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Strategic Asia Program
The Strategic Asia Program aims to strengthen and inform strategic and policy decisions by providing innovative research on challenges and opportunities for U.S. national interests in the Asia-Pacific region.
Ashton B. Carter, Deputy Secretary of Defense, delivered the keynote address at the October 3, 2012, launch event for Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge in Washington, D.C. Select volume contributors presented research findings that assess China’s growing military capabilities and regional responses, as well as the resulting challenges and opportunities facing the United States. Learn more.
The Strategic Asia Program:
- Offers an authoritative assessment of Asia’s evolving strategic environment
- Looks forward five years, and in some cases beyond, to contemplate the future of the region
- Maintains a record of data and analysis on trends in Asia’s changing strategic landscape
Guided by Research Director Ashley J. Tellis (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), this major ongoing research initiative publishes an annual edited volume and executive brief, maintains an online database focused on indicators that describe the changing balance of power in the region, an interactive mapping tool that tracks current Asian military developments, and organizes tailored briefings for a broad range of U.S. government agencies, policymakers, and leaders of industry to inform U.S. foreign policy toward the Asia-Pacific.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Travis Tanner
Senior Project Director
psa@nbr.org
Research Director
Ashley J. Tellis
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
2012-13
Research Team
Dan Blumenthal
American Enterprise Institute
Andrew S. Erickson
U.S. Naval War College
Thomas Fingar
Stanford University
Christopher W. Hughes
University of Warwick
Roy Kamphausen
The National Bureau of Asian Research
Kevin Pollpeter
Defense Group Inc.
Arun Sahgal
Institute of National Security Studies
Andrew Shearer
Victorian State Government, Australia
Mark A. Stokes
Project 2049 Institute
Ashley J. Tellis
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Strategic Asia 2012-13 Now Available for Purchase
In Strategic Asia 2012-13: China’s Military Challenge, leading experts assess and forecast the impact of China’s growing military capabilities. What are China’s strategic aims? What are the challenges and opportunities facing the United States? How is the region responding to China’s military power and to the U.S. policy of “strategic rebalancing”? Purchase the volume in print, Kindle, and PDF formats.
Strategic Asia 2011-12
Strategic Asia 2011-12: Asia Responds to its Rising Powers—China and India explores how Asian states are responding to the rise of China and India and the strategies these states are pursuing to preserve their national interests. Read the free Executive Summary for each chapter.
Strategic Asia 2011-12 Book Launch Audio and Video
The September launch event for Strategic Asia 2011–12: Asia Responds to Its Rising Powers—China and India featured a keynote address by Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake with panel presentations by Ashley J. Tellis and three other volume authors. Access event audio and video.
Understanding Xi Jinping and China’s New Generation of Leaders
In advance of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's February 2012 meeting with President Obama and senior administration officials in Washington, D.C., Cheng Li discussed the importance of the visit, the challenges that Xi and a new generation of leaders face, and how the U.S.-China relationship might evolve in coming years.
Coping with Change on the Korean Peninsula
Chung Min Lee, Strategic Asia contributing author and Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies and the Underwood International College at Yonsei University, assesses the North Korean leadership transition and its implications for regional security and diplomacy.
China’s Response to a Rising India
How does China view its fellow rising giant? NBR spoke with M. Taylor Fravel, Strategic Asia contributing author and associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who argues that China views India’s rise as a largely positive development that promotes China’s own interests and objectives more than it threatens or challenges them.
India's Response to a Rising China
In an interview with NBR, India expert Harsh V. Pant argues that there is a growing realization among Indian policymakers that China poses a significant challenge to their nation’s global rise, but India will have to settle its own domestic issues before taking up the reins as a global and regional power.
Asia's Rise and U.S. Grand Strategy
Strategic Asia Program Research Director Ashley J. Tellis maintains that Asia continues to encounter challenges in many areas despite economic advancement. He argues that an effective U.S. grand strategy is necessary to face the complex international environment in a time of globalization. Read the full Q&A.
Strategic Asia Database
Upgraded and updated!
Featuring a newly developed interactive military mapping feature that tracks current Asian military developments, including the location of military assets, international exercises, and peacekeeping operations: Strategic Asia Database
Strategic Asia Update
Sign up for the monthly Strategic Asia Update. See the January 2013 issue.
Strategic Asia Volumes
Strategic Asia 2011-12: Asia Responds to Its Rising Powers - China and India
Strategic Asia 2010-11: Asia's Rising Power and America's Continued Purpose
Strategic Asia 2009–10: Economic Meltdown and Geopolitical Stability
Strategic Asia 2008–09: Challenges and Choices
Strategic Asia 2007–08: Domestic Political Change and Grand Strategy
Strategic Asia 2006–07: Trade, Interdependence, and Security
Strategic Asia 2005–06: Military Modernization in an Era of Uncertainty
Strategic Asia 2004–05: Confronting Terrorism in the Pursuit of Power
Strategic Asia 2003–04: Fragility and Crisis
Strategic Asia 2002–03: Asian Aftershocks
Strategic Asia 2001–02: Power and Purpose
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