Asia Program
Events
Linking Health, Environment and Community Development: Lessons from the Thai Experience
December 11, 2002 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Featuring Mechai Viravaidya, founder and chairman of Thailand's Population and Community Development Association
George W. Bush and Asia: A Midterm Assessment
December 11, 2002 // 7:30am — 4:00pm
James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Xiaoyuan Liu, associate professor of history, Iowa State, and WWC/GWU Asian Policy Studies Fellow; Catharin Dalpino, fellow, Brookings Institution; Jonathan Pollack, director, Strategic Research Department, US Naval War College; Harry Harding, dean, Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University; Kurt Campbell, senior vice president, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Katharine H.S. Moon, associate professor of political science, Wellesley College, and WWC/GWU Asian Policy Studies Fellow; Hilton Root, senior fellow, Economic Strategy Institute; Nayan Chanda, director of publications, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization; Frank S. Jannuzi, professional staff, Senate Foreign Relations CommitteeDownload "George W. Bush and Asia: A Midterm Assessment" Conference Report
Pacific Creolization: Searching for Emerging Shared Values in the Japan-U.S. Borderlands
December 04, 2002 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
Julie Higashi, Ritsumeikan University; Takeshi Matsuda, Osaka University; Chieko Kitagawa Ohtsuru, Kansai University; David Willis, Soai University: Yutaka Sasaki,, Soai University
A Rough Neighborhood: Afghanistan and Its Neighbors
November 15, 2002 // 7:45am — 11:45am
Feroz Khan, visiting fellow, Monterey Institute for International Studies; Zalmay Khalilzad, special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, National Security Council; Mohsen Milani, professor of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida; Ahmed Rashid, correspondent, Far Eastern Economic Review and The Daily Telegraph; Nazif Shahrani, professor of anthropology, University of Indiana.Speech by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad
Crisis in the Hinterland: Rural Discontent in China
November 12, 2002 // 2:30pm — December 31, 1969 // 2:00pm
Jean C. Oi, professor of political science, Stanford University; Xiaobo Lu, director, Columbia University; Yawei Liu, associate director, China Village Election Project, Carter Center; Melanie Manion, associate professor of political science, University of Wisconsin at Madison.Download Asia Program Special Report #108
The Demographic Dilemma: Japan's Aging Society
October 31, 2002 // 2:00pm — 4:00pm
John C. Campbell, Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan; Paul S. Hewitt, Director, Global Aging Initiative, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Chikako Usui, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Missouri at St. Louis.Download Asia Program Special Report #107
India: 21st Century Superpower
October 11, 2002 // 8:15am — 1:15pm
Lalit Mansingh, Ambassador of India to the United States; Walter Andersen, Chief, South Asia Division, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State; Teresita Schaffer, Director, South Asia Program, CSIS; Montek Ahluwalia, Director, Independent Evaluation Office, IMF; George Perkovich, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Deepa Ollapally, Senior Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania; Karl Inderfurth, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Elliott School, George Washington University.Address by Ambassador Lalit Mansingh
Japanese Democracy: Past and Present
October 07, 2002 // 3:00am — 5:00pm
John Dower, Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Donald Robinson, Professor of Government, Smith College; Franziska Seraphim,professor of Japanese History, Boston College.Download Asia Program Special Report #109
Minorities and National Integration in China: The Cases of Tibet and Xinjiang
October 03, 2002 // 4:00pm — 7:00pm
Progress or Procrastination: China's First Year in the WTO
October 02, 2002 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Almost a year after joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), China still falls short of completing many of its promises to the international community. Regional political problems and a depressed global economy have increased pressure on the Communist Party leadership to remain protective of domestic agriculture, many state owned industries, and traditional businesses even as the national government remains strongly committed to opening Chinese markets to international trade and financial flows. Expanding international commerce has continued to increase economic opportunities for many Chinese but the greater integration into the world community has not yet translated into greater individual rights. China has arguably become more closed over the past year with its tightening restrictions on religious groups and its increased regulation of the Internet.