Directory of Key Organizers of
East Asia Policy Dialogue and Research
For more than a decade, the Dialogue and Research Monitor tracked policy-relevant dialogues and research dealing with East Asian security and community building. Since the project began in 1995, the amount of information available online has increased exponentially. While JCIE is no longer conducting this project (the 2008 edition was the last), the list below includes websites of organizations that host multilateral dialogue and research projects on East Asian security and cooperation. We hope this list will serve as a useful guide to researchers tracking developments in the region.
If you feel we have included erroneous information or have missed an institution, please email us at info@jcie.org.
Intergovernmental Organizations
- ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
- ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC)
- ASEAN Business Forum (ABF)
- ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
- ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF)
- ASEAN-EU Programme for Regional Integration Support (APRIS)
- Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
- Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF)
- Asia/Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering
- Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
- Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)
- Asian Development Bank (and ADB Institute)
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
- Asian Disaster Reduction Center
- Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD)
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Asian Research Programme
- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
- BIMP-EAGA
- Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific (CROP)
- Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC)
- International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP)
- Northeast Asia Subregional Programme for Environment Cooperation
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Asia
- Pacific Area Senior Officer Logistics Seminar (PASOLS)
- Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
- Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)
- UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
- UN Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
- UN Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP)
- UNIAP (United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Sub-region)
- UNODC (UN Office on Drugs and Crime), East Asia and Pacific
- World Bank, East Asia and Pacific
Government Agencies & Research Institutes
- China Reform Forum
- Energy Research Institute of National Development and Reform Commission - China
- Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
- Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) - Korea
- Japan Bank for Internation Cooperation (JBIC)
- Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
- Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU)
- Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT), Korea
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia (Wisma Putra)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Myanmar
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
- National Defense Academy of Japan - Japan
- National Institute for Defense Studies (NIDS) - Japan
- Philippine Institute for Development Studies
- Policy Research Institute (PRI, Ministry of Financa, Japan
- Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) - Japan
- South-East Asian Regional Centre on Counter-Terrorism (SEARCCT) - Malaysia
- Stockholm Environment Institute, Asia Centre, Bangkok - Sweden (located in Thailand)
- Swedish Environmental Secretariat in Asia - Sweden (located in Thailand)
- USAID, ECO ASIA
- US Institute of Peace
Nongovernmental Organizations / Networks / Foundations
- AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP)
- AIM Policy Center - Philippines
- ASEAN-ISIS
- Asia Europe Economic Forum, Bruegel - Belgium
- Asia Foundation - USA
- Asia Inc. Forum - Brunei
- Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) - USA
- Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF) - Australia
- Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)
- Asia Regional Trafficking in Persons Project (ARTIP) - Australia
- Asia Research Fund - Korea
- Asia Society - USA
- Asia-Europe Environment Forum
- Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) - Singapore
- Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN) - Malaysia
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia)
- Asian Political & International Studies Association (APISA) - USA
- Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (ASLI), Malaysia - Malaysia
- Asian WTO Research Network
- Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), UNESCAP - Thailand
- Australian Institute of International Affairs
- Australian National University, College of Asia & the Pacific, Crawford School of Economics and Government - Australia
- Boao Forum for Asia - China
- Brookings Institution, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies - USA
- Brookings Institution, John L. Thornton China Center - USA
- Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace - Cambodia
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) - USA
- Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Indonesia - Indonesia
- China Development Institute - China
- China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) - China
- China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) - China
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Institute of Asia Pacific Studies - China
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Institute of World Economics & Politics (IWEP) - China
- Chinese Peoples' Association for Peace and Disarmament (CPAPD) - China
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies - Hong Kong
- City University of Hong Kong, Southeast Asia Research Centre - Hong Kong
- Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) - Philippines
- Coalition of Asia-Pacific Regional Networks on HIV/AIDS (Seven Sisters)
- Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asian Institute - USA
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific (CSCAP)
- Council on East Asian Community (CEAC) - Japan
- East Asia Business Council (EABC) of Malaysia - Malaysia
- East Asian Bureau of Economic Research - Australia
- East-West Center - USA
- East Asia Foundation, Korea
- East Asia Institute, Korea
- Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA), Niigata - Japan
- Education Forum for Asia - China
- European Alliance for Asian Studies, Asia-Europe Centre, Paris (AEC) - France
- European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), Brussels - Belgium
- Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), Asia Program - USA
- Foundation for Advanced Studies on International development (FASID), Japan - Japan
- Foundation for Development Cooperation - Australia
- Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Office for Regional Cooperation in Asia - Singapore
- Future of Asia Conference Series (Nikkei) - Japan
- George Washington University, Elliot School of International Affairs
- Global Forum of Japan, The - Japan
- Global Foundation - Australia
- Global Water Partnership - Indonesia
- Griffith Asia Institute - Australia
- Hallym University, Asia Research Center, Institute for Diplomacy and Security Studies - Korea
- Hanns Seidel Foundation - Indonesia, Korea, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand offices
- Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) - USA
- Harvard University Asia Center - USA
- Henry L. Stimson Center, East Asia Program - USA
- Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation - Japan
- Hiroshima Peace Institute - Japan
- Human Trafficking.org
- Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID) - Philippines
- Institut Francais de Relations Internationals (IFRI), Asia Centre - France
- Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) - India
- Institute for East Asian Studies - Korea
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies - Japan
- Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS) - Japan
- International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Asia Office - UK/Singapore
- Institute for National Policy Research - Taiwan
- Institute of Energy Economics (IEE) - Japan
- Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi - India
- Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) - Singapore
- Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS), Malaysia - Malaysia
- Institute of World Economy and Intertnational Relations (IMEMO) - Russia
- International Centre for the Study of East Asian Development (ICSEAD) - Japan
- International Council on Social Welfare, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Region (ICSW SEAP) - Netherlands
- International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Netherlands - Netherlands
- International Institute for Trade and Development - Thailand
- International Poverty Reduction Center - China
- International Recovery Platform (IRP) - Japan
- International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections - UK
- Japan Center for Economic Research - Japan
- Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) - Japan
- Japan Center for International Exchange, Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) initiative
- Japan Economic Foundation - Japan
- Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR) - Japan
- Japan Foundation - Japan
- Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA) - Japan
- Japan Institute of International Affairs, Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP) - Japan
- Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies - USA
- Keio University, Global Security Research Institute - Japan
- Keizai Koho Center (KKC) - Japan
- Konrad Adenauer Stiftung - Germany
- Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI) - Korea
- Korea Foundation - Korea
- Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) - Korea
- Korea University, Ilmin International Relations Institute - Korea
- Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies - Korea
- Lembaga Penelitian SMERU Research Institute - Indonesia
- Lingnan University, Centre for Asian Pacific Studies (CAPS) - Hong Kong
- Lowy Institute for International Policy - Australia
- MacArthur Foundation, Asia Security Initiative
- Malaysian Institute of Economic Research - Malaysia
- Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation - USA
- Monterey Institute of International Studies, Center for Non-proliferation Studies (CNS), East Asia Nonproliferation Program - USA
- Murdoch University, Asia Research Centre - Australia
- Nanyang Technological University, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) - Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University, RSIS, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) - Singapore
- National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) - USA
- National Chengchi University, Institute of International Relations (IIR) - Taiwan
- National Committee on American Foreign Policy (NCAFP), Forum on Asia-Pacific Security - USA
- National Defense University (NDU), Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), Regional Security Studies Program - USA
- National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) - Japan
- National University of Singapore, Asia Research Institute - Australia
- National University of Singapore, East Asian Institute - Singapore
- National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy - Singapore
- National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) - Singapore
- National University of Singapore, Singapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics (SCAPE) - Singapore
- Nautilus Institute - USA
- Network of East Asian Think-tanks (NEAT)
- Nippon Foundation - Japan
- North Pacific Region Advanced Research Center (NORPAC) - Japan
- Northeast Asia Economic Forum - USA
- Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center - Japan
- Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)
- Pacific Forum CSIS - USA
- Pacific Trade and Development Forum (PAFTAD)
- Peking University, Center for International and Strategic Studies
- Peterson Institute for International Economics, Asia and the Pacific Program - USA
- Princeton University, Center for International Security Studies
- Rand Corporation, Center for Asia Pacific Policy - USA
- Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, East and Southeast Asia - Sweden
- Refugees International - USA
- Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS), India - India
- Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) - Japan
- Ristumeikan University, Institute of International Affairs and Area Studies - Japan
- Saranrom Institute of Foreign Affairs - Thailand
- Sasakawa Peace Foundation - Japan
- Sejong Institute - Korea
- Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) - China
- Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) - Singapore
- South East Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA)
- Taiwan Foundation for Democracy - Taiwan
- Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) - Taiwan
- Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) - Thailand
- Thammasat University, Institute of East Asian Studies - Thailand
- Thammassat University, Thai APEC Study Center - Thailand
- Tokai University, Strategic Peace & International Affairs Research Institute (SPIRIT) - Japan
- Trilateral Commission
- Tsinghua University, Institute of International Studies
- United Nations University (UNU) - Japan
- United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies - Japan
- United States Asia Pacific Council - USA
- University of California, San Diego Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) - USA
- University of Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies - Hong Kong
- University of San Francisco, Center for the Pacific Rim - USA
- University of Tokyo, Policy Alternatives Research Institute - Japan
- University of Toronto at Trinity College, Munk Centre for International Studies, Asian Institute - Canada
- Vital Voices Global Partnership - USA
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Asia Program - USA
- Working Group for an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism
NOTE: This list does not constitute an endorsement of any institution or organization on the part of JCIE. Please understand that the decision on whether to add further organizations to this list will be made at the discretion of JCIE.

