Pulse: Asia


Macroeconomic Color: Indonesian Elections

One of Asia’s most consequential countries went to the polls in the past two weeks, as Indonesia held presidential, parliamentary and local elections on February 15th.  Indonesia is the largest and second largest Moslem country I the world, and the third largest democracy globally. 

The War of the Words: December 2022 Spotlight

Demonization and its economic consequences, and a peek ahead to the 118th Congress

Change of Edge - EconVue Spotlight October 2022

Are central banks overreacting to inflation? Are we in for a positive surprise?

The Day After: Planning for China Scenarios that Profoundly Alter the Strategic Environment

This work examines the strategic implications of the incorporation of Taiwan into the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under three scenarios.

EconVue Spotlight September/October 2021: The Great Fall of China

In 2003 David Hale and I wrote an oft-cited article in Foreign Affairs, China Takes Off. Nearly two decades later, has China’s inevitable deceleration begun?

U.S.-Taiwan Relations After the U.S. Election Talk at Georgetown's SFS

Eleanor Shiori Hughes is an MA Candidate in Asian Studies at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS).  In this report, she details how she recently hosted a webinar for her graduate program with Sean King, Senior VP of Park Strategies and an affiliated scholar at the University of Notre Dame's Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies, on the evolution of U.S.-Taiwan relations and its trajectory going forward under the incoming Biden administration. 

 

The Evolution of US-China Relations Under Xi Jinping at Georgetown’s Asian Studies Program

Eleanor Shiori Hughes, an MA Candidate in Asian Studies at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS), recently hosted a webinar for her graduate program with Lyric Hughes Hale, Editor-in-Chief of EconVue, where the two discussed issues in Chinese foreign policy and U.S.-China relations since Xi Jinping took power.

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