Asia Program
Covering every corner of the world's most populous region, the CSIS Asia Team provides insightful analysis and develops innovative policy solutions for the Asian century
CSIS plays an important role in shaping the foreign policy debate on Asia. Our Asia team provides in-depth policy analysis and insights on the drivers of economic, political, and security dynamics in China, Japan, Korea, India, Australia, and Southeast Asia.
The Asia team also maintains digital platforms for policy analysis such as Beyond Parallel, examining and bringing transparency to the possibility of Korean unification; the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI), our interactive source for information, analysis and policy exchange on maritime security issues in the region; China Power, which unpacks the complexity of China’s rise through data visualization and analysis; and podcasts such as The Impossible State, The Asia Chessboard, ChinaPower, and Southeast Asia Radio.
The Asia team also seeks to define the contours of U.S. strategy in Asia by conducting collaborative research projects such as Mapping the Future of U.S. China Policy and organizes multiple events including the annual Asia Forecast conference, where panels of CSIS experts predict regional developments in the coming year.
Contact
- Nicholas Szechenyi
- Senior Fellow, Japan Chair and Deputy Director for Asia
- 202.741.3928
- nszechenyi@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Samuel Cestari
- Media Relations Coordinator, External Relations
- 202.775.7317
- scestari@csis.org
Featured Asia Program Projects
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The Next Five Years of the DFC: Ten Recommendations to Revamp the Agency
Report by Erin L. Murphy, Daniel F. Runde, Romina Bandura, and Noam Unger — September 27, 2023
The United States and Laos: Opportunities for Development Cooperation
Event — February 22, 2022
A Humanitarian Emergency: The Collapse of Afghanistan's Banking System
Event — December 17, 2021
Biden Can Engage Southeast Asia and Still Promote Good Governance
Commentary by Michael J. Green and Gregory B. Poling — November 13, 2020
Free to Move: Talking Democracy on the Asia Chessboard with Derek Mitchell and Dan Twining
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — February 11, 2020
Progressive Players: Rising Democrats' View of Asia Grand Strategy with Kelly Magsamen and Mira Rapp-Hooper
Podcast Episode by Michael J. Green — September 9, 2019
The Malaysian Election Tsunami: What Happens Next?
Event — May 30, 2018
Southeast Asia’s Slide toward Authoritarianism
Podcast Episode by Brian Harding — May 3, 2018
Asia’s Infrastructure Contest: Quantity vs. Quality
Commentary by Jonathan E. Hillman — April 17, 2018
China’s Maritime Silk Road: Strategic and Economic Implications for the Indo-Pacific Region
Event — April 12, 2018