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China’s entry into the negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership would further Beijing’s strategic interests, harmonize the TPP and RCEP deals, and safeguard Asia’s regional economic infrastructure.
Seven percent is a reasonable GDP growth rate for the Chinese economy that will also give give room for the Chinese central government to enact institutional reform.
China’s economy is at a turning point, shifting from growth driven by exports and investment toward growth based on household spending. Low growth is China’s new normal.
War is unlikely between China and Japan, but ongoing crises are not. Bold diplomacy is needed.
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?
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.
China’s low level of social capital constrains its ability to absorb additional capital stock productively, causing the country to over-invest.
A playbook for how Presidents Obama and Xi can make more history than leaders have in decades.
Transitioning Myanmar from authoritarianism to democracy and from a planned to a market economy brings unprecedented political, social, and economic difficulties.
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.