The Workshop on China and the World Economy, sponsored by the Atlantic Council and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, convened Dec. 7, 2005, and January 9, 2006, at The Atlantic Council.  The workshops brought senior scholars, economists, policymakers and analysts together to discuss developments in China’s economy and the impact of these developments on the regional and global economies. [read more]

An Atlantic Council Asia Programs delegation visited Taiwan on December 12-16 2005, hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The delegation explored Taiwan’s political, economic and security situation and relations across the Taiwan Straits. [read more]

Featured Publications:

U.S.- North Korean Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws & Regulations

Taiwan In Search of a Strategic Consensus, Banning Garrett, Jonathan Adams and Franklin Kramer. 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.

Creating a Peace Regime in Korea, by The Hon. James Goodby.  An expanded version of this essay was presented as remarks to a session of the Korea-China Forum entitled: Beyond the Six-Party Talks: Prospects for a Peace Regime on the Korean Peninsula and Implications for Regional Security on May 17th, 2006.

Global Futures and Implications for U.S. Basing, Working Group Report, Franklin D. Kramer, Chairman, and C. Richard Nelson, Rapporteur.  The report of an Atlantic Council working group optimizing the U.S. basing network to effectively meet 21st century security challenges, June 2005.

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.

Asia Programs in the News:

US think tank says Taiwan suffers from a lack of consensus, By Nadia Tsao, Taipei Times Staff Reporter in Washington DC, March 11, 2006.

"Bush's Man in Beijing: In a canny move, the president entrusted Zoellick with the crucial China mission," by Stephen Glain, Newsweek International. Featured quotes from Asia Programs' Director Banning Garrett.

Projects:

• Program on U.S.-China Cooperation — a series of projects aimed at developing active cooperation between the United States and China on regional and global issues of strategic importance to both countries through identifying common interests, exploring obstacles and developing policy options in the following areas:
  • failing states and transnational threats
  • global energy security
  • managing the world economy
  • regional integration and multilateral regimes
   
• U.S.-China-EU Dialogue on Global Issues — a high-level dialogue among experts, former officials and policymakers from Europe, the United States and China that seeks mutual understanding and common ground as well as to develop policy recommendations for U.S.-EU-Chinese cooperation to meet emerging challenges and threats to global stability and prosperity.

• Cross-Strait Seminar Series — allows the Atlantic Council to address critical issues in cross-Strait relations in a timely manner to provide insights to policy-makers and the foreign policy community in Washington.

• Korea-China Forum — a public forum co-sponsored with the Korea Economic Institute that explores the rapidly-expanding relationship between Korea and China to provide new insights for the Washington foreign policy community on this emerging dynamic in Northeast Asia.