NATIONAL ASIA RESEARCH PROGRAM

To achieve this, the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the Institute for National Security Studies at National Defense University (NDU) organize the National Asia Research Program (NARP), a major nationwide research and conference program designed to reinvigorate and advance the policy-relevant study of contemporary Asia... In the decades ahead the United States' greatest overseas interests, both opportunities and challenges, will be in Asia. Indeed, with the continued rise of China, Russia's growing assertiveness and strategic relationship with China, the ongoing threat from North Korea, and major geopolitical changes taking place in Southeast Asia and around the Indian Ocean the United States must be prepared to navigate complex security dynamics in the region. Consequently, the United States requires the highest-quality information and analysis on Indo-Pacific affairs and for this purpose needs to build stronger bridges between academe and the policy community... The..