About

Project Overview

Reconnecting Asia maps new linkages—roads, railways, and other infrastructure—that are reshaping economic and geopolitical realities across the continent. Through data curation and objective analysis, the project aims to fill Asia’s infrastructure-information gap, squaring lofty ambitions with facts on the ground. Our methodology explains the science and art behind these efforts.

Reconnecting Asia is made possible by a start-up grant from the Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy and the expertise of the leadership, research, advisory, and development teams below, and the valuable insights of our partners.

Partners

Asian Development Bank
Doosan Corporation
International Road Federation
National Geographic
Nikkei Asian Review
Power Explorer
RWR Advisory Group
Stanford Global Projects Center
Wildlife Conservation Society

Team

Leadership

Portrait of John J. Hamre

John J. Hamre

CSIS President and CEO

Portrait of Matthew P. Goodman

Matthew P. Goodman

Senior Vice President, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, and Senior Adviser for Asian Economics

Portrait of Josiane Gabel

Josiane Gabel

Vice President for Programs and Executive Director of the Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy

Portrait of Jonathan E. Hillman

Jonathan E. Hillman

Senior Fellow and Director of the Reconnecting Asia Project

Research

This project would not be possible without a number of outstanding research interns, past and present, working under the guidance of:

  • Maesea McCalpin, Program Manager & Research Associate
  • Mark Akpaninyie, Research Assistant

Advisory

Virtual Fellows

Development Team

Reconnecting Asia is a product of the Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab, the in-house digital, multimedia, and design agency at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.