The Asia Program

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FPRI’s Asia Program has established itself as a leading force in the United States promoting debate and analysis of the many important developments in a region that has captured the attention of academics and policymakers alike. Each year the program generally contains five major elements: (1) research projects; (2) the InterUniversity Study Group on the U.S. and Asia; (3) an annual conference; (4) special means of dissemination; and (5) educational programs for the general public and teachers. We look forward to continued growth in the community of scholars, officials, and concerned public citizens who regularly participate and make vital contributions to our organized activities.

We have always focused on relations among China, Taiwan and the United States, but our program has always recognized the importance of events outside this triangle. As part of our regional studies, our program will be attentive to Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.

Scholars

Jacques deLisle is Director of the Asia Program, and Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, specializing in US-China relations, Chinese politics and legal reform, cross-strait relations, and the international legal status of Taiwan. FPRI’s Asia program draws on a growing community of scholars from the Philadelphia metropolitan area and beyond to review recent events and to consider their policy implications.

Additional program scholars include

Felix Chang – Senior Fellow
So-Heng Chang – Senior Fellow
M. Terry Cooke – Senior Fellow
June Teufel Dreyer – Senior Fellow
Theodore Friend – Senior Fellow
Amy Gadsden – Senior Fellow
Paul Godwin – Senior Fellow

Avery Goldstein – Senior Fellow
Roy U.T. Kim – Senior Fellow
Jacqueline Newmyer – Senior Fellow
Shelley Rigger – Senior Fellow
Gilbert Rozman – Senior Fellow
Arthur Waldron – Senior Fellow

Upcoming Events

Thursday, April 5, 2012
Annual Conference
Energy, Environment and Security in Asia
Co-sponsored and hosted by the Reserve Officers Association

Recent Publications

Taiwan’s 2012 Presidential And Legislative Elections: Winners, Losers, And Implications, Jacques deLisle, 1/2012
Why Taiwan Matters, June Teufel Dreyer, 7/2011
Strait Ahead? China’s Fifth Generation Leaders And Beijing’s Taiwan Policy, Jacques deLisle, 7/2011
Taiwan: Sovereignty And Participation In International Organizations , Jacques deLisle, 7/2011
The Obama-Hu Summit Essay Collection, February 2011
Beyond The Summit:
Issues In U.S.-China Relations At, And After, Hu Jintao’S State Visit To Washington
The Elephant In The Room: Summitry And China's Challenging Relations With Great Powers In Asia, Jacques deLisle, 1/2011
Taiwan: Elections At Home, Economic Relations With The Mainland And U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations, Jacques deLisle, 1/2011
Regional Security In East Asia: An FPRI Conference Report, Jacques deLisle, 1/2011
The Political Implications Of Taiwan’s Big Five Mayoral Elections, So-Heng Chang, 12/2010
Soft Power in a Hard Place: China, Taiwan, Cross-Straight Relations and U.S. Policy (32 pages, 211K ), Jacques deLisle, Orbis Fall 2010
Is Taiwan Moving Toward Finlandization? So-Heng Chang, 6/2010
What’s Happened To Democracy In China?: Elections, Law And Political Reform Jacques deLisle, 4/2010
China’s “Peaceful Rise,” “Harmonious” Foreign Relations, and Legal Confrontation—and Lessons from the Sino-Japanese Dispute over the East China Sea, Xinjun Zhang, 4/2010
Power in East Asia: A Conference Report, Jacques deLisle (rapporteur), 3/2010
The Hu-Obama Summit and U.S.-China Relations Essay Collection (46 pages, 248K ), November 2009

From The Asia Study Group

Confronting A Powerful China With Western Characteristics, James Kurth, Orbis Winter 2012
Asian Geopolitics and Sino-American Relations in the 21st Century (29 pages, 212K ), Michael Evans, Orbis Winter 2011
Problems Of Misperception In U.S.-China Relations (13 pages, 240K ), Peter Hays Gries, Orbis Spring 2009

Transcripts of Government Testimony

Why Taiwan Matters (7 pages, 303K ), Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, June Teufel Dreyer, 6/16/2011
China's Narratives Regarding National Security Policy, Testimony before U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Gilbert Rozman, 3/10/2011
China's Narratives Regarding National Security Policy, Testimony before U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Jacqueline Newmyer, 3/10/2011

Program Activities

Past programs include the following (Click on links to access papers, audio and video files):

[Audio] Taiwan’s Presidential and Legislative Election: mplications for Cross-Strait Relations, U.S. Policy and Domestic Politics, Panel Discussion, 1/20/2012
Contested Terrain: China’s Periphery and International Relations in Asia, November 4, 2011
Conf: Regional Security in East Asia: Sustaining Stability, Coping with Conflict, Building Cooperation?, November 1, 2010
Conf: Sea Change? Conflicting Claims, Disparate Agendas and U.S.-China Maritime Security Relations, May 13, 2010
Conf: Power in East Asia: What Is It and Who Has It?, January 25, 2010
Cross-Strait Relations One Year into the Ma Administration, May 11, 2009
What Happened to Democracy in China? May 6, 2009
China: Rethinking Economic Reforms after 30 Years, April 23, 2009
Elections, Political Transitions and Foreign Policy in East Asia, April 14, 2008
China’s Rise: Assessing China’s Economic and Military Power, March 12, 2007
Free Trade and East Asia, October 4, 2006

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