2021 Publications
BASC Staff Articles
The social management of complex uncertainty: Central Bank similarity and crisis liquidity swaps at the Federal Reserve
|By Tim Marple|
Review of International Organizations, 2021
During the global financial crisis, the Federal Reserve issued billions of dollars in liquidity swap agreements with foreign central banks, serving as a global lender of last resorts.
Military Forces, Coercive Signals, and Disaster Response Effectiveness
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Natural Hazards Review, 2021
Why do governments deploy their armed forces to respond to certain foreign natural disasters but not others?
Security of Supply: The Determinants of State Intervention in Emerging Technology Sectors
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Andrew Reddie – Deputy Director|
Asia Global Papers, 2021
Scholars and policymakers have been increasingly concerned about technological competition between China and the United States over the past decade – made worse in recent months…
US-China Competition after RCEP
|By Yuhan Zhang – Associate Director|
East Asia Forum, 2021
In November 2020, 15 countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) amid a backdrop of deglobalisation and trade protectionism.
Modeling the US-China Trade Conflict: A Utility Theory Approach
|By Yuhan Zhang – Associate Director|
Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2021
This paper models the US-China trade conflict initiated in 2018 and attempts to analyze the (optimal) strategic choices of the United States and China.
Institutional Coordination in Disaster Management in the Asia Pacific
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
Natural Hazards Review, 2021
According to the United Nations, between 1970 and 2016, natural disasters in East Asia have killed an average of 43,000 people per year (ESCAP 2018).
Economic Statecraft in the 21st Century: Implications for the Future of the Global Trade Regime
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director| Andrew Reddie – Deputy Director|
World Trade Review, 2021
This article introduces a special issue that examines the effects of strategic competition on the future of the global trade regime.
Taiwan’s Trade Policies Strategies and Constraints
|By Vinod Aggarwal – Director|
The National Bureau of Asian Research, 2021
Vinod K. Aggarwal examines Taiwan’s efforts to diversify its trade policy away from China, particularly its focus on securing a bilateral free trade agreement with the United States.
Chinese Gains from RCEP and Implications for US-China Competition
|By Yuhan Zhang – Associate Director|
BASC News, 2021
Against the backdrop of deglobalization and trade protectionism, 15 countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in November 2020.
Affiliate Articles
Reshaping the World’s Supply Chain? A Case Study of Vietnam’s PAN Group Adopting the Circular Economy Concept
|By Tung Bui|
BASC Indo-Pacific Geo-Economic Competition Conference, 2021
As a repercussion of the Sino-American trade war and the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, major economies are seeking ways to reduce dependence on China’s production prowess.
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