Yanzhong Huang will research and write a book examining the social, economic, and political fallout in China from the government’s zero-COVID policy. He will collect and analyze primary Chinese-language materials and secondary sources from the international public health and medical communities.
Manjari Miller will research and write a monograph assessing the long-term risks and benefits of a U.S. policy to bolster India as a counterweight to China. She will explore whether India’s interests and strategy are likely to align or diverge with those of the United States over time.
Zongyuan Zoe Liu will research and write a book exploring how the Chinese people are responding to President Xi Jinping’s political and economic leadership and testing whether “passive disengagement” is developing in the economic realm in response to the rule of the Chinese Communist Party.
Will Freeman will research and write a book examining why Latin American countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru, have been unable to establish strong rule-of-law norms that ensure that laws are enforced equally and adjudicated independently.
Scott Snyder will lead an effort to develop a blueprint for the U.S. and South Korean policy communities to coordinate and implement policy toward China. The research agenda will focus on supply chain resiliency, promoting joint development of emerging technologies, upholding shared democratic values and human rights, and developing joint strategies for crisis management. The project’s findings will be presented in a monograph, commissioned papers, and workshop reports.
Zongyuan Zoe Liu will research and write a book examining how the Chinese Communist Party has used sovereign wealth funds to carry out its strategic objectives.
Scott Snyder will lead an effort to develop a blueprint for the U.S. and South Korean policy communities to coordinate and implement policy toward China. The research agenda will focus on supply chain resiliency; promoting joint development of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence; upholding shared democratic values and human rights; strengthening U.S. and South Korean approaches toward Southeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific; and developing joint strategies for crisis management in the context of a cross-strait contingency or regional conflict. The project’s findings will be presented in a monograph, commissioned papers, and workshop reports.
David Ownby will research and write a book assessing the nature of China’s politics and society by examining debates and analysis regarding the United States among leading Chinese scholars. He will analyze and translate selected texts representing a range of Chinese establishment intellectual opinion and interview Chinese academics and other experts.