Asia Program
Events
Democracy, Political Change, and Global Governance: A Discussion With ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan
May 19, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:00pm
An address by ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan, and a joint collaboration of the Wilson Center's Asia Program, American University, and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
Book Event: Memoirs of a Pakistani Economist
May 16, 2011 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
A book launch for noted Pakistani economist Parvez Hasan, with commentary from three additional South Asian economists.
The Other Americans in the "Second Front in the War on Terror": The Politics of USAID in the Southern Philippines
May 11, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
Wilson Center Fellow Patricio Abinales explains USAID's success through the Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program in promoting development in the Southern Philippines.
India's Quest for a Lower Carbon Footprint
May 10, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar Ajay Shankar discusses India's emissions reductions and how to to bring them down further.
Book Launch: Pakistan: Beyond the "Crisis State"
April 28, 2011 // 10:00am — 11:30am
A book launch for a new edited volume by Maleeha Lodhi, a former Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar and Pakistani ambassador to Washington, about how to overcome Pakistan's many challenges. Additional commentary from several other book contributors.
Open Nationalism for Asia and Future Paths for Japan
April 27, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:15pm
Nobuo Fukuda, Japan Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Staff Writer, Asahi Shimbun
Pakistan-U.S. Economic Relations
April 18, 2011 // 10:00am — 11:00am
An address by Pakistan's finance minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh
Australia and the Great Recession
April 14, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Hon. Wayne Swan, Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer of Australia, Wilson Center Australian Scholar Chris Barrett and Hon. Kim Beazley, Australian Ambassador to the United States, speak on Australian responses to the global financial crisis.
Who Watches the Watchdog? The Pakistani Media's Impact on Politics and Society
April 11, 2011 // 11:00am — 12:30pm
A presentation by Wilson Center Pakistan Scholar and journalist Huma Yusuf about Pakistan's independent media.
Book Event: Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War
March 15, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Sarmila Bose, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University; Arnold Zeitlin, Managing Director, Editorial Research & Reporting Associates