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The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) is the nation’s Asia policy think tank helping decision-makers better understand Asia and craft concrete, actionable policy. #StrategicAsia #AsiaPolicy
The #ChineseLanguage #FellowshipProgram provides fellowships up to $50,000 for American graduate students (PhD & current or recent MA) so that they can devote one year to intensive Chinese language training at an institution in China or Taiwan. Learn more: nbr.org/chinese-lang...
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
NBR's Borderlands research project investigates how China invests in, engages with, and deepens its presence within its land and maritime border neighbors, in an attempt to reshape its immediate periphery. Check out the growing collection of essays! strategicspace.nbr.org/borderlands-...
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This giving season, NBR is grateful for your partnership in support of our mission to bring world-class scholarship to bear on the evolving strategic environment in Asia and to train the next generation of Asia specialists.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
An NBR report examined how the U.S. and #Japan are working to enhance their #economic and technological resilience against #digital and #supplychain shocks and highlighted areas of cooperation between the two countries and other Indo-Pacific partners. www.nbr.org/publication/...
December 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Representatives from Seattle's tech community turned out for the NBR event "U.S.-Japan Technology Cooperation: Shaping the Future of AI and Quantum" featuring a panel discussion with Kyoko Yoshinaga, Ulrike Schaede, Hodan Omaar, and moderator Jonathon Marek: www.nbr.org/event/u-s-ja...
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Labor-force participation for those 50 and up is far lower in China than in most member economies of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (#OECD) (see Figure 6)." Arthur Kroeber, NBR report "China’s Economic Slowdown and Its Impact on Trading Partners" nbr.org/publication/...
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Read the essay "Not Defiance, Not Deference: #Australia’s U.S. Alliance Pragmatism in the Second #TrumpAdministration" by Rory Medcalf ( @rorymedcalf.bsky.social ) on Project MUSE @projectmuse.bsky.social : muse.jhu.edu/pub/136/arti...
December 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Elizabeth Cherchia uses the #Laos-#China #Railway in northern Laos as a point of departure to better understand China's regional ambitions, interests, and self-conception as a good neighbor. strategicspace.nbr.org/all-railroad... #LaosRailway
December 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
A recent NBR Special Report examines how emerging #battery and #hydrogen technologies are being developed and utilized in Southeast Asia to assist the region in achieving its #energysecurity and #energytransition goals. www.nbr.org/publication/...
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Episode 5 of "Documenting China's Borderlands," recorded in New Delhi with Jabin T. Jacob, Shruti Jargad, and Constantino Xavier, looks at the many facets of #China's increased presence in the #Himalayan region. strategicspace.nbr.org/documenting-...
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The #ChineseLanguage #FellowshipProgram provides fellowships up to $50,000 for American graduate students (PhD & current or recent MA) so that they can devote one year to intensive Chinese language training at an institution in China or Taiwan. Learn more: nbr.org/chinese-lang...
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"India had traditionally not been overly concerned about China’s nuclear capability, despite China’s clear nuclear superiority. But the expansion and modernization of China’s nuclear arsenal are likely to lead to a change in Indian attitudes" | Essay by raji143.bsky.social nbr.org/publication/...
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Madeline Craig-Scheckman investigates the geopolitical and economic implications of China’s investment in Peru’s Chancay Port in the context of the U.S.-China strategic rivalry in Latin America. See Asia Policy on @ProjectMUSE:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/136/arti...
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The PRC has stepped up its engagement across all domains of national power with countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the last two decades. Margaret Myers discussed the various components of the PRC’s engagement with the region: nbr.org/publication/...
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In a brief for NBR, Anulekha Nandi examines the evolution of India’s AI strategy within the context of proposed modes and rationales of #AIgovernance to identify a way forward for #India. nbr.org/publication/...
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Check out the Documenting China's Borderlands podcast from NBR's Borderlands project investigating how China invests in, engages with, and deepens its presence within its land and maritime border neighbors, in an attempt to reshape its immediate periphery: www.nbr.org/asia-insight...
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Owing to China’s extensive strategic financial, infrastructure, and #digital investments in the country, alongside a variety of collaborative initiatives, #Brazil’s technological development reflects #China's emerging strategic influence in Latin America."
muse.jhu.edu/pub/136/arti...
December 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Susannah Patton's essay assesses the achievements to date of the Albanese government in its relations with Southeast Asia. A key focus that supports both Australian and Southeast Asian objectives has been boosting diplomatic and economic ties to the region. muse.jhu.edu/pub/136/arti...
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
In an NBR commentary, Steven Goldstein argued that a policy of #strategicambiguity in the #TaiwanStrait serves two essential U.S. national interests—sustaining a peaceful status quo and maintaining working relationships with both #China and #Taiwan. www.nbr.org/publication/...
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The #ChineseLanguage #FellowshipProgram provides fellowships up to $50,000 for American graduate students (PhD & current or recent MA) so that they can devote one year to intensive Chinese language training at an institution in China or Taiwan. Learn more: www.nbr.org/chinese-lang...
December 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Nigel Cory is interviewed by 서울신문 (The Seoul Shinmun Daily) on his NBR report assessing the scope and impact of the KFTC's enforcement actions against U.S. firms:
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Read Cory's NBR report here:
www.nbr.org/publication/...
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
At NBR our mission is clear: to provide independent, expert analysis that informs U.S. policy in a rapidly changing and critical region. Join us this #GivingTuesday in strengthening the foundations of a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. Make a gift today www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In a Q&A with NBR, Jayant Menon discusses the challenges Southeast Asian nations now face amid rising #trade barriers and considers the regional response, including advocacy for a unified, multilateral #ASEAN economic policy. www.nbr.org/publication/... #RCEP #tariffs
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"These localization requirements of #Vietnam’s draft Law on #ArtificialIntelligence...and parallel draft #DigitalLaw ...not only disrupt cross-border #AI services but also constrain Vietnamese firms’ ability to use global #cloudinfrastructure" | NBR brief by Nigel Cory www.nbr.org/publication/...
December 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM