Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC)

05/18/2015

Our new website is officially online. Come and take a look!

The Berkeley APEC Study Center at the University of California, Berkeley, conducts multidisciplinary research on political, economic, and business trends in the Asia-Pacific, especially related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Our primary mission is to produce and disseminate k…

05/08/2015

Interested in what BASC has been up to? Check out our Current Research page. We currently have two areas of research:
(1) The Political Economy of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and (2) ICT, Data Localization and Corporate Governance in the 21st Century.

Current Research - (1) The Political Economy of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and (2) ICT, Data Localization and Corporate Governance in the 21st Century.

04/24/2015

If you are interested in the business and politics behind China's technology sector, check out BASC RA Christine Jiang's two-part article.

Late last year after the National People’s Congress, China made headlines by deciding to cut foreign-produced technology from all future government purchases. It also drafted its very first anti-terrorism law, which included stipulations requiring...

03/04/2015

We're happy to announce the newest member of our Advisory Board: Lily Bradley. She brings a wealth of experience from the health sector and was the Presidential Innovation Fellow at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Welcome Lily!

Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC) at the University of California, Berkeley, conducts multidisciplinary research on political, economic, and business trends in the Asia-Pacific, especially related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

02/18/2015

In 2013, we hosted two conferences on "Industrial Policy in the Financial Crisis Era," where scholars from around the world examined a wide range of national sectors in cross-country analyses. Many of these findings have been featured in the latest Special Issue of Business and Politics. Take a look today!

02/12/2015

The weather over the San Francisco Bay is beautiful. What a sight from the BASC office!

02/11/2015

Interested in learning about the latest from BASC? Check out our Winter 2014/15 Newsletter. There are articles on Industrial Policy in the Post-Crisis Era, China's Western Region, Sub-Saharan Africa's Oil Trade with China and "Chinese Railway Diplomacy" in Southeast Asia.http://basc.berkeley.edu/pdf/Newsletters/winter2014:15.pdf

01/29/2015

BASC Researcher, Katheryn Lee, argues that the Japanese and Korean governments need to actively support SMEs and entrepreneurship in order to solve the college graduate unemployment crisis.

Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC) at the University of California, Berkeley, conducts multidisciplinary research on political, economic, and business trends in the Asia-Pacific, especially related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

11/01/2013

BASC researcher Christopher Hussey traveled through Myanmar this summer, and is currently writing his honors thesis on Southeast Asian tourism. Check out his take on Myanmar's tourist industry in the latest BASC Blog:

Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC) at the University of California, Berkeley, conducts multidisciplinary research on political, economic, and business trends in the Asia-Pacific, especially related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.

10/15/2013

Jake Lerner blogs on cyber crime and government responses in Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asian states are stepping up their prosecution of cybercrime and illicit online activities.

04/22/2013

Could Mongolia become APEC's newest member? Read the latest BASC blog, by Jake Lerner http://basc.berkeley.edu/?p=1120

Berkeley APEC Study Center (BASC) at the University of California, Berkeley, conducts multidisciplinary research on political, economic, and business trends in the Asia-Pacific, especially related to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.