Asia Program
Events
Japan's Declining Population: Clearly a Problem, But What's the Solution?
April 24, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Four experts speak to the multidimensional nature of Japan's declining population.
South Asia's Nuclear Tests, Ten Years Later: So What?
April 23, 2008 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Speakers: Robert Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Devin Hagerty, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Peter Lavoy, National Intelligence Officer for South Asia; Naeem Salik, Visiting Scholar, SAIS
From Mao in a Cave to China in the WTO: Washington's Dealings with Chinese Communism over Eight Decades
April 17, 2008 // 11:00am — 12:30pm
Speaker: Ross Terrill, Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center, and Research Associate, Harvard University
Al Jazeera English in Southeast Asia: Prospects and Impacts
April 07, 2008 // 1:30pm — 5:30pm
Trish Carter, Freelance Journalist and Former Bureau Chief, Asia-Pacific, Al Jazeera English; Marwan Kraidy, Associate Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania; Drew McDaniel, Professor and Director, Center for International Studies, Ohio University; Veronica Pedrosa, Presenter, Al Jazeera English, Kuala Lumpur; Shawn Powers, Research Associate, Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California;Atria Rai-Tene, News Producer, Trans TV, Jakarta; Roland Schatz, President, Media Tenor International
Taiwan's Presidential Elections: Healing the Rift?
March 25, 2008 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
Speakers: Alan M. Wachman, The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Emerson Niou, Duke University; John Fuh-sheng Hsieh, University of South Carolina
Book Discussion: China's Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation
March 12, 2008 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Speaker: David Shambaugh, George Washington University
Leprosy and Human Rights
March 06, 2008 // 1:00pm — 2:30pm
Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of Nippon Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO) Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, and Japanese Ambassador for the Human Rights of People Affected by Leprosy
A Struggle for Survival: Trafficking of North Korean Women
March 03, 2008 // 9:00am — 10:00am
Speaker: Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, U.S. Department of State
Globalization and Autonomy: The Malaysian Experience as a Test Case
February 27, 2008 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
Joan M. Nelson, scholar-in-residence, School of International Service, American University; Jacob Meerman, scholar-in-residence, School of International Service, American University; Pek Koon Heng, assistant professor, School of International Service, American University (commentator)
The Pakistan Elections: What Next?
February 25, 2008 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
Speaker: Eric Bjornlund, Democracy International; Commentators: Marvin Weinbaum, Middle East Institute; Hasan-Askari Rizvi, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; Hassan Abbas, Harvard University