The Future of the US-Japan Alliance: Advancing the Vision of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific Featuring H.R. McMaster Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution Bernard and Susan Liautaud Visiting Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University Former 26th Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs On April 9, … [Read more...]
Qin Gao coedits Journal of Asian Public Policy symposium section
A symposium section of the Journal of Asian Public Policy coedited by Professor Qin Gao has just been published and will be featured in the journal's July 2019 issue. The first article in the section is titled "Supporting variability in women’s lifestyles: a study of single-motherhood transition in South Korea and Japan" and is coauthored by Jiajia Zhou, MARSEA '18 and Jennifer … [Read more...]
Vietnamese Studies initiative bridges the US with East and Southeast Asia at Columbia
Interview by Ariana King “Vietnam seems to be at an important crossroads” -- Professor Lien-Hang Nguyen More than 40 years have elapsed since the end of the Vietnam War, but many in the US still view the country of Vietnam through the lens of war. “Vietnam” has long been synonymous with the conflict itself: an event that spanned two decades and exists today as a chapter … [Read more...]
Madeleine Zelin Elected Business History Conference Trustee
Dean Lung Professor of Chinese Studies Madeleine Zelin has been elected a trustee of the Business History Conference. Trustees are elected for three-year terms and with the elected officers administer the organization. The Business History Conference is a scholarly organization devoted to encouraging all aspects of research, writing, and teaching about business history and … [Read more...]
A Video on the Institute’s 70 Years in Step with the Pulse of Asia
East Asia today is a very different place from the East Asia of 70 years ago. Yet as the region has changed and adapted to the realities of a globalizing world, so too has the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Watch the video and see how WEAI has kept in step with the pulse of Asia over the past seven decades. … [Read more...]
