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 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.

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Partial Globe with trade lines

Crossroads of Commerce: How the Taiwan Strait Propels the Global Economy

This report provides an unprecedented look at the Taiwan Strait’s role in global trade, revealing that over one-fifth of all maritime commerce passes through this vital waterway. China possesses a range of non-kinetic options it may employ to coerce Taiwan, which could significantly disrupt this trade.
 

Digital Report by Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, David Peng, Bonny Lin, and Jasper Verschuur — October 10, 2024

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Victor Cha
President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair
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Bonny Lin
Director, China Power Project and Senior Fellow, Asian Security
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Scott Kennedy
Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
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Nicholas Szechenyi
Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
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Matthew P. Funaiole
Vice President, iDeas Lab, Andreas C. Dracopoulos Chair in Innovation and Senior Fellow, China Power Project
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Gregory B. Poling
Senior Fellow and Director, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
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Ellen Kim
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Korea Chair
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Kathleen Mcinnis
Senior Fellow, International Security Program and Director, Smart Women, Smart Power Initiative
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5Mazzocco
Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
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Bhawna Prakash
Senior Fellow, Water and Sanitation, Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies
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Yuko Nakano
Fellow, Japan Chair, and Associate Director, U.S.-Japan Strategic Leadership Program
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Lily McElwee
Deputy Director and Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies
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Harrison Prétat
Deputy Director and Fellow, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative