Asia Policy: a peer-reviewed journal devoted to bridging the gap between academic research and policymaking on issues related to the Asia-Pacific

Asia Policy publishes, in descending order of emphasis, three types of peer-reviewed articles:

• social scientific research articles that both use social science theories, concepts, and approaches and draw clear and concise policy implications on issues of import to the region
• research notes that present, in a well-organized format, new and important descriptive information of use to policymakers, especially on topics that have traditionally been underrepresented in the literature
• policy analyses that present original, persuasive, analytically rigorous, and clear and concise research-based argumentation on crucial policy matters

To help bridge the gap between academic research and the policymaking realm, we require that all submissions meet the criteria spelled out in the Guidelines for Submission, which are available both online and in each issue of the journal. Submissions should avoid as much as possible the use of academic jargon and must include a one-page Executive Summary that succinctly describes the topic, main argument, and policy implications of the article. Each submission will be subject to an anonymous peer review process that includes critiques from both the academic and policy communities.

Asia Policy will also occasionally include other formats—e.g., essays, debates, and roundtables—on issues related to bridging the gap. We will focus particular attention on formats that allow for the exchange of ideas among academics, policymakers, and those whose experience straddles both worlds.

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Special Roundtable
Advising the New U.S. President

“Our allies may be frustrating at times, but we must give them precedence until China becomes what former deputy secretary of state Bob Zoellick called a ‘responsible stakeholder’—or, as Zoellick suggested, a democracy. Former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage had it right: to get China right, we have to get Asia right.”

Get Asia Right
Michael Green
The new president is inheriting a U.S. strategic position in Asia that is stronger than many realize. Polls taken in Japan, China, India, and Korea suggest we are more popular today than four years ago. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that Asians rank the United States number one in the region in terms of “soft power” and believe that U.S. influence in Asia has increased over the past decade. We have both strengthened our alliance ties with Japan and broadened trust and cooperation with China simultaneously for the first time in U.S. history.

Moreover, the new president is inheriting an array of important new multilateral mechanisms from the six-party talks to the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue with Australia and Japan and the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Energy and Development.

Nevertheless, we still face major challenges in Asia. It would be a mistake to think that U.S. policy in the region can run on autopilot while the new administration focuses on immediate problems like Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, and the Middle East—that is precisely the mistake that the Bush administration has made over the past year, and as a result the new president has some work to do in shoring up our position in certain areas.

And to be candid, as excited as much of the world was about the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, our Asian friends are looking for reassurance from him on some issues that made them nervous during the campaign. ...

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The National Bureau of Asian Research is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution dedicated to informing and strengthening policy in the Asia-Pacific.

NBR conducts advanced independent research on strategic, political, economic, globalization, health, and energy issues affecting U.S. relations with Asia. Drawing upon an extensive network of the world’s leading specialists and leveraging the latest technology, NBR bridges the academic, business, and policy arenas.

The institution disseminates its research through briefings, publications, conferences, Congressional testimony, and email forums, and by collaborating with leading institutions worldwide. NBR also provides exceptional internship opportunities to graduate and undergraduate students for the purposes of attracting and training the next generation of Asia specialists.

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