Asia

The Carnegie Asia Program in Beijing and Washington provides clear and precise analysis to policy makers on the complex economic, security, and political developments in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy is a joint U.S.–China research center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The Center brings together senior scholars and experts from the United States and China for collaborative research on common global challenges that face the United States and China.
 
In the spotlight
 

Time to Make History

If Obama and Xi can rise to the conceptual challenge and articulate a path forward, they have a chance to contribute a richer chapter to history than the previous leaders have made in decades.

China’s Military and the U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2030

The first and only unclassified strategic net assessment of the future impact of China’s growing military power on Japan and the United States.

China and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands

An examination of various Chinese sources suggests that virtually all statements constitute clear and consistent expressions of China’s sovereign claims to the islands as well as a complete repudiation of Japan’s claims.

Coming to Terms with China's Growth Prospects

Beijing faces a trade-off between stimulating short-term economic growth and acting on the structural reforms needed to establish a basis for sustainable growth in the future.

The World Needs a More Active China

Relations in Asia have deteriorated in large part because China’s willingness to act lags behind its capabilities. More productive outcomes could be realized if China became more active in crafting the global agenda.

 
  • Op-Ed
    Multiplex World
    Evan A. Feigenbaum June 11, 2013 East Asia Forum Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 2 April-June 2013

    Two difficult strategic challenges will test East Asia’s diplomats in coming years: first, the collision between economic integration and security fragmentation, and, second, the dominance of form over function in the institutions that could help to mitigate this debilitating dynamic.

     
  • Op-Ed
    How Much Investment Is Optimal?
    Michael Pettis June 10, 2013 China Financial Markets

    China’s low level of social capital constrains its ability to absorb additional capital stock productively, causing the country to over-invest.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Long-term Study Suggests Sino-Japanese Tensions Likely to Increase
    Michael Swaine June 7, 2013 Asahi Shimbun

    The U.S. military capacity to deter China and assure countries in the Western Pacific could diminish, if China successfully deployed new missiles, submarines and other weapons in those waters.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Getting Past Mutual Suspicion
    Rachel Esplin Odell, Michael Swaine June 6, 2013 National Interest

    Both the United States and China need to recognize the nature and seriousness of the tensions and suspicions that have accumulated between the two powers over the past few years.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Time to Make History
    Douglas H. Paal June 6, 2013 China Daily

    If Obama and Xi can rise to the conceptual challenge and articulate a path forward, they have a chance to contribute a richer chapter to history than the previous leaders have made in decades.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Chinese Views Regarding the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute
    Michael Swaine June 4, 2013 China Leadership Monitor

    An examination of various Chinese sources suggests that virtually all statements constitute clear and consistent expressions of China’s sovereign claims to the islands as well as a complete repudiation of Japan’s claims.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Excess German Savings, Not Thrift, Caused the European Crisis
    Michael Pettis May 21, 2013 China Financial Markets

    National savings represent a lot more than the thriftiness of local households, and as such it has a lot less to do with household or cultural preferences and more so with the policies or institutions that restrain the household share of GDP.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Coming to Terms with China's Growth Prospects
    Yukon Huang May 16, 2013 Financial Times

    Beijing faces a trade-off between stimulating short-term economic growth and acting on the structural reforms needed to establish a basis for sustainable growth in the future.

     
  • Op-Ed
    The Flawed Logic Behind Beijing's Senkaku/Diaoyu Policy
    Yaping Wang May 16, 2013 Diplomat 中文

    Beijing's strategy of “reactive assertiveness” in dealing with the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands makes flawed calculations of risks and gains.

     
  • Op-Ed
    The World Needs a More Active China
    Yukon Huang May 14, 2013 Wall Street Journal

    Relations in Asia have deteriorated in large part because China’s willingness to act lags behind its capabilities. More productive outcomes could be realized if China became more active in crafting the global agenda.

     
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    TPP vs. RCEP: Southeast Asia’s Trade Dilemma
    Sourabh Gupta, Matt Goodman, Vikram Nehru, Arvind Subramanian, Meredith Miller June 18, 2013 Washington, DC

    Southeast Asian countries are involved in negotiations for two very different trade agreements: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). How do they differ and which one is best for Southeast Asia?

     
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    Myanmar: What’s Next?
    David Steinberg, Lex Rieffel, James L. Schoff, John Sifton May 30, 2013 Washington, DC

    Transitioning Myanmar from authoritarianism to democracy and from a planned to a market economy brings unprecedented political, social, and economic difficulties.

     
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    Economic Dimensions of U.S. Engagement with Southeast Asia
    Atul Keshap, Robert Dohner, Vikram Nehru, Walter Lohman May 23, 2013 Washington, DC

    At a time of fiscal stress at home and economic challenges abroad, the credibility and sustainability of America’s economic engagement with Southeast Asia will be central to its success.

     
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    Assessing Malaysia’s Election
    Paul Jones, Pek Koon Heng, Vikram Nehru, Marc Mealy May 14, 2013 Washington, DC

    In a close general election on May 5, Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition retained power despite securing less than 50 percent of the popular vote.

     
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    Science and Technology to Promote Economic Growth: A U.S.-Japan Public-Private Forum
    Hakubun Shimomura, John P. Holdren, Mitsuhiko Yamashita, James L. Schoff, Michiharu Nakamura, Hidetoshi Kotera, Keiji Kojima, Ichita Yamamoto, Keith R. Yamamoto, Charles M. Vest April 30, 2013 Washington, DC

    U.S.-Japan cooperation in science and technology can boost economic growth and strengthen the bilateral relationship.

     
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    Dealing With North Korea’s Increased Belligerence
    L. Gordon Flake, Paul Haenle, Zhang Chuanjie, Geoff Dyer, Zhu Feng, Jin Canrong April 29, 2013 Washington, DC

    As the North Korean regime continues to issue provocative warnings for foreigners to evacuate the Korean peninsula, suggesting military escalation, regional cooperation has become essential to maintainingstability on the peninsula.

     
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    China’s First Steps Since the National People’s Congress
    Michael Pettis, Douglas H. Paal April 24, 2013 Washington, DC

    China’s new leadership has taken shape since November and March but programmatic policy statements are not expected until around the time of the Third Plenum of the Central Committee in the autumn.

     
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    Asian Development Outlook 2013
    Changyong Rhee, Andrew Burns, Uri Dadush April 17, 2013 Washington, DC

    The Asia and the Pacific region continues to be the global growth leader even as it faces significant development challenges and downside risks.

     
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    Assessing Taiwanese President Ma’s Message to America
    Robert Sutter, Randall Schriver, Douglas H. Paal, Richard Bush April 16, 2013 Washington, DC

    As Taiwan peacefully manages its differences with mainland China, it seeks dignity within the international system and believes it can play a positive role supporting its close unofficial relationship with the United States.

     
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    A New Strategic Roadmap for Sino-American Relations
    Kevin Rudd, Douglas H. Paal April 2, 2013 Washington, DC

    China’s 12th National People’s Congress has concluded and Xi Jinping assumed the presidency of a country that is at a domestic crossroads and is simultaneously a rising international power.

     
  • Event
    TPP vs. RCEP: Southeast Asia’s Trade Dilemma
    Sourabh Gupta, Matt Goodman, Vikram Nehru, Arvind Subramanian, Meredith Miller June 18, 2013 Washington, DC

    Southeast Asian countries are involved in negotiations for two very different trade agreements: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). How do they differ and which one is best for Southeast Asia?

     
  • Op-Ed
    Multiplex World
    Evan A. Feigenbaum June 11, 2013 East Asia Forum Quarterly, Vol. 5 No. 2 April-June 2013

    Two difficult strategic challenges will test East Asia’s diplomats in coming years: first, the collision between economic integration and security fragmentation, and, second, the dominance of form over function in the institutions that could help to mitigate this debilitating dynamic.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    In an Era of ‘Interconnected Issues,’ U.S. Works on Relationship With China
    Douglas H. Paal June 10, 2013 PBS NewsHour

    A weekend summit between Presidents Obama and Xi worked to manage friction between the two countries as China’s power grows and extends into America’s traditional spheres of influence.

     
  • Op-Ed
    How Much Investment Is Optimal?
    Michael Pettis June 10, 2013 China Financial Markets

    China’s low level of social capital constrains its ability to absorb additional capital stock productively, causing the country to over-invest.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Long-term Study Suggests Sino-Japanese Tensions Likely to Increase
    Michael Swaine June 7, 2013 Asahi Shimbun

    The U.S. military capacity to deter China and assure countries in the Western Pacific could diminish, if China successfully deployed new missiles, submarines and other weapons in those waters.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Getting Past Mutual Suspicion
    Rachel Esplin Odell, Michael Swaine June 6, 2013 National Interest

    Both the United States and China need to recognize the nature and seriousness of the tensions and suspicions that have accumulated between the two powers over the past few years.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Time to Make History
    Douglas H. Paal June 6, 2013 China Daily

    If Obama and Xi can rise to the conceptual challenge and articulate a path forward, they have a chance to contribute a richer chapter to history than the previous leaders have made in decades.

     
  • TV/Radio Broadcast
    Xi-Obama Meeting Raise Hopes for Renewed Relations
    Douglas H. Paal June 6, 2013 CCTV

    Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping have a unique opportunity to reach a broad framework for U.S.-China relations that could strengthen cooperation and manage competition.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Chinese Views Regarding the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute
    Michael Swaine June 4, 2013 China Leadership Monitor

    An examination of various Chinese sources suggests that virtually all statements constitute clear and consistent expressions of China’s sovereign claims to the islands as well as a complete repudiation of Japan’s claims.

     
  • Policy Outlook
    U.S.-China Summit: Time to Make History
    Douglas H. Paal June 4, 2013 中文

    A playbook for how Presidents Obama and Xi can make more history than leaders have in decades.

     

China Insights

Carnegie Experts on Asia

  • Muthiah Alagappa
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Alagappa is the Tun Hussein Onn Chair in international studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His research focuses primarily on Asian security, the political legitimacy of governments, civil society and political change, and the political role of the military in Asia.

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  • Evan A. Feigenbaum
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Feigenbaum’s work focuses principally on China and India, geopolitics in Asia, and the role of the United States in East, Central, and South Asia. His previous positions include deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, deputy assistant secretary of state for Central Asia, and member of the secretary of state’s policy planning staff with principal responsibility for East Asia and the Pacific.

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  • François Godement
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, is a nonresident senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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  • Paul Haenle
    Director
    Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

    Haenle served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolian Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former president George W. Bush and President Barack Obama prior to joining Carnegie.

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  • Yukon Huang
    Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Huang is a senior associate in the Carnegie Asia Program, where his research focuses on China’s economic development and its impact on Asia and the global economy.

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  • Vikram Nehru
    Senior Associate
    Asia Program
    Bakrie Chair in Southeast Asian Studies

    Nehru is a senior associate in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on development economics, growth, poverty reduction, debt sustainability, governance, and the performance and prospects of East Asia, his research focuses on the economic, political, and strategic issues confronting Asia, particularly Southeast Asia.

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  • Douglas H. Paal
    Vice President for Studies

    Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.

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  • Michael Pettis
    Nonresident Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Pettis, an expert on China’s economy, is professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, where he specializes in Chinese financial markets.

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  • James L. Schoff
    Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Schoff is a senior associate in the Carnegie Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japanese relations and regional engagement, Japanese politics and security, and the private sector’s role in Japanese policymaking.

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  • Michael Swaine
    Senior Associate
    Asia Program

    Swaine is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and one of the most prominent American analysts in Chinese security studies.

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The Carnegie Asia Program in Beijing and Washington provides clear and precise analysis to policy makers on the complex economic, security, and political developments in the Asia-Pacific region.

 
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