Asia Program
Events
Book Launch: International Relations of Asia
October 14, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:00pm
Speakers: David Shambaugh, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and Director, China Policy Program, George Washington University; Michael Yahuda, Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics, and Visiting Scholar, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University
Reporting on Pakistan: Media Perspectives and Challenges
September 16, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Mazhar Abbas, Deputy News Director, ARY One World Television, and Secretary-General, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists; Zaffar Abbas, Resident Editor, Islamabad Bureau, Dawn Newspaper; Owais Aslam Ali,Secretary-General, Pakistan Press Foundation; Massoud Ansari, Political Correspondent, Herald Magazine; Ejaz Haider, News Editor, Friday Times, and Op-ed Editor, Daily Times; Haroon Rashid, Chief Correspondent, BBC Urdu Service; and Asma Shirazi, Special Correspondent & Host, ARY One World Television
Addicted? Assessing India's Growing Dependence on Energy Resources Abroad
July 22, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
With limited energy reserves at home, India is increasingly looking abroad to satisfy much of this voracious demand. The Asia Program, with assistance from the Global Energy Initiative, hosts a panel discussion on India's external energy security policy.
Aid Effectiveness in Pakistan: Case Study of the Health and Population Sector
July 09, 2008 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Speaker: Samia Altaf, Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar
U.S. Engagement in Southeast Asia
July 08, 2008 // 2:00pm — 3:00pm
Scot Marciel, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs
Chinese Imperialism on the Korean Peninsula: A Historical Window on Sovereignty and Power Relationships
June 09, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Speakers: Kirk W. Larsen, George Washington University; Christine Kim, Georgetown University; David Kang, Dartmouth College
Pakistan's Economic Difficulties and Their Consequences
June 04, 2008 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
Speaker: Shahid Javed Burki, Woodrow Wilson Center Senior Scholar and Chairman, Advisory Council, Institute of Public Policy, Lahore
China's First U.S.-Style Law School
May 21, 2008 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Jeffrey S. Lehman, Wilson Center Senior Fellow, Chancellor and Founding Dean of the School of Transnational Law, Beijing University
Current and Future Prospects for Civilian Nuclear Power: U.S. and Japanese Perspectives
May 08, 2008 // 3:00pm — 5:45pm
Speakers: Gregory B. Jaczko, commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Kenji Goto, minister for economy, trade, industry and energy at the embassy of Japan; Angie Howard, vice president and executive advisor to the president of the Nuclear Energy Institute; Takuya Hattori, president of the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum; Thomas Cochran, director of the nuclear program at the Natural Resources Defense Council; Andrew Kadak, professor of nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Jonathan Epstein, legislative fellow in the office of Senator Jeff Bingaman
What Does China Want? The Intentions and Desires of a New World Power
May 07, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
William Callahan, Wilson Center Fellow, professor of international politics at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, and co-director of the British Inter-university China Centre, Oxford University; Susan Shirk, director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and professor of political science, University of California, San Diego; Jeffrey V. Legro, Compton professor of world politics and chair, Department of Politics, University of Virginia