Asia News
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker Lecture Series in U.S.-East Asia Relations Starting 2013
Nov 30, 2012
The Wilson Center’s Asia Program will create an annual lecture series on U.S.-East Asian relations, named after noted diplomatic historian and Wilson Center Senior Scholar Nancy Bernkopf Tucker.
Video: Choke Point: China Part II
Nov 29, 2012
Choke Point: China is a collection of on-the-ground reporting that uses text, photographs, and interactive graphics to illustrate the potentially devastating confrontation between economic growth and the demands for water and energy – a crisis that is already manifesting across the world’s most populous country and is certain to grow more urgent over the next decade as China continues to develop. This video made by our parter Circle of Blue outlines China's water, energy, and food challenges.
Event: Environmental Public Interest Law in China
Nov 29, 2012
This past Tuesday, November 27th, the China Environment Forum welcomed Ms. Jingjing Liu, Mr. Bob Pervical, and Ms. Jessica Scott to join us for a discussion about Chinese Public Interest Law cases on environmental protection.
NKIDP in the Media, November 2012
Nov 29, 2012
A media round up of recent articles in the Korean press discussing materials obtained and released by, as well as events hosted by, the Wilson Center's North Korea International Documentation Project.
Monitoring China's Waste Incineration and Air Pollution
Nov 19, 2012
The Wilson Center's China Environment Forum is proud to announce that we have recently published two new research briefs that examine air pollution monitoring and China's waste challenges, by CEF Summer Research Assistants Abi Barnes and Tara Sun Vanacore, respectively. Both briefs feature original, in-depth research and analysis, and they are available in CEF's publications section.
Japan's Post-Fukushima Nuclear Energy Conundrum
Nov 16, 2012
In World Politics Review Nov. 13, Asia Program associate Shihoko Goto discusses how Japan may be forced to remain a nuclear force as the surge in U.S. natural gas supply may decrease the availability of Middle East oil.
Japan as a role model for civility
Nov 16, 2012
In an op-ed in the Japan Times Nov. 7, Asia Program associate Shihoko Goto discusses how grass-root understanding between Japan, China, and Korea is more important than ever as territorial disputes in the region continue to rage on. Read the full article at: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20121107a1.html
Save the Date: Regional Dynamics and Inter-Korean Relations, Past and Present, November 27, 2012
Nov 06, 2012
Supported by the Korean Ministry of Unification, the Wilson Center will host "Regional Dynamics and Inter-Korean Relations, Past and Present" on November 27, 2012, an event which seeks to bring a broader historical perspective to current issues affecting inter-Korean relations by conveying the importance of deep historical continuities on the Korean Peninsula.
CWIHP Senior Scholar Bernd Schaefer Interviewed by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2012
CWIHP is pleased to announce that Senior Scholar Bernd Schaefer was recently interviewed by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on the work of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program, the state of China's archives, and his ongoing research on Sino-German relations.