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  • Clayton Swope on the Future of U.S.-China Space Security

  • The Power of Networks: Xiao Ma on Local Governments and the Political Economy of China’s High-Speed Rail System

  • Before Age Three: The Hidden Roots of China’s Human Capital Challenge

  • Cave of my Ancestors: Vishwakarma and the Artisans of Ellora

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Clayton Swope on the Future of U.S.-China Space Security

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The Power of Networks: Xiao Ma on Local Governments and the Political Economy of China’s High-Speed Rail System

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Before Age Three: The Hidden Roots of China’s Human Capital Challenge

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Cave of my Ancestors: Vishwakarma and the Artisans of Ellora

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AI and New Geopolitics: Rethinking Power in the Digital Era
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Professor Minxin Pei on his book “The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China”
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Ya-Wen Lei on her book “The Gilded Cage: Technology, Development, and State Capitalism in China”
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Jane Nakano on EV Supply Chains and Hydrogen Energy in the Indo-Pacific
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Jeffrey Ding on Assessing the Implications of Huawei’s 7-nm Chip

Dr. Robin LeBlanc on Sanae Takaichi, Gender, and Politics in Japan

Posted on 4 November 20255 November 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Dr. Robin M. LeBlanc is the William Lyne Wilson Professor of Political Economy and Interim Head of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Washington and Lee University, where she teaches courses ... Read More

From Border Clash to Systemic Crisis: What the Cambodia–Thailand Conflict Reveals About ASEAN

Posted on 4 November 20255 November 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Dr. Sophal Ear is a tenured Associate Professor at the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, where he teaches global political economy, international organizations, and ... Read More

General Vincent K. Brooks on U.S. Strategy and Alliance Building in the Indo-Pacific

Posted on 31 October 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
General Vincent K. Brooks is a retired four-star U.S. Army officer who served for more than 42 years. He commanded United States Forces Korea (USFK), the United Nations Command (UNC), and the ROK–U.... Read More

Michael McFaul on his book “Autocrats Vs. Democrats”

Posted on 17 October 202519 October 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Michael McFaul is Director at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science, an... Read More

Sumit Ganguly on the Persistence of Conflict in Kashmir

Posted on 17 October 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Šumit Ganguly is an American political scientist and a leading scholar of South Asian politics and security. He is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Huntington Program on Strengthening U.S.-India ... Read More

Kathryn March on the Gen Z Uprising in Nepal

Posted on 7 October 20257 October 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Kathryn S. March is a Graduate Professor and Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Feminist/Gender/Sexuality Studies, and Public Affairs at Cornell University, where she has been a faculty member since 1... Read More

Debak Das on the Global Nuclear Order and the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Systems

Posted on 3 October 20253 October 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Debak Das is an assistant professor in peace and security at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver. His research interests lie at the intersection of intern... Read More

Democracy, Polarization, and Resilience: Taiwan’s 2025 Recalls in Global Perspective

Posted on 25 September 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Kharis Templeman is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at Stanford University’s Center for East Asian Studies. His research focuses on democratic transitions, comparative ele... Read More

Hussein Banai on the Rationale and Implications of American and Israeli Strikes on Iran

Posted on 18 September 202518 September 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Professor Hussein Banai is an associate professor of international studies at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University-Bloomington. His research focuses on i... Read More

Professor Patricio Abinales on Dynastic Feuds in the Philippines

Posted on 9 May 2025 by asiaexpertsforum
Professor Patricio Abinales grew up on the northwestern side of the  Philippine island of Mindanao. He graduated with a degree in History from the University of the Philippines-Diliman (UP), and Ph.D... Read More
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