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1. ASI Research Update: Shanghai Jiaotong University February 2010 CPSIS Letter Now Available

   The February 2010 edition of CPSIS Letter features writings by Center experts on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and Sino-American relations. — posted on March 4, 2010

2. ASI Research Update: CSA Chennai on Burma

   In “Going to the Polls: Opportunity or Setback for Myanmar’s Ceasefire Groups?,” the Centre for Security Analysis in Chennai finds that groups that have agreed to ceasefires with the Burmese junta are “divided in the run up to Myanmar’s first elections in twenty years ...” — posted on March 2, 2010

3. ASI Research Update: Robert Rotberg on State Failure and Asia

   The Ilmin International Relations Institute at Korea University has released the fifth in its policy briefing series, by Robert Rotberg of Harvard University. — posted on January 5, 2010

4. ASI Research Update: Joel Wit on Contingency Planning and North Korea

   The Ilmin International Relations Institute at Korea University has released the fourth in its policy briefing series, by Joel Wit of Columbia University. — posted on January 5, 2010

5. ASI Research Update: EAI & Peking U. on East Asia’s Future After the Financial Crisis

   In an Asia Security Initiative collaboration, the East Asia Institute and the Center for International and Strategic Studies at Peking University have released a report on “East Asia’s Future after the Global Economic Crisis: The Role of China and South Korea for the Region.” — posted on December 15, 2009

6. ASI Research Update: EAI Smart Talk by Joel Wit on North Korea

   In the latest East Asia Institute Smart Talk, Joel Wit of Columbia University finds that “two key factors”—the stability of the North Korean regime and American politics—will “shape the resolution of the nuclear issue.” Read Wit’s analysis, along with commentary by South Korean experts. — posted on December 9, 2009

7. ASI Research Update: RSIS on Climate Insecurities

   The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies has issued a new report on climate change and security. — posted on December 2, 2009

8. ASI Research Update: Lowy Institute China Poll Released

   The Lowy Institute today released its poll and report on “China and the World: Public Opinion and Foreign Policy,” “a wide-ranging survey of Chinese public opinion towards a number of important international policy issues.” — posted on December 1, 2009

9. ASI Research Update: EAI Working Paper on Understanding the DPRK’s Strategic Assessments

   In his new report “Understanding North Korea’s Strategic Assessments in 2009 and the Reference Point Gap on the Korean Peninsula,” Jihwan Hwang of Myongji University studies offers new concepts for understanding North Korea’s international strategy. — posted on November 19, 2009

10. ASI Research Update: EAI Issue Briefing on Trade as an Instrument of South Korean Foreign Policy

    In a new East Asia Institute Issue Briefing, “Embracing Asia, South Korea Style,” Min Gyo Koo of Yonsei University urges South Korea to use preferential trade agreements to build its ties to other Asian nations. — posted on November 18, 2009

11. ASI Research Update: EAI Working Paper on Regional Financial Cooperation

    In his new report “Regional Financial Solidarity without the United States: Contested Neoliberalism in East Asia,” Yong Wook Lee of Korea University studies the construction of East Asian financial regionalism since 1997, and outlines some difficult questions for U.S. policy-makers. — posted on October 20, 2009

12. ASI Research Update: EAI and Peking U. Joint Panel on China’s Rise and the Future of U.S. Leadership

    Seoul’s East Asia Institute and Peking University’s Center for International & Strategic Studies jointly convened a panel on the “Global Rise of China and the Future of East Asia and the Future of U.S. Leadership” at the 2009 World Congress for Korean Politics and Society. Read the report here. — posted on September 22, 2009

13. ASI Research Update: Survey of Refugees Finds “Powerful Social Changes” Underway in DPRK

    Read Stephen Haggard and Marcus Noland’s new Peterson Institute for International Economics Working Paper, “Reform from Below: Behavioral and Institutional Change in North Korea.” — posted on September 16, 2009

14. ASI Research Update: Tsinghua and National Cheng Chi University Projects on Cross-Straits Relations

    The Institute of International Strategic and Development Studies (IISDS) of School of Public Policy and Management (SPPM) at Tsinghua University and the Institute of International Relations of Taiwan National Chengchi University (NCCU) recently co-hosted a two-day seminar on cross-strait relations. Read the seminar report. — posted on September 7, 2009

15. EAI Issue Briefing: Japanese Smart Power

    The East Asia Institute has published a new issue briefing on Japan’s effort to both strengthen its alliance with the United States and engage East Asian nations in community-building. — posted on August 17, 2009

16. ASI Research Update: Water Security in South Asia

    The Strategic Foresight Group convened a workshop of experts on water security in Kathmandu in early August. — posted on August 11, 2009

17. ASI Research Update: Northeast Asian Security Cooperation

    Tokyo University, University of California’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and Yonsei University held two discussions this summer on the “Economic-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia” and “Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Architecture and Beyond.” — posted on August 5, 2009

18. Peterson Institute Releases Report and Commentary on North Korea Sanctions

    Marcus Noland and Stephen Haggard have released a new paper and new commentary on the North Korean economy. In the wake of Friday’s UN Security Council Resolution 1874, their conclusions provide important information on the prospects and limits of sanctions in affecting North Korean decisions on its nuclear program. — posted on June 15, 2009

19. EAI Issue Briefing: Transforming North Korea Policy

    In a new Issue Briefing from the East Asia Institute, Chaesung Chun offers new recommendations for a “holistic approach” to the security challenges posed by North Korea. — posted on June 11, 2009

20. EAI Issue Briefing: A Smart U.S.-South Korean Alliance in the Age of Complexity

    Seongho Sheen writes that the U.S.-South Korean Alliance “ought to become more flexible and versatile to perform more complex missions in different situations.” — posted on June 8, 2009

21. EAI Issue Briefing: Korea’s Use of Soft Power

    EAI President Sook-Jong Lee writes that “soft power is increasingly viewed as an attractive foreign policy ingredient that can make Korea’s presence more acceptable and effective.” — posted on May 31, 2009

22. CSIS Report Urges Greater U.S. Engagement in Building “Asian Community”

    Asia-Pacific leaders anticipate an accelerated shift of power to China over the next decade, but still see the U.S. role as critical to maintaining peace and stability in Asia, according to a new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, an Asia Security Initiative participant. — posted on May 28, 2009