Modern Tibetan Studies Director Robert Barnett (Retired January 2018) was quoted in The New York Times in a December 30, 2016 article titled "Mongolia, With Deep Ties to Dalai Lama, Turns From Him Toward China." Discussing Mongolia's move toward China and away from the influence of the Dalai Lama, Professor Barnett noted "This is part of a near-global collapse in diplomatic … [Read more...]
Watch Howard French and Jeff Wasserstrom Discuss China’s Past and Present
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 12, 2016 conversation between Howard W. French, Associate Professor of Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School, and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, about the influence of China's political history on current events. Howard W. French is … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck discusses Shinzo Abe’s Pearl Harbor visit in The New York Times and The Japan Times
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, was quoted in the December 24, 2016 New York Times article "In Pearl Harbor Visit, a Symbol of Reconciliation in Japan" and the December 28, 2016 The Japan Times article "Leaders’ Hawaii Remarks Include Veiled Message for Trump: Experts." Both articles … [Read more...]
Watch Andrew J. Nathan Discuss Taiwan and U.S.-China Relations Under a Trump Administration
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 14, 2016 video in which Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor Political Science at Columbia University, discusses Donald Trump's conversation with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and the ways a Trump Administration may affect U.S.-China relations. … [Read more...]
Watch Carol Gluck Discuss the Politics of Memory Surrounding Pearl Harbor’s 75th Anniversary
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 6, 2016 video in which Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, discusses the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor and the Politics of Memory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbZaNhk2ym4& Please click here to watch the video on … [Read more...]
