WEAI Senior Research Scholar Elizabeth Wishnick has published a March 7, 2017 report titled "China's Interests & Goals in the Arctic: Implications for the U.S." for the U.S. Army War College. China has been elaborating its position on the Arctic at the same time as the United States has been refining its own Arctic strategy as Chairman of the Arctic Council through April … [Read more...]
WEAI Named One of the Top Regional Studies Centers and Think Tanks by UPenn’s Lauder Institute
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University is excited to announce that it has been recognized as one of the top ten Regional Studies Centers and as one of the top 40 University-Affiliated Think Tanks in the University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute's 2016 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. WEAI placed eighth in the “Best Regional Studies Center … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean Elected a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study
Eugenia Lean, the Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, has been elected to membership in the Institute for Advanced Study beginning in September 2017. As a member of the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Historical Studies, Professor Lean will work on the project "Manufacturing Matters: … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen writes New York Times article “Who Called the Shots in Hanoi?”
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, wrote a February 14, 2017 article in The New York Times's Vietnam '67 series titled "Who Called the Shots in Hanoi?" "Even by 1967, America’s military, intelligence and civilian leaders had no real idea who was actually calling the shots in Hanoi," … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan discusses U.S.-China Relations in Deutsche Welle
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, was interviewed by Germany's Deutsche Welle in a February 8, 2017 article titled "Why Trump Needs to Avoid Collision Course with China." "President Trump doesn't always do what he says and he seems to be very capable of changing course," Professor Nathan said in the interview. "I think … [Read more...]
