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Evan A. Feigenbaum

Adjunct Senior Fellow for East, Central, and South Asia

Expertise

China and India as emerging global powers; economic integration in East, Central, and South Asia; new global and Asian regional architecture; U.S.-Asian relations; geopolitics in Asia; Central Asia; Southeast Asia; Japan; North and South Korea.

Programs

Asia Program

Featured Publications

Summary

China's Pakistan Conundrum

Author: Evan A. Feigenbaum

Evan A. Feigenbaum argues that China will not simply bail out Pakistan with loans, investment, and aid, as those watching the deterioration of U.S.-Pakistani relations seem to expect. Rather, China will pursue profits, security, and geopolitical advantage regardless of Islamabad's preferences.

Why America No Longer Gets Asia

Author: Evan A. Feigenbaum

Evan A. Feigenbaum states, "... unless U.S. policymakers adapt to the contours of a more integrated Asia, and soon, they will miss opportunities in every part of the region over time - and find the United States less relevant to Asia's future."

The United States in the New Asia

The United States in the New Asia

Authors: Evan A. Feigenbaum and Robert A. Manning

For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape. A purposeful multilateralism that pools the efforts of those with the greatest capacity, the authors argue, could make Asia a more prosperous and secure region.

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Managing Instability on China’s Periphery

Authors: Paul B. Stares, Scott A. Snyder, Joshua Kurlantzick, Daniel Markey and Evan A. Feigenbaum

In this Center for Preventive Action study, CFR scholars provide policy options for preventing a major crisis and mitigating the consequences in the territories immediately adjacent to China: North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Central Asia.

See more in Central Asia, China, North Korea, South Korea, Burma/Myanmar, Conflict Prevention

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China's Great Rebalancing Act

Authors: Nicholas Consonery, Evan A. Feigenbaum, Damien Ma, Michal Meidan and Henry Hoyle
Eurasia Group

Nicholas Consonery, Evan A. Feigenbaum, Damien Ma, Michael Meidan, and Henry Hoyle argue that China's capital-intensive, export-oriented growth model is delivering diminishing returns and threatens to become a major political vulnerability for the government, and China's leaders must overcome political restraints to implement a comprehensive and ambitious rebalancing agenda.

See more in China, Economics, Economic Development, Trade

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Strengthening Fragile Partnerships: An Agenda for U.S.-Central Asia Relations

Author: Evan A. Feigenbaum
Project 2049 Institute

Evan A. Feigenbaum authors a report from the Central Asia Study Group and the Project 2049 Institute that calls on American and Central Asian leaders to rise to the challenges and opportunities in the region. The report proposes an action agenda on economics, energy, governance, security, social development, and regional cooperation, and places particular emphasis on the importance of reconnecting Central Asian countries to the global economy.

See more in United States, Central Asia