Stephen E. Noerper, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, spoke on both CNN and NY1 on August 11, 2017 about the escalating threats between North Korea and President Trump. Professor Noerper, who is also a senior director with The Korea Society and a former senior analyst at the U.S. Department of State, discussed the realities … [Read more...]
WEAI Adjunct Prof. Stephen Noerper Talks to The Takeaway About U.N. Sanctions Against North Korea
Stephen E. Noerper, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, talked to WNYC's The Takeaway on August 7, 2017 about the recent U.N. sanctions against North Korea. Professor Noerper, who is also a senior director with The Korea Society and a former senior analyst at the U.S. Department of State, discussed the potential impact of the … [Read more...]
Former WEAI Postdoc Paul Busbarat Writes About ASEAN in The Straits Times
WEAI's former Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Scholar in Southeast Asian Studies (2015-16) Paul Busbarat has written an August 3, 2017 op-ed in The Straits Times titled "Why a Strong ASEAN is Essential for the Region." "The current political structure in Southeast Asia may well dilute ASEAN's ability to negotiate with external powers," Dr. Busbarat writes. "It would be a tragedy … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean meets in Summer 2017 with Taipei’s Mayor and Columbia Alumni in Taiwan
Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, met on August 1, 2017 with Ko Wen-je, the Mayor of Taipei, to discuss continued cooperation between Taipei and the Columbia University community. Mayor Ko Wen-je and Professor Lean were joined by Steven Pan, a Columbia Business School alumnus and … [Read more...]
The Columbia University Community Remembers Prof. Wm. Theodore de Bary (1919-2017)
Members of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute community and the larger Columbia University community have been paying tribute to the late Wm. Theodore de Bary, the John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and Provost Emeritus, who helped pioneer the study of the Asian humanities in the United States and who was a dedicated teacher and mentor to generations of Columbia students. … [Read more...]
