Independent Research Initiative
The Asia-Pacific Strategic Assessment (APSA) examines strategic competition, regional resilience, and emerging security dynamics across the Asia-Pacific. Our work combines rigorous research with a distributed network of area specialists and practitioners.
What We Do
Our work is organized around complementary research pillars that connect strategy, resilience, and technology.
Great-power dynamics, alliance architecture, defense postures, and the shifting strategic balance across the Indo-Pacific, including Northeast Asia and the Taiwan Strait.
Read more →Supply-chain security, critical infrastructure, energy and resource dependencies, and the economic instruments shaping regional alignment.
Read more →Emerging technology and cyber risk, and the threats that increasingly connect the Indo-Pacific to developments beyond the region.
Read more →APSA was established on a simple premise: valuable strategic insight often comes from those closest to the subject, whether scholars, former officials, industry specialists, or practitioners working in the region.
We combine structured open-source research with sustained engagement of a distributed expert network. The result is assessment work that is grounded, pragmatic, and responsive to fast-moving developments.
We collaborate with area specialists, former practitioners, and technical experts across the Asia-Pacific and the United States. If your work touches on regional security, resilience, or emerging technology, we would welcome a conversation.
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