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 Information
- Nicholas Szechenyi
- Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
- 202.741.3928
- NSzechenyi@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- ASchwartz@csis.org
- Sofia Chavez
- Media Relations Manager, External Relations
- 202.775.7317
- SChavez@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

Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business

Southeast Asia Program

Chair on India and Emerging Asia Economics
All Asia Program Content
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Pacific Partners Outlook: Australia’s Search for MH370: Regional Leadership through HADR and Search and Rescue
Newsletter by Gregory B. Poling and Benjamin Schaare — April 10, 2014
The Banyan Tree Leadership Forum with George Brandis, Australian Attorney-General
Event — April 8, 2014
Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: The Philippines’ South China Sea Memorial: Sailing into the Wind
Newsletter by Gregory B. Poling — April 3, 2014
Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Aloha ASEAN: Hagel to Host Defense Ministers in Hawaii
Newsletter by Ernest Z. Bower — March 21, 2014
Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Getting Malaysia Right: Presidential Prerogative
Newsletter by Ernest Z. Bower — March 6, 2014
Pacific Partners Outlook: Reengaging Fiji: The Right Policy at the Right Time
Newsletter by Elke Larsen — February 27, 2014
Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: A Spring of Opportunity for the United States’ “Pacific President”
Newsletter by Ernest Z. Bower — February 20, 2014
Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Thai Democracy Faces Continuing Hurdles in the Wake of Elections
Newsletter by Murray Hiebert, Gregory B. Poling, and Noelan Arbis — February 6, 2014
Pacific Partners Outlook: Australia’s Chairing of G20 Provides Opportunity to Reenergize Economic Reform
Newsletter by Murray Hiebert and Matthew P. Goodman — January 30, 2014
Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: Achieving Trade Promotion Authority Will Require a Heavy Lift from the President
Newsletter by Scott Miller and Murray Hiebert — January 23, 2014