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
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.
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."
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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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.
See more in China, Pakistan
President Obama's nine-day tour of Asia is focused on economic and security partnerships in the region that CFR's Evan Feigenbaum says represents efforts to strengthen longstanding U.S. ties to a region undergoing tremendous change.
See more in Asia, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Evan A. Feigenbaum argues that expanded trade and investment between India and the United States can both diversify and solidify a partnership to which both governments are deeply committed.
See more in United States, India, Trade
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
Evan A. Feigenbaum argues that China's capital-intensive, export-oriented approach is delivering diminishing returns and threatens to become a major political vulnerability for the Chinese government.
See more in China, Economics, Trade
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
Evan A. Feigenbaum argues that while a rebalancing of China's economy will mean a more competitive and powerful China, it will also create new opportunities for those countries in Asia that get manufacturing and investment policies right.
See more in China, Economics, Trade
Evan A. Feigenbaum argues that any multilateral group in Asia is more likely to be effective if Asian nations assemble those with the greatest power and capacity and have a clear, agreed purpose.
See more in Asia, International Organizations, Intergovernmental Organizations
Evan A. Feigenbaum says the ultimate test of cooperation between India and the United States in Central Asia will be to promote economic linkages and continental trade.
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Evan A. Feigenbaum says a bilateral trade agreement would be one important way for the United States and India to forge ahead in their commercial relations.
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Evan A. Feigenbaum says the United States must adapt its policies to the contours of change in Asia if it wishes to remain relevant there.
See more in Asia, Economics, U.S. Strategy and Politics
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."
See more in Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, Economics, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Evan Feigenbaum argues that while China's arrival has dramatically changed the economic environment around the world, Chinese strategies are not necessarily uniform - or uniformly successful.
See more in United States, China, India, Economics
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
Evan A. Feigenbaum says structural changes are afoot in the United States and China that will obstruct efforts by the two nations to form complementary policies.
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Evan A. Feigenbaum asks, "As Asia rings in 2011, will it ring in a new economic order too?"
See more in Asia, China, Economics, Emerging Markets, Trade
Evan A. Feigenbaum argues, "President Obama wowed India, and all those who care about U.S.-India relations should cheer."
See more in China, India, Business and Foreign Policy, Emerging Markets
What will Obama focus on during his upcoming Asia trip? CFR experts Evan Feigenbaum, Joshua Kurlantzick, Scott Snyder, Edward Alden, and Sheila Smith discuss the agendas for India, Indonesia, South Korea, G20, and Japan.
See more in United States, India, Indonesia, Diplomacy
Evan A. Feigenbaum says as President Barack Obama arrives in India this week, Washington and New Delhi should free themselves of "continental" preoccupations.
See more in United States, India, Geoeconomics, Trade
Evan A. Feigenbaum says that while the United States and China are headed toward a trade war, cooler heads will likely prevail.
See more in United States, China, Trade