The Atlantic Council considers the critical factors that will shape Asia’s future, as well as U.S. and European relations with the region. It aims to analyze the prospects, obstacles and policy options for long-term stability and cooperation in Sino-American relations; assess the political, security and strategic implications of the rapidly developing economic integration of East Asia; examine the assumptions underlying U.S. policies in the region; and explore emerging trends and issues that will substantially affect U.S. regional interests in Asia in five to ten years.
The Council promotes constructive and effective U.S. and European engagement in the Asia-Pacific region to enhance prosperity, ensure security and encourage good governance. It encourages U.S. and European cooperation on global issues with Asian states, especially China, India, and Japan.
Projects
China in the World Economy — aims to forge a comprehensive strategy toward China’s emerging global and economic role that is consistent with U.S. interests in maintaining world economic growth, expanding free trade, and minimizing the impact of disruptions and instability by the processes of globalization.
China, the United States, and Global Energy Security — seeks to foster a common approach to energy security that maintains adequate energy supplies, open access to energy resources, and low energy prices, while also encouraging development and expanded use of new and renewable energy resources.
Combatant Commanders Seminar Series — regular briefings by the Combatant Commanders of the unified and specified commands to discuss current challenges and potential future threats within their areas of responsibility.
Cross-Strait Seminar Series — addresses critical issues in cross-Strait relations in a timely manner to provide insights to policy-makers and the foreign policy community in Washington.
Global Futures and Implications for U.S. Basing — examines the geopolitical context that will likely frame the security environment of the next 20 to 40 years, and to identify the implications for the U.S. overseas basing network.
A Marshall Plan for Energy and Water Supply — develops recommendations to help meet developing countries’ economic development needs through the increased flow of capital, technology and know-how in the energy and water supply sectors.
Reversing Relations with Adversaries — considers the nature of bilateral relationships between the United States and current adversaries and then prepares the U.S. government for the process of “reversing” its relations with them.
Senior Fellows Seminar Series — weekly discussions of wide-ranging economic and security issues, which provide a forum to examine how other governments and societies think about specific issues and how they might respond to international and domestic developments.
Strategic Regional Assessments — evaluates both the strategic importance of particular regions and the challenges they are likely to pose over the next decade, while discerning case-specific strategies for the realization of U.S. goals.
Strengthening U.S. Security Alliances — while international alliances have long been the bedrock of U.S. security, growing threats to that security present difficult challenges for traditional approaches to military alliances.
The United States-Japan Energy Policy Dialogue — has met regularly since 1981 to promote networking and exchange of ideas among energy decision-makers in both countries.
U.S.-China Cooperation on Failing States — assesses long-term commitments and cooperative measures by the globalizing states, notably China, to contain the immediate dangers and to move these states into the category of successful states contributing to economic growth and international stability.
U.S.-Japanese-Chinese-Indian Cooperation to Promote Clean Air in China and India — a quadripartite cooperative project to foster economic and energy policies in China and India to promote clean air.
