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East Asia Discussion Group Description

The East Asia discussion group will focus on a variety of political, economic, military, and social trends that are shaping East Asia from the Kamchatka to the Malay peninsulas. We hope to share and discuss current events with an eye toward policy relevance and what's next. Initial topics will include China's impact in international relations, the evolving role of ASEAN, Japan's normalization, and the US role in the region.

Discussion Group Chair

Peter Mattis works as a policy consultant on China. He previously worked at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and is a graduate of the University of Washington. He has also studied at Tsinghua University's Guoji Wenti Yanjiusuo.

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Current Financial Crisis : Are Asian economies de-linked or not?

Posted by Anirudh Suri on November 13, 2008 - 6:09pm.

The current financial crisis has significantly impacted Asia. Not surprisingly, this weekend, its not a G-8 meeting, but a G-20 meeting, including India, China and Brazil.

Before the crisis erupted, India and China were being touted as the new "dream economies." For a while after the magnitude of the crisis started becoming evident, the economies of both countries showed some resilience, prompting commentators in Asia to point out the de-linkage in the global economy. "De-linkage" refers to a strain of thought that argues that the fate of the global economy, especially the Asian economies, is no longer inextricably linked to that of the U.S. economy.