Established in 1998 as the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS), the Center for East Asia Policy Studies (CEAP) conducts research, analysis, and exchange to enhance policy development and public understanding on the pressing political, security, and economic issues facing East Asia and the United States in the region. The Center’s active series of programs provides expert insight and analysis into current events and emerging trends in East Asia, including Southeast Asia, and their implications for U.S. interests there. Its four Chairs and cadre of associated researchers conduct in-depth, cutting-edge research on understudied and looming issues concerning the region. Center research and analysis appear in the form of seminars, roundtable discussions, books, policy papers, web-based publications, Congressional testimony, and journal articles.

The principal areas of research and analysis for the Center include relations across the Taiwan Strait and their international implications; U.S.-ROK relations and South Korea’s growing role in the world; approaches to North Korea, particularly its nuclear and missile programs; Japanese politics and political economy, as well as its expanding international role; U.S.-China strategic relations and their implications for regional dynamics; and Southeast Asia’s growing strategic, economic, and diplomatic importance. CEAP scholars cover cross-cutting areas of research regarding the impact of emerging technologies, the new forms of minilateral economic and security cooperation, and the on-going challenges of governance in Asia. Their analysis helps frame key debates and offers an array of policy recommendations for the U.S. government and governments in the region.

CEAP STAFF AND AFFILIATES

Mireya SolísDirector, Senior Fellow, and Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies
Ryan Hass, The Michael H. Armacost Chair, Interim Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies, and Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Patricia M. Kim, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Jonathan StromsethSenior Fellow and Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asia Studies
Andrew Yeo, Visiting Fellow and SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korean Studies

Jennifer MasonAssociate Director
Adrien Chorn, Senior Research Assistant
Hanna Foreman, Research Assistant
Laura McGhee, Senior Research Assistant and Project Coordinator

Nonresident Scholars
Richard C. Bush
Adam P. Liff
Shirley Lin
Tom Pepinsky
Jonathan Pollack
Evans J.R. Revere
Natalie Sambhi

Visiting Fellow Program Alumni
1998-2014