Publications

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Featured

Documenting China’s Borderlands: An Introduction

Podcast | Jul 25, 2025

Borderlands Dashboard

Dashboard | Jul 28, 2025

Borderlands: An Introduction

Essay | Jul 28, 2025

Diplomacy at the Periphery: How the PRC’s Border Provinces Shape Neighborhood Engagement

Essay | Aug 7, 2025

Books, Journals, and Reports

China in Africa

Knitting the Pieces of China’s Emerging Strategy in Africa

Rachel Bernstein, Yunnan Chen, Daria Impiombato, Mareike Ohlberg, Mandira Bagwandeen, Roukaya Kasenally, and Nadège Rolland

China's Emerging Africa Strategy

Nadège Rolland

Political Front Lines: China's Pursuit of Influence in Africa

(In)Roads and Outposts: Critical Infrastructure in China’s Africa Strategy

APEC 2023

Energy Security and Trade in APEC

Mikkal E. Herberg

Carbon Neutrality in APEC by 2050

David Wogan

Critical Minerals Trade and the Green Energy Transition

Kristin Vekasi

APEC 2023: A Useful and Realistic Digital Agenda for the United States’ Host Year

Nigel Cory

Recent

Energy Transition

Powering Transitions The Future of Energy Storage in the Indo-Pacific

Nofri Yenita Dahlan and Nguyen Duc Tuyen

Report | Sep 18, 2025

Energy Transition

Advancing Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in the Asia-Pacific Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategic Pathways

Nofri Yenita Dahlan

Essay | Sep 18, 2025

Hydrogen Energy

Scaling Up Hydrogen Energy in the Indo-Pacific

Nguyen Duc Tuyen

Essay | Sep 18, 2025

Policing Beyond Borders: China’s Law-Enforcement Expansion in the Mekong Region

Simon Menet

Essay | Sep 17, 2025

AUKUS

AUKUS Pillar I: Commitments, Capabilities, and Continuity

Lee Goddard

Interview | Sep 11, 2025

Nuclear Deterrence

Extended Nuclear Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific

Zack Cooper, Bee Yun Jo, and Lavina Lee

Podcast | Sep 10, 2025

Timor-Leste and ASEAN

Timor-Leste’s Strategic Path in ASEAN Turning Accession into Impact

Ivo Ribeiro

Commentary | Sep 9, 2025

AI Governance

Charting ASEAN’s Path to AI Governance Uneven Yet Gaining Ground

Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano

Brief | Sep 4, 2025