CSIS's Asia portfolio includes the broader Asia Program encompassing numerous endowed chairs and programs — the Freeman Chair in China Studies, the Japan Chair, the Korea Chair, the Economics Program, the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, the Southeast Asia Program, the China Power Project, the Australia Chair, and the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics. Asia also features heavily in the work of other CSIS programs, including the International Security Program, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, and Global Health Policy Center, among others.

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CSIS Commission Report on North Korea Policy & Extended Deterrence

A bipartisan, 14-member Commission on the Korean Peninsula has looked at recommendations for strengthening extended deterrence and reexamining North Korea policy. Join us as members of the Commission discuss recommendations from our report.

Transcript — January 26, 2023

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Japan Steps Up

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green , Jude Blanchette , and Christopher B. Johnstone — January 17, 2023

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Japan’s New Defense Strategy

CSIS’s Chris Johnstone joins the podcast to discuss Japan’s unprecedented policy changes on defense spending and strategy, and what it means for the United States and the Pacific.

Transcript by H. Andrew Schwartz and Christopher B. Johnstone — December 16, 2022

IRA and the EV Tax Credits: Disruption or Expansion of Trade Alliance?

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. 

Blog Post — December 16, 2022

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Building a U.S.-Australia-Philippines Triad

The United States and Australia should shore up the strategic foundations of their partnerships with the Philippines, highlight the mutual benefits of working together, and assess the role that trilateral cooperation should play in regional security.

Brief by Gregory B. Poling and Andreyka Natalegawa — December 15, 2022

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Low Orbit, High Stakes

The competition to provide broadband from low Earth orbit (LEO) is one of the most important, least appreciated geostrategic developments underway. These networks hope to bring more of the world online and will bring substantial economic and strategic implications.

Report by Makena Young and Akhil Thadani — December 14, 2022

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Strengthening U.S. extended deterrence

At the 12th Joongang Ilbo-CSIS Forum on December 1, 2022, Dr. Victor Cha moderated a keynote conversation with Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, in which the two discussed U.S. policy on extended deterrence as it relates to Korea.  

Newsletter by Victor Cha — December 14, 2022

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China at Home and Abroad: Opportunities and Fears

In the first annual conference of Big Data China, China experts in the policy and academic communities discussed China’s economic policy, exit strategies for China’s Covid-19 policy, and potential pathways to improve the US-China relationship.

Event by and Scott Kennedy , Ilaria Mazzocco , Daniel H. Rosen , John L. Holden , Loren Brandt , Mary Lovely , Wenhong Chen , Yanzhong Huang , Winnie Yip , Jan Berris , Elizabeth Economy — December 13, 2022

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China Travelogue #2

In the second episode of his travelogue series, CSIS’s Scott Kennedy discusses what it was like to experience the Zero-Covid policy, the widespread skepticism he encountered, and the consequences of China’s chaotic exit from Zero-Covid. 

Blog Post by Scott Kennedy — December 13, 2022

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Chinese Statecraft in the Pacific Islands

This week, Mike and Jude sit down with Pete Connolly, a retired officer in the Australian Defence Force and Adjunct Fellow with the Asia Program at CSIS, to discuss Chinese statecraft in the Pacific Islands.

Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green , Jude Blanchette , and Pete Connolly — December 12, 2022

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Have U.S.-China Tensions Hurt American Innovation: A Big Data China Event

In this Big Data China event on December 9 at 10 a.m. EST, the CSIS Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics and the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI) present their latest publication.

Event by Ilaria Mazzocco , Deborah Seligsohn , Scott Rozelle , Molly Roberts , Ruixue Jia , Abigail Coplin , and James Mulvenon — December 9, 2022