Center for East Asia Policy Studies

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Jung H. Pak

SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

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Jonathan Stromseth

Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center

Ryan Hass

The Michael H. Armacost Chair

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center

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Podcast Episode

Burma at a crossroads

Jonathan Stromseth, Thant Myint-U, and Fred Dews

Friday, December 13, 2019

Assistant Secretary of State David Stilwell speaks at Brookings.

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Assessing China’s role in East Asia

Scarlett Ho

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations shake hands at the Opening Ceremony of the 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC1B379757B0

Podcast Episode

What did ASEAN meetings reveal about US engagement in Southeast Asia?

Jonathan Stromseth and Adrianna Pita

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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Research

Taiwan

Taiwan’s January 2020 elections: Prospects and implications for China and the United States

Kharis Templeman

December 2019

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Report

China, Japan, and the East China Sea: Beijing’s “gray zone” coercion and Tokyo’s response

Adam P. Liff

December 2019

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) flag (R) leads the flags of the 10-member countries during the ASEAN Regional Forum meeting in Singapore July 23, 2008. The ASEAN members are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. REUTERS/Romeo Gacad/Pool (SINGAPORE) - GM1E47N1OJQ01

Report

The testing ground: China’s rising influence in Southeast Asia and regional responses

Jonathan Stromseth

November 2019

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Events

Blog Posts

An Iranian demonstrator holds a picture of the late Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, during a protest against the assassination of Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in front of United Nation office in Tehran, Iran January 3, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

India’s reaction to the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani

Tanvi Madan

Friday, January 3, 2020

Order from Chaos

Trump shakedowns are threatening two key US alliances in Asia

Bruce Klingner, Jung H. Pak, and Sue Mi Terry

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

An anti-government protester holds a Taiwan national flag as an U.S. flag flutters in the background during a demonstration to celebrate Taiwan's National Day at the Harbour city in Tsim Sha Tsui district, in Hong Kong, China October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC19205F0000

Order from Chaos

Don’t let partisanship poison US-Taiwan relationship

Ryan Hass

Monday, December 16, 2019

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Books

Dilemmas of a Trading Nation

By Mireya Solís

2017

Hong Kong in the Shadow of China

By Richard C. Bush

2016

Ambivalent Engagement

By Joseph Chinyong Liow

2017

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Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Climate threats and climate justice: Action and adaptation for sustainable development

Brookings Institution

Washington, DC

What does Taiwan’s presidential election mean for relations with China?

China steps up its information war in Taiwan

Impacts and implications of the 2020 Taiwan general elections

Experts

Jung H. Pak

SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies

Jonathan Stromseth

Lee Kuan Yew Chair in Southeast Asian Studies

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center

Ryan Hass

The Michael H. Armacost Chair

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center

Multimedia

Burma at a crossroads

Highlights: Assessing China’s role in East Asia

What did ASEAN meetings reveal about US engagement in Southeast Asia?

Research

Taiwan’s January 2020 elections: Prospects and implications for China and the United States

China, Japan, and the East China Sea: Beijing’s “gray zone” coercion and Tokyo’s response

The testing ground: China’s rising influence in Southeast Asia and regional responses

Events

Asia Transnational Threats Forum: Climate change in Asia

Global China: Assessing China’s role in East Asia

Hong Kong’s precarious future

Blog Posts

India’s reaction to the killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani

Trump shakedowns are threatening two key US alliances in Asia

Don’t let partisanship poison US-Taiwan relationship

Books

Dilemmas of a Trading Nation

Hong Kong in the Shadow of China

Ambivalent Engagement