Asia Program
Events
Chinese National Identity and National Identity Gaps in East Asia
March 08, 2011 // 3:00pm — 4:15pm
Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Gilbert Rozman discusses national identity spikes in Northeast Asia.
Work in Progress Presentation: U.S. Policy Toward Trade Liberalization, Sino-American Economic Relations, and China's Road to "Reform and Opening," 1969-1976
February 17, 2011 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
On April 14th, 1971, President Richard Nixon announced an end to the U.S.-led embargo on the People's Republic of China, a step which marked the beginning of Sino-American economic normalization and a new direction for U.S. foreign policy despite the absence of diplomatic relations with Beijing. During a work in progress presentation, Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Dai Chaowu assessed the U.S. policy toward trade liberalization as an important element in Nixon's diplomacy and as a critical means of turning détente into a practical reality.
The North Korean Diaspora in Northeast Asia
February 15, 2011 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
Apichai Shipper, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles; Hazel Smith,Professor, Cranfield University, U.K.; Suzanne Scholte,President, Defense Forum Foundation
Religious Revival in the 21st Century: What Impact on Politics?
February 14, 2011 // 12:00pm — 2:00pm
Robin Wright, USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center; Roger Hardy, Former Middle East and Islamic Affairs Analyst, BBC World Service; André Laliberté, Full Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa; Daniel Levine, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan; José Casanova, Professor of Sociology and Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University
Demographic Trends and Policy Implications in Northeast Asia
January 26, 2011 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
With populations of Asian nations declining, a panel of experts discusses the trends and looks at the effect on social policy and regional dynamics.
Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves
January 24, 2011 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
This seminar will discuss the transnational history of how Europeans, Japanese, and other Asians came to promote saving by means of savings banks, postal savings, and war savings campaigns over the past two centuries. Historically, U.S. policies increasingly encouraged mass consumption and borrowing. After years of near-zero saving rates and growing household indebtedness, Americans are beginning to save again. What might we learn from other countries that boast much higher saving rates?
Is Status Quo Destiny? China's Interests in Post-Kim Dynasty Korea
January 24, 2011 // 10:00am — 11:15am
Based on newly declassified Czech, (East) German, Russian, and Hungarian archival documents, Lerner explores the origins of North Korea's military adventurism in the late 1960s.
The Secession of East Pakistan in 1971 and the Question of Genocide
December 15, 2010 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Dirk Moses, Woodrow Wilson Center Australian Scholar
"Sugar Daddy Blues": Japan's Approach to Building Peace in Afghanistan
December 14, 2010 // 3:00pm — 4:15pm
Kuniko Ashizawa, Oxford Brookes University, and Japan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
India's Economy: Managing the Impact of the Global Economic Crisis and Regaining Momentum
November 30, 2010 // 3:00pm — 4:15pm
Ajay Shankar, FICCI Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center