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The Trump Administration’s Trade Deals Are the Epitome of Corporate-Style ‘Short-Termism’ in Foreign Policy, and the American People Will Pay the Price for Years To Come Article
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The Trump Administration’s Trade Deals Are the Epitome of Corporate-Style ‘Short-Termism’ in Foreign Policy, and the American People Will Pay the Price for Years To Come

The lasting consequences of the Trump administration’s trade policy demonstrate the cost of headline-chasing leadership.

Ryan Mulholland

China First: The Trump Administration Has Willfully Destroyed U.S. Levers of Power in Advance of the APEC Summit Article

China First: The Trump Administration Has Willfully Destroyed U.S. Levers of Power in Advance of the APEC Summit

The Trump administration has both sabotaged the sources of American strength and competitiveness at home and dismantled American power and influence abroad, leaving the country in a weak, compromised position as President Trump heads to the APEC summit to negotiate with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

America’s Role in the World: The Value of Leadership and Alliance Past Event

America’s Role in the World: The Value of Leadership and Alliance

Join us for a conversation with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) as part of CAP’s “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series.

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Cutting Deep Abroad and at Home: Slashing Foreign Assistance Causes Worldwide Harm Past Event

Cutting Deep Abroad and at Home: Slashing Foreign Assistance Causes Worldwide Harm

Please join the Center for American Progress for the next in a series of virtual events highlighting the impact that DOGE’s cuts are having on the lives of everyday Americans; this event will focus on how cuts to foreign assistance will not only affect those abroad who depend on aid, but also farmers and small businesses here at home who rely on foreign assistance grants.

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5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women Article
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5 Facts About the Labor Market Experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women

Analysis from the Center for American Progress and the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum finds that AANHPI women, who are often immigrants, have a broad range of intersecting identities that make their labor market experiences unique. Breaking down these aggregates helps break down racial stereotypes too.

Mimla Wardak, Sydelle Barreto, Natalie Baker, 1 More Sara Estep

2024 Elections and the Future of Global Climate Ambition Report
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2024 Elections and the Future of Global Climate Ambition

As the 2024 elections usher in new leaders and reshuffle political power, the trajectory of climate ambition is at a crossroads, with the potential to accelerate toward meaningful progress or falter in the face of new obstacles.

Kalina Gibson

Project 2025 Would Jeopardize Global Climate Action Article
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry arrives on stage to deliver a speech.

Project 2025 Would Jeopardize Global Climate Action

During a critical decade for climate action, Project 2025’s architects call for an end to American climate leadership on the international stage, which would harm Americans and prevent the global community from achieving climate goals necessary to maintain a livable planet.

South Korea Climate Action: A Moment for Elevated Ambition Article
Presidents Yoon and Biden in front of U.S. and South Korean flags

South Korea Climate Action: A Moment for Elevated Ambition

As South Korea sees a political transition, there is an opportunity for elevated U.S.-South Korea cooperation and ambition to accelerate the latter’s climate action.

Alan Yu, Hyunwoo Roh

IPEF Starts To Demonstrate Results Article
President Joe Biden speaks from behind a podium next to other IPEF leaders with country flags in the background.

IPEF Starts To Demonstrate Results

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity remains an important geostrategic and geo-economic initiative in the Asia-Pacific region.

Ryan Mulholland

Taiwan’s Election: PRC Interference and Its Implications for the 2024 Election Landscape Article
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Taiwan’s Election: PRC Interference and Its Implications for the 2024 Election Landscape

The Democratic Progressive Party’s triumph in Taiwan’s 2024 presidential election signals Taiwan’s resilience against the People’s Republic of China’s coordinated and intense interference efforts; but it also accentuates the critical need for nations worldwide to formulate robust strategies against escalating threats of interference, thereby safeguarding the integrity of global democratic processes.

Alan Yu, Michael Clark, Megan Shahi

How Japan can drive faster toward a clean-energy future In the News

How Japan can drive faster toward a clean-energy future

In an op-ed for Kyodo News, Alan Yu and Glen S. Fukushima argue that while Japan’s support for new research into clean energy alternatives should be commended, the nation should also invest more heavily in deploying technologies that have already proven successful, such as solar and wind power.

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Alan Yu, Glen S. Fukushima

‘Under the Pala Pala’: Special Edition Episode Video

‘Under the Pala Pala’: Special Edition Episode

In this special edition episode, six national marine sanctuary advocates came together for a storytelling event hosted by the Center for American Progress and the National Ocean Protection Coalition at the fifth International Marine Protected Area Congress in Vancouver, Canada, to talk Indigenous-led conservation.

U.S. Pacific Territories and the America the Beautiful Initiative Can Deliver Ocean Climate Solutions Article
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U.S. Pacific Territories and the America the Beautiful Initiative Can Deliver Ocean Climate Solutions

The U.S. Pacific territories are vast—combined, their ocean areas are nearly twice the size of Alaska—and they are home to some of the world's largest marine protected areas. This region will be critical for achieving the Biden administration’s goals to combat climate change, protect 30 percent of lands and waters by 2030, and ensure access to nature for all Americans.

Angelo Villagomez, Anuka Upadhye, Zainab Mirza

The Expanding International Reach of China’s Police Report
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The Expanding International Reach of China’s Police

China’s Ministry of Public Security has expanded its global activities, increasingly threatening U.S. interests and influencing security sector governance around the world.

Jordan Link

Shinzo Abe’s greatest achievement may turn out to be Fumio Kishida In the News

Shinzo Abe’s greatest achievement may turn out to be Fumio Kishida

Tobias Harris discusses how Shinzo Abe transformed Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party into a more ideologically cohesive conservative party.

Nikkei Asia

Tobias Harris

The Start of Three Golden Years? Past Event
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The Start of Three Golden Years?

Analyzing the Results of Japan’s Upper House Elections and the Impact of Abe's Assassination

Toward a More Balanced Foreign Policy for Japan: A Conversation With Opposition Leader Kenta Izumi Past Event
Kenta Izumi (C) reacts with party members after he was elected as the new leader of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan in a party vote during the party's extraordinary convention in Tokyo on November 30, 2021. - - Japan OUT (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images)

Toward a More Balanced Foreign Policy for Japan: A Conversation With Opposition Leader Kenta Izumi

On Tuesday, March 22, please join the Center for American Progress for a public address by Kenta Izumi, the leader of the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP), Japan’s leading opposition party, on his vision for Japan’s place in a rapidly changing world.

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South Korea Chooses a New President Past Event
This picture taken on February 12, 2022 shows South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung (C) of the ruling Democratic Party waving to supporters during an election campaign at a market in Sejong ahead of the March 9 presidential election. - Lee, a school dropout maimed in an industrial accident as a teen, is the ruling Democratic Party's maverick candidate in the March 9 election.

South Korea Chooses a New President

Please join the Center for American Progress the day after South Korea's presidential election for a discussion of what the results mean for South Korea, its people, and the country's relationship with its neighbors and the United States.

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The Presidential Campaign Heralds a New Era of Political Competition in South Korea Article
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The Presidential Campaign Heralds a New Era of Political Competition in South Korea

Regardless of which candidate wins South Korea’s presidency on March 9, the campaign suggests that renewed competition between progressives and conservatives will continue past election day.

Tobias Harris, Haneul Lee

Southeast Asia: The Next Frontier of the U.S.-South Korea Alliance Report
A soldier gestures from his position securing a road lined with the flags of member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as regional dialogue partner countries.

Southeast Asia: The Next Frontier of the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

As the United States and South Korea expand their bilateral cooperation beyond Northeast Asia, here are some ideas on how they can chart a path forward in Southeast Asia.

Tobias Harris, Abigail Bard, Haneul Lee

The China Difference in the U.S.-South Korea Alliance Report
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook attend a news conference.

The China Difference in the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

It is important to understand why the United States and South Korea do not see eye to eye on how to confront challenges presented by China.

Tobias Harris, Abigail Bard, Haneul Lee

5 Key Takeaways From Japan’s General Election Article
A middle aged to older Japanese man wearing a dark suit, wire glasses, and white face mask is pictured in focus with both arms raised in front of a blurred background.

5 Key Takeaways From Japan’s General Election

Japan’s election showed that political conditions are ripe for a long tenure for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, but policy challenges loom.

Tobias Harris

Prospects for Diplomacy With North Korea Report

Prospects for Diplomacy With North Korea

Given political considerations in the United States and South Korea, a diplomatic approach with North Korea is likely unsustainable in the long term.

Tobias Harris, Abigail Bard, Haneul Lee

5 Things U.S. Policymakers Must Understand About China-Africa Relations Report
Chinese President Xi Jinping, front center, gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation at the Great Hall of the People, September 3, 2018, in Beijing. (Getty/Madoka Ikegami)

5 Things U.S. Policymakers Must Understand About China-Africa Relations

The United States must focus on developing a positive vision for the future of its role in Africa rather than relying solely on criticizing China’s engagement on the continent.

Jordan Link

A New Chapter in U.S.-South Korea Relations: Seoul Embraces a Broader Role in Asia Article
U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, May 2021. (Getty/Anna Moneymaker)

A New Chapter in U.S.-South Korea Relations: Seoul Embraces a Broader Role in Asia

While domestic constraints make it unlikely that South Korea will pursue an overtly competitive policy toward China, Seoul began a new chapter in U.S.-ROK relations at the summit by embracing a broader role in regional affairs.

Tobias Harris, Haneul Lee

Assessing China’s Energy and Climate Goals Report
Aerial photo taken on February 24, 2021, shows a molten-salt solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province. (Getty/Ma Xiping/Xinhu)

Assessing China’s Energy and Climate Goals

Beijing recently released modest near-term climate targets that will make it more difficult for China to meet its own carbon neutrality goal—and for other nations to meet global climate stabilization goals.

Joanna Lewis, Laura Edwards

5 Priorities for the U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2021 Article
The U.S. and Japanese flags fly on a lamp post in Washington, D.C., the day before the White House hosts Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a visit, April 2015. (Getty/Mandel Ngan/AFP)

5 Priorities for the U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2021

Over the coming year, new administrations in the United States and Japan must strengthen the alliance and reaffirm its value in Asia and beyond in order to tackle significant challenges.

Michael Fuchs, Haneul Lee

Bridging the Divide in the U.S.-South Korea Alliance Report
Visitors holding Korean traditional lanterns look around during a 'moonlight tour' at Changdeokgung Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, in Seoul on August 13, 2020. - The annual nighttime special tour to the palace opened on August 13 and will run through September 13. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)

Bridging the Divide in the U.S.-South Korea Alliance

For the U.S.-South Korea alliance to be most effective, the two countries must strive to understand one another—and progressives must find common ground on key challenges.

Michael Fuchs, Haneul Lee

Interactive: The First 100 Days Interactive
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Interactive: The First 100 Days

This interactive database features nearly 250 recommendations that the next administration can advance, adopt, and implement within the first 100 days to set the country on a path toward a more progressive national security approach.

CAP National Security and International Policy Department

Building a Strong Middle Class Through Career Pathways Programs Report
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Building a Strong Middle Class Through Career Pathways Programs

The United States can raise academic outcomes, lower youth unemployment, and strengthen its economy by following the leads of Germany, Singapore, and Switzerland in training their youth for in-demand jobs.

Laura Jimenez

How To Approach the North Korea Problem in 2020 Article
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jon Un meet inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating South and North Korea, on June 30, 2019. (Getty/Dong-A Ilbo)

How To Approach the North Korea Problem in 2020

In 2020, the United States must get creative about jump-starting diplomacy with North Korea while simultaneously repairing U.S. alliances—policies that will strengthen America’s position regardless of what North Korea does.

Michael Fuchs, Haneul Lee

How to Support Democracy and Human Rights in Asia Report
 (A group of Hong Kong protesters wearing hard helmets and gas masks wards off tear gas with umbrellas.)

How to Support Democracy and Human Rights in Asia

As challenges to democracy and human rights in Asia grow, the United States must stick to its principles by acting early and often to stand up for universal values.

Michael Fuchs

How to Create a Durable U.S.-South Korea Alliance Report

How to Create a Durable U.S.-South Korea Alliance

Progressive policymakers in Washington and Seoul need to work together to build a stronger U.S.-South Korea alliance that can advance shared interests, regardless of which political parties are in power.

Michael Fuchs, Abigail Bard

The Time Is Right for a Deal With North Korea Report

The Time Is Right for a Deal With North Korea

The politics of negotiating with North Korea have changed—at least for the moment—and the United States and the international community should seize this opportunity to make progress before it disappears.

Michael Fuchs, Abigail Bard

The Case for U.S. Clean Energy Cooperation in Asia Article
An Indian laborer installs solar panels at a site in Greater Noida, some 30 miles east of the capital New Delhi, May 2017. (Getty/AFP/Chandan Khanna)

The Case for U.S. Clean Energy Cooperation in Asia

The United States should repurpose its Asia energy initiative to lead a clean energy transition in the region.

Alan Yu

Fact Sheet: Limit, Leverage, and Compete Fact Sheet
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Fact Sheet: Limit, Leverage, and Compete

Competition with China provides an opportunity for the United States to get its own house in order.

Limit, Leverage, and Compete: A New Strategy on China Report
Construction workers install the final piece of steel for the roof structure of Arthur Ashe Stadium, June 2015. (Getty/Kena Betancur)

Limit, Leverage, and Compete: A New Strategy on China

Competition with China provides an opportunity for the United States to get its own house in order.

Melanie Hart, Kelly Magsamen

6 Things to Know Before the Second Trump-Kim Summit Article
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (Getty/AFP/Saul Loeb)

6 Things to Know Before the Second Trump-Kim Summit

As the world prepares for a second summit between U.S. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the stakes could not be higher.

Michael Fuchs, Abigail Bard

Making Sense of the Trump-Kim Summit Report
People watch a television news screen showing pictures of U.S. President Donald Trump (center) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, November 29, 2017. (Getty/AFP/JUNG Yeon-Je)

Making Sense of the Trump-Kim Summit

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are gearing up to meet for the first time next month—here’s what to expect.

Michael Fuchs, Abigail Bard

Do Not Fall for the Hype on U.S.-China Natural Gas Trade Report

Do Not Fall for the Hype on U.S.-China Natural Gas Trade

The Trump administration’s obsession with fossil fuel exports plays into Beijing’s grand strategy to become the next high-tech superpower.

Melanie Hart, Luke Bassett, Blaine Johnson

International Justice on Trial? Report
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International Justice on Trial?

International justice is at a critical crossroads, offering a perfect moment to examine its key accomplishments, shortcomings, and challenges moving forward.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

The Way Forward on North Korea: Explained Article
North Korea holds a military parade in Kim Il Sung Square to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korean People's Army, February 2018. (Getty/AFP/KCNA/KNS)

The Way Forward on North Korea: Explained

It is often difficult to figure out what to make of recent developments on North Korea and what the United States should do next; these one-pagers help you to understand the policy debate and where the United States should go from here.

Mutually Assured Destruction in the Era of Trump Podcast
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Mutually Assured Destruction in the Era of Trump

Michele and Igor speak with Daniel Ellsberg, most notable for leaking the Pentagon Papers in 1971, as well as Michael Fuchs about the U.S. nuclear arsenal and President Trump's sudden reversal on his pick of Victor Cha to be the U.S. envoy to South Korea.

Michele L. Jawando, Igor Volsky, Sally Tucker, 2 More Michael Fuchs, Rachel Rosen

Asia Doesn’t Need Another Crisis Report
A man sitting on a balcony looks out over Taipei at night.

Asia Doesn’t Need Another Crisis

Following Taiwan’s 2016 elections, Beijing has chosen the path of provocation in cross-Strait relations, undermining East Asia’s already fragile peace.

Rudy deLeon, Trevor Sutton, Blaine Johnson

As Trump Withdraws America from the World, Xi’s China Takes Advantage Report
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, November 9, 2017.

As Trump Withdraws America from the World, Xi’s China Takes Advantage

The erosion of American leadership under President Trump is opening opportunities for China to expand its global influence—and the United States and Europe need to wake up to the threat.

Helena Legarda, Michael Fuchs

Trump’s North Korea Tweets Inch the U.S. Closer to Nuclear War Video

Trump’s North Korea Tweets Inch the U.S. Closer to Nuclear War

As President Trump continues to send threatening tweets aimed at North Korea’s leader, he jeopardizes the lives of millions of people who fall within the zone of a possible nuclear attack.

Jasmine Hardy, Andrew Satter, Michael Fuchs

A Responsible Approach to North Korea Report

A Responsible Approach to North Korea

The United States must take immediate action to de-escalate tensions.

Kelly Magsamen, Melanie Hart, Michael Fuchs, 1 More Vikram Singh

5 Challenges Trump Will Face in Asia Article
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on August 18, 2017, in Morristown, New Jersey. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

5 Challenges Trump Will Face in Asia

North Korea is not the only issue the president will have to address on his trip to Asia.

Brian Harding, Michael Fuchs, Andy Green

Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s 19th Party Congress Article
A soldier stands watch as Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 19th Party Congress in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, October 18, 2017. (AP/Andy Wong)

Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s 19th Party Congress

Behind its stage-managed united front, the Chinese Communist Party is gearing up to confront a new wave of challenges.

Melanie Hart, Blaine Johnson

Getting Real on Sanctions Is Key to Pressuring North Korea Report
In this image made from video by North Korea's KRT released on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. North Korea’s state media on Sunday, Sept 3, 2017, said leader Kim Jong Un inspected the loading of a hydrogen bomb into a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a claim to technological mastery that some outside experts will doubt but that will raise already high worries on the Korean Peninsula. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified.  (KRT via AP Video)

Getting Real on Sanctions Is Key to Pressuring North Korea

Overlooking some of Pyongyang’s biggest weak spots and allowing Beijing to pretend it doesn’t own the North Korea problem undermines U.S. efforts to address the North Korean threat.

Melanie Hart, Renee Ding

Don’t Let Trump Start a War with North Korea Article
In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, soldiers march across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP/Wong Maye-E)

Don’t Let Trump Start a War with North Korea

Instead of bluster about war, the Trump administration needs a deliberate and carefully considered strategy to confront the North Korean threat.

Michael Fuchs, Vikram Singh, Abigail Bard

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the Philippines Article
Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte salutes during an arrival honor at Manila's international airport in the Philippines, May 24, 2017. (AP/Aaron Favila)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the Philippines

President Trump’s support for a president who is a self-proclaimed murderer may stem in part from concern for his projects in Manila.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Indonesia Article
A woman rides her bicycle past a mural of Donald Trump in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, November 9, 2016. (AP/Trisnadi)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Indonesia

Trump’s concern for his businesses in Indonesia may be pushing him to support several Indonesian politicians who are taking that country—and America’s interests—down a dangerous path.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in South Korea Article
In Seoul, South Korea, a man watches a TV news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing, April 6, 2017. (AP/Lee Jin-man)

Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in South Korea

As nuclear tensions with North Korea continue to escalate, Trump faces considerable conflicts of interest in South Korea.

Carolyn Kenney, John Norris

Research Note on U.S. and Chinese Coal-Fired Power Data Report
Smoke and steam rise from the smokestack of a coal-fired power plant near Ordos in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 2015. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

Research Note on U.S. and Chinese Coal-Fired Power Data

This research note outlines the availability of and differences among U.S. and Chinese coal-fired power data and the methodologies used to compare data from both countries.

Melanie Hart, Luke Bassett, Blaine Johnson

The Case Against New Nuclear Weapons Report

The Case Against New Nuclear Weapons

The United States should maintain and clarify its policy against development of new nuclear weapons, which presidents of both parties have honored since the end of the Cold War.

Adam Mount

Reckless Endangerment: President Trump and the Use of Military Force Report

Reckless Endangerment: President Trump and the Use of Military Force

President Trump’s impulsive decision-making and reliance on the military as his primary foreign policy tool jeopardizes America’s national security.

Peter Juul, Ken Gude

Showing Up Is Not Enough: Trump’s First 100 Days in the Asia-Pacific Report

Showing Up Is Not Enough: Trump’s First 100 Days in the Asia-Pacific

President Trump has so far continued President Barack Obama’s fast pace of high-level engagement in Asia, but Trump’s policies are quickly undermining U.S. interests in regional peace and prosperity.

Michael Fuchs, Brian Harding, Melanie Hart

5 Issues Trump Needs to Get Right on China Article
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, is seen at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in December 2016. President Donald Trump, right, is seen at the White House in March 2017. (AP/File)

5 Issues Trump Needs to Get Right on China

The stakes are high for the new administration’s first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Melanie Hart

Trump: Making the Trade Deficit Great Again Report

Trump: Making the Trade Deficit Great Again

President Trump’s combination of tax cuts, hawkish monetary policy, and financial deregulation will cause the U.S. dollar and trade deficit to rise.

Brendan Duke

Corporate Coordination Can Stop Seafood Slavery Article
Burmese fishermen arrive at the compound of Pusaka Benjina Resources, April 2015. (AP/Dita Alangkara)

Corporate Coordination Can Stop Seafood Slavery

The private sector has the capacity to help end human trafficking and forced labor in the international seafood supply chain.

Avery Siciliano

Common Ground for the United States, Japan, and China in Southeast Asia Report
Cambodian fishermen work on their wooden boats in the early morning on the Mekong River near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 2010. (AP/Heng Sinith)

Common Ground for the United States, Japan, and China in Southeast Asia

While competition is currently a dominant element of U.S., Chinese, and Japanese engagement in Southeast Asia, there are areas in which all three share interests.

Brian Harding

Seafood Slavery Report

Seafood Slavery

Recent media investigations have revealed regular use of forced labor in the international seafood supply chain. Here’s how the U.S. government and the private sector should respond to curtail these abuses.

Trevor Sutton, Avery Siciliano

Open Questions on National Security for President-Elect Donald Trump Article
Donald Trump gives a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Open Questions on National Security for President-Elect Donald Trump

Increasingly serious national security questions face the president-elect amid growing conflicts of interest.

CAP National Security and International Policy Department

The First G-20 Fossil Fuel Subsidy Peer Review Report

The First G-20 Fossil Fuel Subsidy Peer Review

The United States and China take the lead in identifying their own wasteful fossil fuel subsidies in a coordinated peer review.

Pete Ogden, Howard Marano

Recalibrating U.S.-China Relations in Southeast Asia Report

Recalibrating U.S.-China Relations in Southeast Asia

The United States and China should look beyond their differences and work with Southeast Asian nations on shared challenges.

Vikram Singh, Yuan Peng, Melanie Hart, 4 More Brian Harding, Zhang Xuegang, Chen Wenxin, Zhang Fan

Charting a New Course for the U.S.-China Relationship Report

Charting a New Course for the U.S.-China Relationship

U.S. and Chinese experts exchange views and offer policy recommendations for the next phase of this crucial bilateral relationship.

Melanie Hart

The U.S. Presidential Election: The View from China Report
Chinese people check on their smartphones on a street in Beijing on February 16, 2015. (AP/Andy Wong)

The U.S. Presidential Election: The View from China

CAP Visiting Scholar Zhang Fan shares insights from her research on how the Chinese audience follows the U.S. presidential election and what they think about it.

Zhang Fan

Green Finance: The Next Frontier for U.S.-China Climate Cooperation Report
A solar power farm is seen along a highway in northwestern China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, October 2015. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

Green Finance: The Next Frontier for U.S.-China Climate Cooperation

Both the United States and China need to bolster domestic policy and steer overseas finance in climate-friendly directions.

Melanie Hart, Pete Ogden, Kelly Sims Gallagher

The Missing Link Report
President Barack Obama, center, and leaders of ASEAN wave as they pose for a group photo at the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California, on February 16, 2016. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Missing Link

This report analyzes the state of multilateral security institutions in Asia, U.S. engagement with them, and recommendations for the next U.S. administration to improve these institutions.

Michael Fuchs, Brian Harding

The Special U.S.-ASEAN Summit: An Investment in Asia’s Future Article
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, at the opening ceremony of the 27th summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 21, 2015. (AP/Vincent Thian)

The Special U.S.-ASEAN Summit: An Investment in Asia’s Future

The United States and other major powers should work for a united and strong ASEAN rather than using it as a proxy to advance their competing interests.

Michael Fuchs

Jokowi’s Visit Will Highlight Why Indonesia Is a Natural U.S. Partner Report
Indonesian then-President-elect Joko Widodo greets supporters during a gathering in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 23, 2014. (AP/Dita Alangkara)

Jokowi’s Visit Will Highlight Why Indonesia Is a Natural U.S. Partner

The Indonesian president’s visit to the United States this month is an opportunity for him to demonstrate that his country is a strong partner for the United States.

Brian Harding

Climate-Related Risk Insurance: A New Opportunity for U.S.-China Collaboration Article
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Washington, D.C., on September 25, 2015. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Climate-Related Risk Insurance: A New Opportunity for U.S.-China Collaboration

The United States and China can put their shared climate-finance commitments to work by collaborating on climate-related parametric-risk insurance initiatives.

Pete Ogden, Ben Bovarnick, Yangshengjing (Ub) Qiu

Paris: The New Geopolitics of Climate Change Article
President Barack Obama walks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be photographed by media at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, January 25, 2015. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Paris: The New Geopolitics of Climate Change

A series of recent climate pledges from developing countries has demonstrated that the geopolitics of climate action is shifting in the lead-up to the Paris climate agreement.

Gwynne Taraska

Assessing American Foreign Policy Toward China Testimony

Assessing American Foreign Policy Toward China

Melanie Hart, Director of China Policy at the Center for American Progress, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Melanie Hart

Dealing with a Proactive China Article
U.S. President Barack Obama stands with Chinese President Xi Jinping as the U.S. national anthem is played during a welcome ceremony in Beijing on November 12, 2014. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

Dealing with a Proactive China

China’s growing assertiveness creates opportunities and challenges for the United States.

Melanie Hart, Rudy deLeon, Brian Harding

Investments Along China’s Belt and Road Initiative Interactive
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Investments Along China’s Belt and Road Initiative

China’s Belt and Road initiative is becoming a reality. This interactive provides a comprehensive map of the projects that China is pursuing, their locations, and how much investment they are receiving.

Ariella Viehe, Aarthi Gunasekaran, Vivian Wang, 1 More Stefanie Merchant

Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative Report
Barges navigate on the Grand Canal in China, plying a trade route built 2,500 years ago, October 2010. (AP/Anonymous)

Understanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative

The United States should continue to watch the development of China’s Belt and Road initiative in order to make a nuanced assessment on how China’s role as a global economic leader will affect U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

Ariella Viehe, Aarthi Gunasekaran, Hanna Downing

China’s New International Financing Institutions Report
A worker stands on the site of a new development project at the central business district of Beijing, China, in June 2015. (AP/Andy Wong)

China’s New International Financing Institutions

With U.S. engagement, new banks such as Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank could spur a race to the top in sustainable development financing.

Molly Elgin-Cossart, Melanie Hart

Chinese Direct Investment in the U.S. Energy Economy Interactive

Chinese Direct Investment in the U.S. Energy Economy

CAP mapped Chinese direct investment activity across the U.S. energy economy to analyze where these investments are happening and what makes some regions more attractive than others.

Melanie Hart, Angela Luh

Mapping Chinese Direct Investment in the U.S. Energy Economy Report
Goldwind turbines are seen at Shady Oaks project in Illinois. (AP)

Mapping Chinese Direct Investment in the U.S. Energy Economy

Federal agencies should support U.S. governors, mayors, and private enterprises working to leverage foreign direct investment from China and other nations to build new clean energy projects in the United States.

Melanie Hart

Exploring Avenues for China-U.S. Cooperation on the Middle East Report
A boat carrying tourists and locals sails in the Nile River at sunset in Aswan, Egypt, April 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Exploring Avenues for China-U.S. Cooperation on the Middle East

This September, a major bilateral summit that brings the leaders of both China and the United States together will offer another opening to deepen bilateral ties for the mutual benefit of both countries, as well as the rest of the world.

Rudy deLeon, YANG Jiemian

CAP Climate Experts Travel to China Article
A Chinese woman adjusts the Chinese and American flags before a U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue meeting in Beijing on July 10, 2014. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

CAP Climate Experts Travel to China

CAP sends a delegation of policy experts to Beijing this week to continue the Center’s work on Chinese energy and environmental policy.

Melanie Hart

A Pivotal Year for Malaysia on the Global Stage Report
Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations pose for a group photo before commencing the plenary session of the 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, August 8, 2014. (AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A Pivotal Year for Malaysia on the Global Stage

As it assumes the chairmanship of ASEAN and takes a two-year nonpermanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, Malaysia will be a focus of the United States’ engagement in Asia and have an outsized presence throughout 2015. The United States has much to gain from enhanced ties with Malaysia, but there are limits to the relationship.

Brian Harding, Trevor Sutton

Supporting Continued Reform in Myanmar Report
President Barack Obama reaches to shakes hands with Myanmar’s President Thein Sein, Thursday, November 13, 2014, at in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Supporting Continued Reform in Myanmar

President Obama returns to Myanmar two years after his initial visit to address further reforms as the country continues to undergo its democratic transition.

Brian Harding, Aarthi Gunasekaran, Charles A. Jordan

Roles and Responsibilities Beyond the Asia-Pacific Region Report
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes leaders before the opening ceremony at the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia summit in Shanghai, China, May 2014. (AP/Mark Ralston)

Roles and Responsibilities Beyond the Asia-Pacific Region

The United States and China are working together in many regions around the world, but cooperation has not reached the point where either nation is willing to depend on the other when critical interests are at stake.

Melanie Hart

Visions for Asia-Pacific Security Architecture Report
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chinese Minister of Defense Chang Wanquan listen to the U.S. national anthem during a welcome ceremony in Beijing, April 8, 2014. (AP/Alex Wong)

Visions for Asia-Pacific Security Architecture

The United States and China have many common interests in the Asia-Pacific region. On security issues, however, the two nations sometimes do not see eye to eye. Some of those differences can be resolved with better communication, while others are rooted in truly divergent views and therefore require careful management.

Melanie Hart

Energy and Climate Change Report
The coal-fired Plant Scherer is shown in operation in June 2014 in Juliette, Georgia. (AP/John Amis)

Energy and Climate Change

Energy and climate cooperation has become the new action track of the U.S.-China relationship, but the United States and China still do not consider each other to be true strategic partners in this space. It is time to kick cooperation up a notch and start chipping away at the truly difficult issues.

Melanie Hart

Stories from the Frontlines of a Rising China Video

Stories from the Frontlines of a Rising China

The Center for American Progress traveled to Beijing to film some of China's young pioneers in action. This video series presents an inside look at some of the opportunities and challenges China faces today, seen through the eyes of four young rising leaders.

Andrew Satter, Melanie Hart

Expanding the Frontier of U.S.-China Strategic Cooperation Will Require New Thinking on Both Sides of the Pacific Report
President Barack Obama meets with then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping in the Oval Office on February 14, 2012. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Expanding the Frontier of U.S.-China Strategic Cooperation Will Require New Thinking on Both Sides of the Pacific

The Center for American Progress recently convened a group of rising U.S. and Chinese foreign policy leaders to examine some of the most difficult issues plaguing the world’s most important bilateral relationship. They found that both sides need to better clarify their own intentions and address the other side’s suspicions.

Melanie Hart

China’s Path to Financial Reform Report
Local officials unveil Italian-American artist Arturo Di Modica's new Charging Bull statue, which is a similar version of his Wall Street Bull, Saturday, May 15, 2010, on the Bund in Shanghai, China. (AP/Eugene Hoshiko)

China’s Path to Financial Reform

Deeper structural changes are needed to reform China’s financial system and to rebalance its economy.

Adam Hersh

High Hopes, Modest Expectations Article
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd as he arrives to give a speech at Madison Square Garden on September 28, 2014. (AP/Jason DeCrow)

High Hopes, Modest Expectations

President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet for the first time today to discuss their strategic partnership and to build upon the already strong foundation between the United States and India.

Aarthi Gunasekaran, Vikram Singh

Indispensable Partners: Reenergizing U.S.-India Ties Testimony

Indispensable Partners: Reenergizing U.S.-India Ties

Vikram Singh, Vice President for National Security and International Policy at the Center for American Progress, testifies before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs.

Vikram Singh

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