Asia Program
Events
Asia Policy Assembly 2010 Asia's Global Influence: How Is It Exercised? What Does It Mean?
June 17, 2010 // 8:30am — 5:00pm
A signature event of the National Asia Research Program (NARP), the Asia Policy Assembly is an annual forum for Asia Studies scholars and policymakers to discuss important Asia policy issues. NBR and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars co-hosted the inaugural 2010 Asia Policy Assembly on June 17-18, 2010, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
Australian Uranium and India: Ideology Versus Pragmatism
June 14, 2010 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
Edmond Roy, Australian Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Associate Producer, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Defusing the Bomb: Overcoming Pakistan's Population Challenge
June 09, 2010 // 9:00am — 4:30pm
According to UN mid-range projections for Pakistan, the country's population—currently about 185 million—will rise to 335 million by 2050. Experts examine both the challenges and opportunities of Pakistan's demographics.
Legitimizing the Illegitimate? Burma's Political Dilemmas
May 25, 2010 // 2:30pm — 5:30pm
Mary Callahan, University of Washington; Jurgen Haacke, London School of Economics; David Steinberg, Georgetown University; Min Zin, University of California, Berkeley
Islamic Charities and Human Security in Pakistan
May 12, 2010 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Christopher Candland, Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow; Commentator Madiha Waris Qureshi, Editor, Columbia Books
Pipeline Politics in Asia
May 04, 2010 // 9:00am — 5:00pm
Establishing Political Legitimacy in Afghanistan
April 15, 2010 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Thomas J. Barfield, Professor of Anthropology, Boston University; J. Alexander Thier, Director for Afghanistan and Pakistan, United States Institute of Peace (commentator); William Wood, Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (commentator)
Greater China? Migration and Chinese Transnational Communities
April 14, 2010 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Philip Kuhn, Harvard University; Sara Friedman, Wilson Center Fellow, Indiana University; Vanessa Fong, Harvard University; Kenneth J. Guest, City University of New York
Empowering Faculty and Transforming Education in Pakistan
April 07, 2010 // 11:00am — 12:30pm
Sabiha Mansoor, Pakistan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Professor and Dean, School of Education, Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan; Parag Khanna, Director, Global Governance Initiative, and Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program, New America Foundation (commentator); Hamid Kizilbash, Principal Research Analyst, American Institutes for Research (commentator)
China: The Pessoptimist Nation
March 29, 2010 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
William A. Callahan, Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester; Co-director, British Inter-university China Centre