Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
To further the study of Southeast Asia in world affairs, the Bakrie Center Foundation has made a generous pledge to support the establishment of a Chair for a Senior Associate in Southeast Asian Studies at Carnegie's Washington office.
An era of negotiation has succeeded decades of confrontation across the Taiwan Strait, raising questions about the political, security and economic dimensions of the new cross-Strait situation.
Aside from adjusting their currency, Chinese policy makers must also consider other important factors in order to increase domestic demand and cut reliance on exports.
In recent months, the United States and China have gone through a rough patch in bilateral relations. Yet such setbacks represent a very short period in a much longer timeframe of U.S.-China cooperation.
Despite China's extraordinary recovery, the debate over its economic prospects has intensified as new questions have emerged about China's exit strategy and its relationship with the United States.
Much has been made about President Obama's upcoming trip to Asia as recent events on the continent—continuing uncertainty in North Korea, the violence in Urumqi, and the ongoing fallout in the wake of global recession—indicate that this could be one of the most important trips of his first year in office.
Xu Kuangdi, the former mayor of Shanghai, discussed China’s action on climate change. Efforts to develop circular economies, reduce energy intensity, and increase the share of nuclear and renewable energy are underway.
China has seen a revival in Confucianism in the last decade. Discussants explored this renaissance and its implications for modern Chinese politics and society.
On the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Incident, Carnegie brought together a group of experts including: Brent Scowcroft, Ted Koppel, Ambassador J. Stapleton Roy, and Minxin Pei, to discuss how the ensuing years have transformed China's political trajectory and what changes may be near.
President Obama’s first 100 days have been marked by both departurea from and continuationa of the Bush administration’s Asian foreign policy. Although Obama’s administration is still in its early stages and only beginning to enact regional policies, the trend has been towards rational multilateralism.