Through our books, case studies, journal articles, papers, and surveys, the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia is home to some of Harvard’s most advanced research and publications on issues related to the region.
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Case Study
In a new study for the Middle Powers Project, Senem Aydin-Düzgit explores how Turkey’s position as a strategically autonomous power enables the country to balance ties with the Western and non-Western world, while economic vulnerabilities present challenges for Turkey’s pursuit of its foreign policy goals. The Middle Powers Project is in collaboration with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
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A discussion on U.S.-Taiwan trade relations
Policy Brief
Tony Saich predicts themes at the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 20th Party Congress.
Policy Brief
This paper aims to provide an overall risk analysis of the Taiwan Strait situation by using Hong Kong’s experience over the past three decades as a point of comparison.
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The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia invites you to watch a conversation with Lowell, Massachusetts Mayor Sokhary Chau. Mayor Chau is the first BIPOC mayor in Lowell, Massachusetts as well as the first Cambodian American mayor in the United States. He represents a city that has a 25 percent Asian American population. Mayor Chau shared his experiences fleeing from the Khmer Rouge as a child refugee, his life before getting elected to office, the campaign trail, and his visions for the future. Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, moderated.
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The Ash Center and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies invite you to a book talk with Manfred Elfstrom, author of Workers and Change in China: Resistance, Repression,& Responsiveness (2021, Cambridge University Press) and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Elfstrom was joined by Yao Li, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology and Law at the University of Florida and author of Playing by the Informal Rules— Why the Chinese Regime Remains Stable despite Rising Protests (2019, Cambridge University Press). Edward Cunningham, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of Ash Center China Programs, moderated the conversation.