Center for Asia Pacific Policy
The RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy (CAPP) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, multidisciplinary research center within RAND. CAPP’s mission is to improve policy by providing decision-makers and the public with rigorous, objective, cutting-edge research on critical policy challenges facing Asia and U.S.-Asia relations.
Featured at CAPP
How Can the North Korean System Modernize?
North Korea's leadership transition creates an opportunity for the nation to engage with its neighbors and the world. A report by researchers from the U.S., China, Russia, Japan and South Korea recommends policies to promote modernization, as well as a "tool kit" to enable North Koreans to create their own modernization plans. Read More »
CAPP in the News
A selection of media reporting on critical RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy research.
- Feb 2: Research Report Released on US Conflict with China (jrj.com - China Finance Online)
- Feb 1: China Party Magazine Quotes RAND Reports to Address China's Current Challenges (Xinhua News Agency, China)
- Jan 19: China Founds First Nongovernmental Think Tank (translated) (International Daily News)
- Jan 9: Korean Unification: Bump And Grind (Seeking Alpha)
- Jan 6: China must assert itself despite new US strategy-paper (Reuters)
- Jan 4: The New Arms Race; China Takes Aim at U.S. Naval Might (Wall Street Journal)
Latest CAPP PublicationsMore »
Fiscal Consolidation and Budget Reform in Korea: The Role of the National Assembly — 2012
Presents a plan for fiscal consolidation and budget reform for the Republic of Korea in which the Korean National Assembly would adopt a new budget process centered on a fiscally constrained budget resolution.
Anti-Access Measures in Chinese Defense Strategy — 2011
Testimony presented before the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission on January 27, 2011.
The Battle Behind the Wire: U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from World War II to Iraq — 2011
Finds parallels in U.S. prisoner and detainee operations in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. Recommends that detailed doctrine should be in place prior to detention and that detainees should be surveyed when first detained.
China and India, 2025: A Comparative Assessment — 2011
Assesses the relative prospects of India and China through 2025 in four domains: demography, macroeconomics, science and technology, and defense spending and procurement.
China's Expanding Role in Global Mergers and Acquisitions Markets — 2011
To improve understanding of China's investment patterns, the authors analyze recent and proposed Chinese investment in companies in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world.
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