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Events Archive – 2016

 

December 20, 2016

Women and Economic Development: Growing Taiwan-US International Cooperation

 

December 12, 2016

The New Myanmar, with Ambassador Aung Lynn

 

November 30, 2016

Partition Stories: Memory, History, and Legacies of the 1947 Partition of India

 

November 17, 2016

"Does Aid Lead to Corruption? Evaluating China’s Poverty Alleviation Program," with Kai Wang

 

November 15, 2016

Rethinking Development Partnerships in the Muslim World

 

November 14, 2016

Two-Way Street – 25 Years of US-China Direct Investment

 

November 10, 2016

The Young Generation of Leaders in Afghanistan

 

November 10, 2016

The Battle of The Philippines 75 Years Later: A Veteran's Tale, with Mr. Dan Crowley

 

November 9, 2016

Diwali Celebration with Mayor Muriel Bowser

 

November 8, 2016

Work is Worship: Religion, Craft, and Infrastructure in Contemporary India

 

November 7, 2016

Philippines President Duterte, the United States and China

 

November 5, 2016

The 24th Hahn Moo-Sook Colloquium in the Korean Humanities

 

November 4, 2016

Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography

 

November 3, 2016

"A Discussion on Indonesian Literature, Politics, and Social Change," with with Yusi Avianto Pareanom

 

October 28, 2016

"Neural Buddhism” and Mindfulness Revolution?: Buddhist Thought, Secular Ground and Global Ethics," with Dr. Thupten Jinpa

 

October 26, 2016

"India and the Asian Balance of Power: Countering China," with Prof. Rajesh Rajagopalan

 

October 25, 2016

"Taiwan’s China Dilemma: Contested Identities and Multiple Interests in Taiwan’s Cross-Strait Economic Policy," with Prof. Syaru Shirley Lin

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October 19, 2016

"Spillover Effects of China Going Global," with Professor Joseph Pelzman

 

October 18, 2016

"The Origins and Dynamics of Crony Capitalism in China: Insights from 260 Cases of Collusive Corruption," with Professor Minxin Pei

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October 14, 2016

The Digital Economy Forum: Prospects for Taiwan-US Cooperation in the Internet Age

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October 11, 2016

Book Launch: Nuclear Debates in Asia: The Role of Geopolitics and Domestic Processes

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October 6, 2016

America’s 2016 Election Debate on Asia Policy and Asian Reactions

 

October 4, 2016

"How China Escaped the Poverty Trap," with Professor Yuen Yuen Ang

 

September 26, 2016

"US-China Policy for the Next Administration," with Jim Steinberg

 

September 23, 2016

"Local Politics and National Statistics: Underreporting and the 'Missing Girls' in China," with Professor John James Kennedy

 

September 20, 2016

Afternoon of Poetry with Ko Un

 

September 15, 2016

Visiting Scholar Roundtable, with Trien Le

 

September 8, 2016

The Dictator's Dilemma: The Chinese Communist Party's Strategy for Survival, with Professor Bruce Dickson

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May 10, 2016

Taiwan Roundtable: Prospects for the Tsai Ing-wen Administration

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May 5, 2016

The 21st Annual Gaston Sigur Memorial Lecture: China’s Rise and the Challenge to East Asian Security, with Thomas J. Christensen

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May 2, 2016

History Writing of Comfort Women Issues

 

April 29, 2016

"Making Patriotic Prostitutes: The South Korean Government’s Policy on Prostitution for the US Military,"
with Dr. Jeong-Mi Park

 

April 20, 2016

Book Launches: The China Reader: Rising Power & China's Future, with Professor David Shambaugh

 

April 18, 2016

"Religion and Revolution in China," with Professor Elizabeth J. Perry

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April 15, 2016

"The Return of Confucianism in Contemporary China," with Professor Anna Sun

 

April 14, 2016

"The Price of Politics: How China's System is Constraining its Development," with Jonathan Fenby

 

April 13, 2016

Lawyers, Litigation, and Governmental Accountability in South Korea and Japan, with Professor Celeste Arrington

 

April 12, 2016

Film Screening: "Ode to My Father"

 

April 6, 2016

"Why Regional Parties? Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System," with Professor Adam Ziegfeld

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April 5, 2016

"The 'Liberal' International Order: Any Room for An Illiberal Rising Power Like China?" with Professor Shiping Tang

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March 24, 2016

"Occupational Hazards: Sex, Business, and HIV in Post-Mao China," with Professor Elanah Uretsky

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March 9, 2016

"Xi Jinping, China's Rise and Leadership in Asia," with Professor Robert Sutter

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March 4, 2016

"Vietnam's Model of Development and its Role in International Relations in Southeast Asia," with Professor Ta Ngoc Tan

 

March 3, 2016

Researching and Documenting the "Comfort Women" History

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March 2, 2016

Taiwan Roundtable: Taiwan-US International Engagement: The Global Cooperation Training Framework and Beyond

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February 29, 2016

How Aggressive is China?

 

February 24, 2016

"The 2016 General Election in Taiwan and Its Implications for Cross-Strait Relations," with Alan D. Romberg

 

February 19, 2016

"Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging with Zen Master Kim Iryŏp" with Dr. Jin Park

 

February 11, 2016

"Overcoming Park Geun-hye’s History War in Korea: The History Textbook Renationalization Controversy" with Professor Han Hongkoo

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February 10, 2016

"The Vital Role of Development in the Asia-Pacific Rebalance: Perspectives from USAID" with Assistant Administrator for Asia Jon Stivers

 

February 4, 2016

2016 Lunar New Year Celebration

 

January 20, 2016

"New Evidence on Sino-Brazilian Relations: Mao Zedong and the Cold War, Revolution, and the Sino-Soviet Split in Latin America, 1959-1964," with James Hershberg

 

January 19, 2016

"The Road to Judicial Independence in China," with Professor Zhiwei Tong

 

January 14, 2016

"A Return to Meiji Japan – the LDP’s Desired Constitution for Post War Japan," with Professor Carl Goodman

 

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January 14, 2016

Science Diplomacy with North Korea and Iran: Real Collaborations with Isolated Scientists

 

January 14, 2016

Book Launch: The Emotions of Justice, with Professor Jisoo Kim

 

 

 

 

 

 

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