Asia Events
Taiwan: Elections 2012
December 13, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:15pm
Asia Program
Incumbent Ma Ying-jeou faces challenger Tsai Ing-wen in Taiwan’s presidential elections, held concurrently with elections for the Taiwanese legislature. A Wilson Center panel discusses the domestic issues and post-election implications for the United States and Taiwan’s neighbors.
Romania’s “Fraternal Support” to North Korea during the Korean War, 1950-1953
December 12, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
North Korea International Documentation Project
Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Radu Tudorancea will shed light on what was in fact a coordinated division of labor among communist regimes, marking the high point in Socialist bloc cooperation.
The Legacy of Little America
December 07, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
Rajiv Chandrasekaran discusses reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, past and present.
Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves
December 02, 2011 // 1:00pm — 2:30pm
Program on America and the Global Economy
If the financial crisis has taught us anything, it is that Americans save too little, spend too much, and borrow excessively. Join us for a discussion of Sheldon Garon's new book "Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves."
Aiding Without Abetting
November 30, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:30pm
Asia Program
A new Wilson Center report calls for major changes to the U.S. civilian assistance program in Pakistan.
Making Homes, Building Bases: The Politics of Domesticity in the U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
November 28, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
Asia Program
An event exploring the relationship between the United States and Okinawa through the lenses of gender and "scientific domesticity" during the U.S. occupation of the islands.
Could the War in Vietnam Have Ended Earlier?
November 28, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
History and Public Policy Program
The Vietnam War cost the lives of more than 58,000 Americans (and millions of Vietnamese) and convulsed U.S. politics and culture in the 1960s. Could it have ended years earlier, and with a far smaller toll?
China in the World/The World in China
November 16, 2011 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Kissinger Institute on China and the United States
How is it that the Communist Party in China remains in power more than 20 years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and changes in Moscow triggered confident talk of an impending "Leninist Extinction"? What kind of impact on the world is China's economic boom and rising influence in global affairs having?
India-Japan Ties: Asia's Fastest Growing Relationship?
November 15, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
A discussion about the partnership described as Asia's fastest growing relationship.
Book Discussion: The Oil Prince's Legacy: Rockefeller Philanthropy in China
November 02, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Asia Program
Read about Mary Brown Bullock's new book, "The Oil Prince's Legacy: Rockefeller Philanthropy in China."