NBR draws upon an international network of renowned specialists, who conduct independent research on issues affecting U.S. relations with Asia. NBR delivers their independent conclusions to policy leaders through four signature publications - Strategic Asia, Asia Policy, NBR Analysis, and NBR Special Reports - as well as through a variety of cooperative efforts with other institutions.
Strategic Asia 2011-12: Asia Responds to Its Rising Powers—China and India explores how Asian states are responding to the rise of China and India and the strategies these states are pursuing to preserve their national interests. In each chapter, a leading expert investigates how a country or region perceives China’s and India's growth based on geopolitical, economic, cultural, military, and historical interactions and draws implications for U.S. interests and leadership in the Asia-Pacific.
The latest issue of Asia Policy is free through March 31, 2012.
Using a cost-benefit approach, Robert Sutter argues in this issue of the NBR Analysis that though cross-strait relations are on the upswing, by forging deeper relations with China, Taiwan may be losing its freedom of action and giving itself little choice beyond continued accommodation of China’s increasing leverage.
Full text PDF free through April 15, 2012
A team of international scholars, led by principal investigator Clive Schofield (University of Wollongong), examines key challenges and developments in the international legal sphere affecting maritime jurisdictional disputes in East and Southeast Asia and considers options for managing disputes in the East China Sea, South China Sea, and Gulf of Thailand.
The Strategic Asia annual edited volume incorporates assessments of economic, political, and military trends and focuses on the strategies that drive policy in the region.
Asia Policy is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal presenting policy-relevant academic research on the Asia-Pacific that draws clear and concise conclusions useful to today’s policymakers. Subscribe to Asia Policy.
The NBR Analysis is an occasional paper series that offers thought-provoking essays on the most important economic, political, and strategic issues in the Asia-Pacific region today.
NBR Special Reports are an occasional paper series on special topics conducted by the world's leading experts in Asian affairs.
NBR joint publications (including the annual PLA Conference volume) and archives of the NBR Briefing series.