Programs & Projects
![The North Asia Program](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/2022-06/north-asia-program-1920x1080.jpg)
The China and East Asia Program
The China and East Asia Program conducts research on the politics and foreign policy of China and its immediate neighbours in Northeast Asia: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and the Korean peninsula. The program is renowned for its particular focus on China’s domestic politics and how this helps to shape its external behaviour. From 2020, the Institute’s extensive research on Southeast Asia – including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Myanmar – is now incorporated in a dedicated Southeast Asia Program. Each Program also commissions work by other scholars on the broader region. To complement their written research, Lowy Institute experts hold a robust series of dialogues and events on the politics of the region, independently and in partnership with other organisations.
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![Indonesian democracy: Down, but not out](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-680570000.jpg?itok=5uUkx5xO)
![China's legal reforms are far cry from Western-style justice](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-06/Lowy%20default.png?itok=88wn4Fy7)
![What Did Chinese People Think of the Belt and Road Forum?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-06/Lowy%20default.png?itok=88wn4Fy7)
![What South Korea's election result could mean for the region](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-06/Lowy%20default.png?itok=88wn4Fy7)
![In China, changing online attitudes towards Korea](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/cropped%20shanghai%20street.jpg?itok=KvuxvPpw)
![North Korea: ‘A most enterprising country’](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/north%20korea%20flag-min.jpg?itok=iid86tTl)
![Indonesia di Laut Cina Selatan: Berjalan sendiri](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/indonesia%20paper.jpg?itok=DL5dDlxS)
![China lives in two different worlds](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-06/Lowy%20default.png?itok=88wn4Fy7)
![Don’t waste time trying to get Trump to Manila](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-656026912.jpg?itok=OKG645pt)
![China leadership prizes internal security over one-upping the US](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/CCP-two.jpg?itok=VviKMMRT)