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Asia Policy 6
This latest issue of NBR’s journal Asia Policy features a policy Q&A with a panel of specialists on Islamic finance and a book review roundtable on David C. Kang's China Rising. Articles in this issue address generational change and political leadership in Japan and China, sea lane security in Southeast Asia, and China's management of the risks resulting from the country's rapid industrial development. Order or download Asia Policy 6.
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Engaging Asia: U.S. Strategic Interests, Priorities, and Policy Tools
On May 22, 2008, NBR hosted senior policy leaders and experts in Washington, D.C., for the conference “Engaging Asia: U.S. Strategic Interests, Priorities, and Policy Tools.” Discussion focused on the ways that the U.S. might enhance its strategic engagement with this increasingly vital region of the world. Ambassador Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, delivered closing remarks on challenges and opportunities for U.S.-Asia relations. Learn more about the conference.
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Emerging Leaders in East Asia
Emerging Leaders in East Asia is a comprehensive initiative examining the qualities and characteristics that define the rising generation of political leadership in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. In May 2008, NBR’s project team briefed audiences in the business community, executive branch, and Congress on how future leadership transitions in East Asia will impact U.S. foreign, economic, and security policy interests. Learn more about this project.
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2008 Energy Security Conference
On April 29–30, 2008 representatives from corporations, government, and academia convened in Washington, D.C. for NBR’s fourth annual Energy Security Conference, “Opportunities and Constraints: Prospects for Russian Oil and Gas Supply to Asia”. Participants examined a range of issues including the role of energy in Russia’s strategic vision, regional perspectives on Russia as a reliable energy supplier, and implications for U.S. policy in the region. Click here for more information.
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Assessing Regional Reactions to China’s Peaceful Development Doctrine
China’s peaceful development doctrine is a broad strategy endorsed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), whose central goal is the transformation of China into a modern and sustainably developed country through rapid economic growth. The greatest challenge for this strategy is that Beijing must reassure regional neighbors that China’s increasing economic, military, and political power do not pose a threat. This issue of the NBR Analysis reveals unique insights by expert scholars into how India, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines perceive the potential risks and gains of China’s ambitious strategy. Order or download this issue.
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Islamic Finance in Southeast Asia: Local Practice, Global Impact
Representatives from government, law, financial institutions, asset management groups, and academia came together for the NBR conference “Islamic Finance in Southeast Asia: Local Practice, Global Impact” at Georgetown University on October 18, 2007. Participants examined the forces driving the growing phenomenon of Islamic finance and explored opportunities and challenges for U.S. policymakers and global business leaders. NBR Analysis 18.4,
"Islamic Finance: Global Trends and Challenges," contains adapted version of the conference’s opening and closing keynote addresses, presented respectively by Zeti Akhtar Aziz, governor of Bank Negara Malaysia, and by Shamshad Akhtar, governor of the State Bank of Pakistan. Learn more about this conference.
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Muslim Professional Associations and Politics in Southeast Asia
The National Bureau of Asian Research conducted a comprehensive study from 2004 to 2007 on the socio-political impact of Islamic education in five Southeast Asian countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines. Building on the first two years of research, the essays in this latest issue of the NBR Analysis are the products of the project’s third year (2006-07) focus on the relationship between Islamic education and professional associations in Indonesia and Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s two largest and most influential Muslim-majority countries. Order or download "Muslim Professional Associations and Politics in Southeast Asia," NBR Analysis 18.3.
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Energy Security Survey 2007: The Rise of Asia's National Oil Companies
This latest NBR Special Report is based on NBR's third annual Energy Security Conference, which was attended by leading experts in the policy, academic, and business communities. The report explores the role of national oil companies (NOC) from China, India, and Japan in the energy security strategies of these countries’ governments and assesses the major implications of the NOCs’ global expansion for geopolitics and industry competitiveness. Read the report.
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Technical Standards and Innovation in China
On October 29, 2007, The National Bureau of Asian Research and Tsinghua University co-organized a conference on "Technical Standards and Innovation in China: Public Policy and the Role of Stakeholders" in Beijing, China. This conference addressed the relationship between stakeholders, standards development, and innovation in China and builds on NBR's groundbreaking research on intellectual property and standards development in China. NBR will publish a conference report in spring 2008 written by Professors Scott Kennedy, Richard P. Suttmeier, and Su Jun. Click here to learn more about the project and to read the past project publications.
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The John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies
On September 26, 2007, NBR announced the appointment of Admiral Dennis C. Blair to the John M. Shalikashvili Chair in National Security Studies. Admiral Blair will advance the study of national security issues and address critical U.S. interests in Asia through research projects, publications, conferences, and briefings to senior policymakers and business leaders. For more information on Admiral Blair and the John M. Shalikashvili Chair, click here.
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Strategic Asia 2007–08 Available Now
Strategic Asia 2007–08: Domestic Political Change and Grand Strategy, edited by Ashley J. Tellis and Michael Wills, examines the varied political transitions and internal changes occurring in pivotal Asian states and evaluates the impact on Asian foreign policymaking and strategy.
Learn more about the new volume or order now.
Read or listen to panel discussions from the Carnegie-NBR workshop on "South Asia from the Inside-Out: Domestic Politics and Grand Strategy" that marked the book launch.
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Pyle Center for Northeast Asian Studies
On November 17, 2006, NBR dedicated the Kenneth B. and Anne H.H. Pyle Center
for Northeast Asian Studies. The Center's inauguration featured a two-day
international conference and a formal evening gala. The newly launched Pyle
Center will conduct research on Northeast Asia to advance the comprehensive
study of the region, particularly as it pertains to its security, political,
and economic dynamics. Click on the link to view
Professor Pyle’s keynote address.
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