Events

The ten countries that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) combine to make up the fourth-largest export market and fifth-largest trading partner for the United States. As the work on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) attests, the ...


Events

In an increasingly complex geostrategic, political, and economic environment, the US-South Korea alliance is faced with a host of challenges—the denuclearization of North Korea, a complicated Korea-Japan relationship, an increasingly assertive China, and ...



Events

This program will be live streamed beginning at 6 p.m. CDT. From stock market fluctuations to slowing trade, 2015 has already presented major challenges to both China and its partners. Though China’s economy is still growing and investment interest from U ...


Blog entry

tpp_oct5.jpg Anonymous's blog The news this morning from Atlanta is that negotiators have  struck  a deal on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This was a long time coming, from the time the Bush Administration announced the US intention to join (i ...


External Commentary

http://thediplomat.com/2015/02/the-sources-of-north-korean-conduct/ February 1, 2015 The DiplomatGlobal Security, AsiaGlobal SecurityAsia ...


Blog entry

Bernie Reyes's blog Here is the Yin and the Yang of development aid spending: In the U.S., it is on the chopping block, threatened by budget cutters sharpening their knives; in China it is on an expansion course, favored by a government seeking to ac ...


Blog entry

paperstack.jpg Anonymous's blog One month after the conclusion of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ministerial talks in Atlanta, the participating countries released the text. There’s an awful lot there. By the count of Inside U.S. Trade, it comes in ...


Expert

Dr. Yang Yao is dean of the National School of Development and director of the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University. His research interests include economic transition and development in China. He has published dozens of research papers ...


Expert

Yongding Yu is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS); member of National People’s Political Consultative Conference (NPPCC); member of Committee of Foreign Affairs of NPPCC; member of Advisory Committee of National Planning of th ...