Category Archives for East Asia
Replacing Hard Power With Soft Power: The U.S.’ New Approach to East Asia
March 9, 2015 Speakers: Claudia Rosett, Journalist-in-Residence, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Shihoko Goto, Senior Associate for Northeast Asia, Woodrow Wilson Center Since the end of World War II, U.S. engagement in East Asia has been largely defined by … Continue reading
NATO’s Challenge: Maintaining a Tactical Advantage in a Rapidly Changing Security Landscape
January 30, 2015 Host: Center for a New American Security Speakers: General Jean-Paul Palomeros, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, NATO Honorable Robert Work, Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense While the past decade has been largely defined by sustained … Continue reading
The Political Challenges Facing Economic Opportunity
November 5, 2014 Host: The Brookings Institution Speakers: Mr. Charles Freeman III, Nonresident Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center Mr. Malcolm R. Lee, Nonresident Senior Fellow, John L. Thornton China Center In many ways, political policies – particularly in … Continue reading
Demanding Democracy: What to Expect in Hong Kong and the Mainland
October 9, 2014 Host: The Foreign Policy Initiative Speakers: David Feith, The Wall Street Journal Asia Ellen Bork, Foreign Policy Initiative, Hong Kong Now in their second week of protest, demonstrators in Honk Kong are doing more than standing up … Continue reading
The Power of the Mekong & the Fight for Resources in Southeast Asia
October 8, 2014 Host: The Stimson Center Speakers: Dr. Richard Cronin, Director of Southeast Asia Program, Stimson Center Dr. Yongmin Bian, Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University Law Center Ms. Courtney Weatherby, Research Associate, Stimson Center For much of the past decade, … Continue reading
The Pivot Within Asia: Japan – India Relations
September 11, 2014 Host: The Woodrow Wilson Center Speakers: Dr. Makoto Kojima, Professor, Takushoku University Dr. Pratap Mehta, President, Centre for Policy Research Dr. Satoru Nagao, Associate, Gakushuin University History has always been an important part of East Asian politics … Continue reading
Tokyo’s Challenge: Striking a Balance Between East and West
September 9,2014 Host: The Stimson Center Speaker: Dr. Yoko Hirose, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University It is no secret that the balance of power is quickly changing in Asia. Over the past decade, China, the Republic of Korea (ROK), … Continue reading
Reaching New Levels of Cooperation, Coordination, and Capabilities in Asia
September 8, 2014 Host: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Speaker: Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy In the words of Admiral Jonathan Greenert, the U.S. Navy is dictated by a “presence mandate;” that is a … Continue reading
Balancing Nuclear Ambitions on the Korean Peninsula
July 29, 2014 Host: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace & the Korean Economic Institute Speaker: Dr. Park Jin, Executive President, Asia Future Institute In a somewhat ironic twist, it is the Republic of Korea (the ROK, aka. South Korea), not … Continue reading
China and the U.S.: A New Preeminent Global Relationship
June 9, 2014 Host: The Center for Strategic and International Studies Event: Sino-Russian Relations after the Xi-Putin Summit Speakers: The Honorable Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia Ambassador Stapleton Roy, Founding Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United … Continue reading