Asia Program
Events
Selig S. Harrison Reports on his Trip to Pyongyang
February 04, 2009 // 3:00pm — 4:15pm
Selig S. Harrison, Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Storm Clouds Ahead for the "All-Weather Allies"? Today's Pakistan-China Relationship
January 26, 2009 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
Tarique Niazi, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; Ziad Haider, Harvard University; Jing-dong Yuan, Monterey Institute; Riaz Mohammad Khan, Pakistan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center
Left Behind? Learning and Educational Achievement in Pakistan's Punjab Province
January 15, 2009 // 3:00pm — 4:15pm
Tahir Andrabi, associate professor of economics, Pomona College
Book Launch for Wealth into Power: The Communist Party's Embrace of China's Private Sector
January 13, 2009 // 3:00pm — 4:30pm
Bruce J. Dickson, George Washington University
U.S. Alliance Politics: From Special Relationships to Anti-Americanism
December 17, 2008 // 2:30pm — 4:00pm
At an event organized by the Asia Program and cosponsored by the Canada Institute, Brendon O'Connor discussed the coexistence of countries seeking a “special relationship” with the United States and of increasing anti-Americanism in these countries.
Taiwan's Strategy to Retain Diplomatic Space
December 08, 2008 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
Dennis V. Hickey, Missouri State University; He Li, Merrimack College; Kwei-Bo Huang, National Chengchi University (Taiwan); Xin Xu, Cornell University
Running on Empty: Pakistan's Water Crisis
November 20, 2008 // 7:45am — 3:15pm
Pakistan's water situation is extremely precarious. Conference participants highlight the different facets of Pakistan's water crisis, examine the rural and urban dimensions of the crisis, and consider possible responses.
Culture Meets Development in the "New" India—Book Launch: The Politics of Heritage from Madras to Chennai
November 06, 2008 // 3:00pm — 4:15pm
Mary E. Hancock, Professor, Departments of Anthropology and History, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Former Wilson Center Fellow (2004-05)
China's Tibet Policy in the Aftermath of Last Spring's Unrest
October 27, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Elliot Sperling, Indiana University; Lobsang Sangay, Harvard University; Allen R. Carlson, Cornell University
Power Transition in Post-Cold War East Asia
October 21, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Speaker: Evelyn Goh, Woodrow Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar, University of OxfordCommentator: Liselotte Odgaard, Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow, Royal Danish Defence College