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The geopolitical and economic landscape of the Indo-Pacific, the world’s fastest growing region, is undergoing fundamental changes mainly driven by the intensified US-China strategic competition and the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, these geopolitical shifts have been accelerated by the rapid digitalization of the global economy and emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and 5G. This has immense foreign policy implications for countries in East Asia such as the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan, nations that both are US allies and China’s close neighbors. Students will have the opportunity to work directly with clients from major think tanks in Washington, DC to tackle the most pressing geopolitical issues these organizations believe are facing the region today. Some of the topics might include US-Japan-ROK trilateral cooperation, the realignment of global supply chains for emerging technologies, global climate change and clean energy, and ongoing developments in the Indo-Pacific’s regional trade architecture. This course will serve as a capstone for all second year MA Asia Studies students. It may also count as a capstone for students from other concentrations, if they submit an approval form to the CCEL office showing the relevance of the work completed for the course to their concentration at SAIS.