China.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Erin L. Murphy — February 24, 2025

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