Bio
Joshua Kurlantzick is a senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Featured Work
![China's President Xi Jinping and Taiwan's then-President Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore, 2015. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/presidentialoffice/22843285625">Taiwan Presidential Office</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/XiMa.jpg?v=1719361199)
APR 4, 2019 • Podcast
China's Influence on Democracies in Asia, with Joshua Kurlantzick
As part of Carnegie Council's Information Warfare podcast series, Devin Stewart interviews Joshua Kurlantzick about his recent project on Chinese media and influence campaigns and ...
FEB 10, 2017 • Podcast
The Secret War in Laos and the Role of the CIA
Josh Kurlantzick, author of a new book on the U.S. secret war in Laos from 1961-73, notes that the war was responsible for greatly ...
![Scene of suicide bomb attack, Jakarta, January 14, 2016. CREDIT: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zaws4r4">Gunawan Kartapranata</a>. (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC</a>)](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/JakartaAttack_2023-04-10-045841_lnye.jpg?v=1719361201)
OCT 4, 2016 • Article
Southeast Asia—The Islamic State's New Front?
From Bangladesh to the Philippines, the Islamic State's efforts to win over South and Southeast Asians have been substantial and have increased over the past ...
![Street corner in Yangon, Myanmar. CREDIT: Devin Stewart](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Myanmar_2023-04-10-051433_srap.jpg?v=1719361203)
JUL 24, 2013 • Article
Burma's Reforms and Regional Cooperation in East Asia
"Though the 2010 elections that brought a civilian government to power were not free and fair, the new president, Thein Sein, has embarked upon a path-breaking ...
![CREDIT: <a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html">CIA - The World Factbook</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Indonesia-map_2023-04-10-051840_kpew.jpg?v=1719361206)
SEP 28, 2012 • Article
Indonesia's Lessons for the Middle East and North Africa and other Emerging Democracies
Over the past decade, Indonesia has accomplished one of the most successful processes of democratization among developing countries. What were the critical decisions that made ...
![Hu Jintao visits Hanoi, Vietnam](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/feature_Hu_Jintao_2023-04-10-054403_xtgx.jpg?v=1719361208)
NOV 27, 2007 • Article
Hu's on First?
China has greatly stepped up its diplomatic, trade, and aid efforts in Southeast Asia, write Josh Kurlantzick and Devin Stewart. But it still has a ...