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UPCOMING EVENT

Save to My PortfolioShaping Peace and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: The New Australian Government’s Defense and Foreign Policy Priorities

Tuesday, July 15, 2008
9:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

On July 15, the 21st Century Defense Initiative at Brookings and Lowy Institute for International Policy will host the Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP, the Australian minister for defense. Minister Fitzgibbon will outline the new government’s priorities and discuss the role of the U.S.-Australia alliance in shaping peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region. Read More

Defense, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Foreign Policy

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioChina's Spring and Summer

Tuesday, July 08, 2008
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Over the past several months, China has faced a number of challenges, including a devastating earthquake affecting hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens; demonstrations in Tibet; and completing its preparations for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games. On July 8, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings will host James Miles, The Economist ‘s China correspondent , for a conversation about current issues in China. Read More

China, Asia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Right Way to Beat Chinese Inflation

Wing Thye Woo, July 02, 2008, Project Syndicate

The Right Way to Beat Chinese InflationThe threat of high inflation is plaguing many countries, including China, which must balance its long-term goal of sustained and strong economic growth with policies to tame inflation. Wing Thye Woo offers recommendations on how to balance these competing demands. Read More

China, BRICs, Trade, China's Economy, Global Economics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioNorth Korea's Nuclear Declaration

Jeffrey A. Bader and Richard C. Bush III, June 26, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDebating China's Future: Speed vs. Direction

Cheng Li, Spring 2008, China Security Vol. 4 No. 2

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioEthnic Minority Elites in China’s Party-State Leadership

Cheng Li, Summer 2008, China Leadership Monitor, No. 25

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Balancing Act Across the Taiwan Strait

Richard C. Bush III, June 19, 2008, Taipei Times

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioSoft Power in East Asia

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioAsian Regionalism, Strategic Evolution, and U.S. Policy in Asia

Fu-Kuo Liu, June 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDisaster Standards Needed in Asia

Roberta Cohen, June 2008, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioPerceptions of U.S. Foreign Policy in East Asia

Tuesday, June 03, 2008
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioU.S.-India Relations

Stephen P. Cohen, June 02, 2008, Pragati (India)

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Japanese State Identity as a Grand Strategic Imperative

Masahiro Matsumura, May 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioChinese Diaspora Carries Torch for Old Country

Michael Fullilove, May 19, 2008, Financial Times

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioFive Observations on Natural Disasters

Elizabeth Ferris, May 15, 2008, The Brookings Institution

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioChina, Taiwan and U.S. Policy in Northeast Asia

Richard C. Bush III, May 13, 2008, International Affairs Forum

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioChina's Competing Nationalisms

David Shambaugh, May 05, 2008, International Herald Tribune

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Featured Experts

Jeffrey A. Bader

Jeffrey A. Bader

Director, John L. Thornton China Center

Jeffrey Bader worked at the State Department, the National Security Council, and the United States Trade Representative’s office during his 27-year career with the U.S. Government. He is an expert on U.S.-China relations and director of the John L. Thornton China Center.
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Richard C. Bush III

Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
The Michael H. Armacost Chair

Richard Bush’s two-decade public service career spans Congress, the intelligence community and the U.S. State Department. He currently focuses on China-Taiwan relations, U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula and Japan’s security. He is the author of, among other works,  A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge to America,  Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait , and At Cross Purposes: U.S.-Taiwan Relations Since 1942.

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