The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center conducts multidisciplinary research projects in which Stanford faculty members collaborate with American and Asian colleagues. The Center's research covers a broad range of topics centered on Northeast, Southeast, and South Asia.

Business

Corporate restructuring | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Investment | Offshoring and outsourcing | Silicon Valley | Venture capital

Conflict and Conflict Resolution

Civil wars | Conflict resolution and peacekeeping | Diplomacy | Human protection | Negotiation

Democracy

Democracy in Southeast Asia | Democracy in the Arab world | Democracy promotion | Democratization | Elections and electoral reform | Global justice | International influences | Oil wealth management | Political reform | Poverty, inequality, and democracy | State building

Economics

Agricultural trade | Direct and portfolio investment | Economic development | Foreign assistance | Global commodities markets | Immigration | International trade | Labor standards | Protectionism | World Bank | World Trade Organization

Energy

Biofuels | Cap and trade mechanism | Cleantech | Coal | Energy security | Low-carbon electricity | Natural gas | Nuclear energy | Oil | Renewable energy | Sustainable development

Environment and Climate Change

Agriculture intensification and technology | Biofuels, land use, and climate impacts | Carbon and climate forcing | Climate change | Climate models | Coastal marine systems | Copenhagen negotiations | Deforestation | Endangered species | Fisheries | Global resource use | Kyoto Protocol | Water

Food Security

Agricultural adaptation and climate change | Agriculture policy | Biofuels expansion and food prices | Civil conflict | Global food markets | Global hunger | Pro-poor food policy | Risk assessment

Governance

Global justice | Government reform | Institutions of global governance

Health and Medicine

Aging | Comparative effectiveness research | Demographics of health and aging | Health care institutions | Health care reform | Health policy | Health service delivery | Health, governance, and development | HIV/AIDS | Improving safety and outcomes in health care | Infectious disease treatment options | Pandemics and global responses | Population health | Tobacco Prevention Initiative

Homeland Security

Biosecurity | Cyber-security | Disaster response | Terrorism and counterterrorism

Human Affairs

Gender studies | History | Issues of identity | Role of the media | Social stratification

International Law

Constitutional law | Human protection | Human rights | Human trafficking | International courts | Rule of law and corruption | Torture convention

International Relations

Causes of war | Discrimination | Globalization | International and regional alliances | Islam | Organizations | Secularization and modernity | Transnational threats | U.S. defense policy | U.S. foreign policy

International Security and Defense

Afghanistan war and reconstruction | Iraq war and reconstruction | Military assistance | National intelligence | NATO

Nuclear Issues

Missile defense | Missile proliferation | Nuclear forces | Nuclear history | Nuclear nonproliferation | Nuclear policy | Nuclear power | Nuclear safety and security

Regionalism and Nationalism

Assimilation | Culture and Society | Ethnicity | Historical injustice | History and memory | Identity | Reconciliation and restitution | Regionalism

Science and technology

Information technology | Liberation technology | Science & technology studies | Space