Is a major conflict between the United States and China inevitable? In an advance Asia Policy 16 release, David M. Lampton (Johns Hopkins-SAIS) argues it is not and proposes specific measures to reduce mistrust and increase cooperation in U.S.-China relations.

This week South Korea's new president Park Geun-hye made her first trip to the United States since assuming office in February. In advance of Presidents Park and Obama's meeting on Tuesday, John S. Park (NBR) discussed several issues related to ongoing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

To inform discussions at the 2013 Pacific Energy Summit, NBR and APF Canada commissioned five policy papers looking at what is needed to realize the full potential for more integrated energy trade and investment between Asia and North America. Read the Summit Working Papers.

As of late April, China's state-run Xinhua news agency had reported 126 human cases of H7N9, a novel strain of bird flu that has been the cause of 24 deaths nationwide. In light of the unfolding events, NBR spoke with Jeremy Farrar (Oxford University) about the context of, and responses to, the outbreak.

Looking at leadership changes in Taiwan, including a September 2012 cabinet reshuffle that replaced several members of the national security team, Edward I-Hsin Chen (Tamkang University) examines President Ma Ying-jeou’s cross-strait policies and draws implications for U.S.-Taiwan relations.

Stephen Blank (Strategic Studies Institute) examines the increasing competition between Russia and China in Central Asia and argues that the United States needs to articulate a clear strategy for this critical region following the U.S. and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan.

In advance of the 2013 Pacific Energy Summit in Vancouver, Mark Thurber (Stanford University) discussed his research regarding the future of coal use in Asia given the development of North American unconventional gas production.

Madhukar Pai (McGill University) discusses promising developments in global efforts to eliminate TB, including breakthroughs in diagnostics, a new FDA-approved drug, and renewed government commitment to work with the private sector on controlling TB in India, which struggles with the highest burden of TB in the world.

Mahin Karim (NBR) summarizes key findings and insights from NBR’s three-year project on a “Nontraditional Regional Security Architecture for South Asia.” She examines the nontraditional challenges confronting South Asia and considers opportunities to build a viable regional architecture through cooperation on nontraditional security.

At a recent Gorton Center roundtable, Lieutenant General Robert Brown discussed the army’s “prevent–shape–win” philosophy, the need for continued relationship building with Asian countries, and the necessity for “whole of government” solutions to future problems. Listen to his opening remarks.