Corvinus Center for Contemporary Asia Studies
OUR RESEARCH FOCUS
The primary objective of the centre is to deepen public and scholarly understanding of contemporary Asia and to provide opportunities for students, academics, policymakers, and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines to study, conduct research, and share knowledge about its regions and subregions. It endeavours to produce and disseminate innovative, research-based, and integrated knowledge. Establishing and expanding interactive relationships and linkages with individuals and institutions in Asia is central to this aim.
The main research areas of the research center are: Shifting world order and regional dynamics within Asia; Regional competition in the Indo-Pacific; Geopolitics and security of the Asia-Pacific region; EU-Asia relations; Regionalism and organisations in Asia (ASEAN, BRICS, SCO,).
Security and Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific – project
Our research aims to present the characteristics of the transforming international system in relation to the Indo-Pacific region with the tools of security studies and international relations. In addition to the domestic researchers, nearly 60 foreigners are involved in the preparation of the volume. The methodology relies on theories of international relations.
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Head of Research Center
IMPACT
The Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS) has established the Centre for Contemporary Asia Studies (CAS) in 2023 as a semi-autonomous research center with the mission of undertaking research on specific political, economic, and security-related areas of the social sciences in Asia.
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