Asia Report #33 | June 2015 Now that Narendra Modi’s rule has passed the one year mark, there has been no shortage of performance assessments.…
Continue reading Remaking India: Modi’s Blueprint to Align Foreign Policy with Domestic Agenda
Type: Asia Reports
Asia Reports provide the summaries of events held by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies on key foreign policy issues in the region.
Full list of Asia Reports: https://sigur.elliott.gwu.edu/reports/
Asia Report #30 | May 2015 The Obama Administration has renewed its efforts to get the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through Congress over the past year.…
Continue reading Winners or Losers in the TPP? Taiwan, Its Neighbors, and the United States
Asia Report #31 | May 2015 China is at a series of junctures in its economic, social, political, environmental, and foreign policy realms. As the…
Continue reading China at the Crossroads? Reform Challenges Ahead
Asia Report #32 | May 2015 Thailand’s socioeconomic development since the 1980s has changed the political demography of Thailand, leading to the rise of a…
Continue reading Democratization in Asia: Lessons from Thailand’s Crisis
Asia Report #29 | March 2015 China’s growing weight in the global economy has intensified debate on the potential international role of its currency, the…
Continue reading China’s Currency Internationalization: Domestic Debates and International Destiny
Asia Report #28 | December 2014 With China’s rise and growth of Internet usage in China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has looked to the…
Continue reading The Internet, Political Participation, and Governance Reform in China
Asia Report #26 | May 2014 As an ethnically heterogeneous country, China faces a unique challenge in its nation building efforts: establishing a unified Chinese…
Continue reading Contestation and Adaptation: The Politics of National Identity in China
Asia Report #27 | May 2014 As China’s influence on geopolitics, energy markets, trade, and the global financial system continues to expand, conventional wisdom might…
Continue reading Beyond Competition: Anomalies in How States React to a Rising China
Asia Report #25 | April 2014 What explains escalating tensions between China and its neighbors in the South China Sea over the past several years?…
Asia Report #19 | April 2013 According to conventional wisdom, rising corruption reduces economic growth. And yet, between 1978 and 2010, even as officials were…
Continue reading China’s Twin Paradoxes: Rapid Growth and Rising Corruption
Asia Report #20 | May 2013 The Delhi gang-rape and subsequent death of medical student Jyoti Singh Pandey in December 2012 sparked an unprecedented discussion…
Continue reading Examining Violence Against Women in India: Changes, Challenges, and Futures
Asia Report #17 | February 2013 Scott Bates, president of the Center for National Policy, has proposed a new national security policy for Taiwan entitled…
Asia Report #14 | May 2012 The signing of The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a preferential trade agreement between the governments of the People’s…
Continue reading Taiwan and Asia Pacific Economic Integration: ECFA, TPP, and Beyond
Asia Report #12 | November 2011 Since Yoshihiko Noda took office as Prime Minister of Japan two months ago, there appears to be some possibility…
Asia Report #11 | September 2011 Recent developments across the Taiwan Strait have important implications for the future of U.S.-China relations as well as America’s…
Continue reading Evolving Cross-Strait Relations and Challenges and Implications for the U.S.
