Trade
Scholarly Publications
ASEAN between China and America: Is It Time to Try Horsing the Cow?
February 2017
Admirers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are impressed with the fact that it continues to exist and that an outright war has never broken out between its members.
Implementing Structural Reforms in Abenomics: How to Reduce the Cost of Doing Business in Japan
August 2015
Improving the environment for business is an important part of the growth strategy of Abenomics.
The Politics of Commoditization in Global ICT Industries: A Political Economy Explanation of the Rise of Apple, Google, and Industry Disruptors
February 2015
The global Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) industry has experienced a rapid, radical reorganization of industry leaders and business models—most recently in mobile.
Other Publications
Abe's Desperate Trip To Washington
June 2018
On June 7, 2018, Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe travels to the U.S. to meet with President Trump (the 4th such visit since the latter's election). Abe looks to influence the U.S.
Surviving the Trump-Moon Summit
July 2017
In the days leading up to the Washington summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump, the tension in Seoul was hard to escape.
President Trump's Asia Inbox
February 2017
Scholars at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies assess the strategic situation in East Asia to be unsettled, unstable, and...
News
The Sanctions Effect in North Korea: Observations from Rason
October 2018
“Prices for some products [in North Korea] have fluctuated slightly, but shortages are not reported, and consumption still continues, " writes Andray Abrahamian for 38 North following a visit to...
Trump's Asia Trip
November 2017
Commenting on President Trump's twelve-day trip to Asia, FSI senior fellow and director of the Southeast Asia Program at Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Donald K.
Events
How China Can Lead the Way Towards Cooperative Innovation: A Discussion with Amb. Craig Allen, President of U.S.-China Business Council
March 11, 2019
WE HAVE REACHED VENUE CAPACITY AND ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING RSVPS Forty years after the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and China, we are at a historic inflection...
Local Citizenship Regimes in China: Migration, Inclusion, and Economic Development
April 3, 2018
PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT WILL NOW RUN FROM 4:45-6:00 PM What explains variation in access to citizenship rights in China?
The AIIB After Two Years
March 22, 2018
For directions to the Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center, please click here.The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) commenced operations on January 16, 2016.
Projects
A New Cold War?: Sharp Power, Strategic Competition, and the Future of U.S.-China Relations
Trade conflict has exploded. The media is rife with stories of China’s unfair trade practices, cyber theft, IP theft and forced technology transfers.
English
China: Going Global
Beijing’s new Silk Road initiative links old trade corridors from Asia to Africa and Europe.
English
Stanford Silicon Valley-New Japan Project
[Stanford Silicon Valley - New Japan Project Website] Motivation There has been by a heightened interest in Silicon Valley as an innovation system.
English
Multimedia
The South China Sea: What is to be Done?
April 2017
Audio and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC China Program seminar, "The South China Sea: What is to be Done?", on March 8, 2017, with Donald K.
America's Pacific Future is Happening Now
April 2016
Audio from "America's Pacific Future is Happening Now," remarks from Daniel Russel, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, and a Q&A with Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, on April 21.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
February 2016
Video and transcript from the event "U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on the Trans-Pacific Partnership" on Feb. 16, 2016.
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