Asia
June, 2007
U.S.-China Energy Security Cooperation Dialogue Report
The report analyzes the proceedings of the first cooperative energy security dialogue jointly organized by the Atlantic Council's Asia and Energy Programs and co-sponsored with the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations. Discussion at the conference held October 31 though November 1, 2006 in Beijing explored areas of potential cooperation between the U.S. and China on matters of energy security and trade, climate change and the environment.
Topic(s): Asia, Energy / Environment
Program: Asia
April 13, 2007
A Framework for Peace and Security in Korea and Northeast Asia
Co-chaired by General Jack Merritt and Ambassador James Goodby, the working group calls for a series of parallel negotiations on security, political and economic issues that would go beyond the current Six Party talks to effectively denuclearize North Korea. The report describes a pathway and the elements of a comprehensive settlement to achieve the full range of U.S. strategic goals in Korea
Topic(s): Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Asia
April 13, 2007
U.S.- North Korean Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations
Topic(s): Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Asia
August 2006
China’s Rise and U.S. Influence in Asia: A Report from the Region
By Robert G. Sutter, Visiting Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, non-resident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council
Topic(s): Economics & Trade, Asia
Program: Senior Fellows
July 2006
Clean Air for Asia: Update and Overview of China-India-Japan-United States Cooperation to Reduce Air Pollution in China and India
Richard L. Lawson, N. Srinivasan, Shinji Fukukawa, and Yang Jike, Co-Chairs; John R. Lyman, Principal Rapporteur and Project Director. The result of six years of high-level dialogues and discussions, this final update of Clean Air for Asia summarizes the recommendations of the project’s working group and endorses the use of clean, sustainable energy in India and China as the only way to circumvent environmental degradation and economic instability.
Topic(s): Energy / Environment, Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Energy & Environment
December 7, 2005 - December 6, 2006
China and the World Economy Workshop. Conference Summary
Robert Kapp, rapporteur
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
March 2006
Taiwan In Search of a Strategic Consensus
This Issue Brief, based in part on an Atlantic Council delegation trip to Taiwan in December 2005 led by Franklin D. Kramer analyzes the antagonisms within the Taiwan polity that seem to rule out forging an internal consensus on a long-term strategic approach toward the Mainland that includes a unified position on the critical issues of economic ties, “one China”, and national defense. Written by Banning Garrett, Jonathan Adams and Franklin Kramer.
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
January 2006
Comments on China as a Regional Player
By Edward J. Lincoln, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
January 2006
China Succeeding Beyond Expectations
By Albert Keidel, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
January 2006
What Could Go Wrong?
By Director of Research and Analysis, Harry Harding, Eurasia Group Professor, George Washington University
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
December 2005
China as Producer: Chinese Industry After 25 Years of Reform
By Thomas Rawski, University of Pittsburgh
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
December 2005
China as Consumer
By Kenneth Lieberthal, University of Michigan
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
December 2005
China as Employer and Consumer: Economic Outlook for the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010)
By Arthur R. Kroeber, Managing Editor, China Economic Quarterly
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
December 2005
Hu Jintao's Outbox
By Joseph Fewsmith, Director, East Asian Studies Program Boston University
Topic(s): Asia, Economics & Trade
Program: Asia
March 2005
A Marshall Plan For Energy And Water Supply In Developing Countries
Richard L. Lawson, Chairman; John R. Lyman, Rapporteur; Donald L. Guertin, Project Director.
Topic(s): Energy / Environment, Asia
Program: Energy & Environment
September 2004
U.S.-China Cooperation on the Problem of Failing States and Transnational Threats
This report explores the similarities and differences in opinions between Chinese and Americans regarding the array of transnational threats and challenges posed by failing states — and the prospects for U.S.-China cooperation in addressing these threats and challenges. Written by Banning Garrett and Jonathan Adams
Topic(s): Asia, Defense
Program: Asia
February 2004
American Perspectives on the Threat Posed by Weak and Failing Asian States
William Wise
Topic(s): Asia, Global Challenges
Program: Asia
June 2003
Missile Defense in Asia
A policy paper/trip report which discusses the likely future course of U.S. missile defense programs in Asia and considers the cases of China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. It concludes that the deployment of a U.S. missile defense in Asia need not be destabilizing if it continues to be managed skillfully and transparently. Walter B. Slocombe, Rapporteur; Michael P.C. Carns, Jacques S. Gansler and C. Richard Nelson.
Topic(s): Defense, Asia
Program: International Security
November 30, 2001
Central Asia and the War on Terrorism
A Panel Discussion with: Rustam Azimov, Kadir Gulomov, and Sodyq Safaev. Moderated by: The Honorable Joseph A. Presel, Former U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
Topic(s): Terrorism, Asia
May 1999
Building an Asia-Pacific Security Community: The Role of Nuclear Weapons
James E. Goodby and Tomohisa Sakanaka, Co-Chairs; C. Richard Nelson, Project Director; W. Neal Anderson, Tomohide Murai and Shinichi Ogawa, Co-Rapporteurs.
Topic(s): Asia, Defense
Program: International Security
