Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, spoke on Bloomberg TV's "Daybreak" program on February 18, 2018 about the Bank of Japan's current monetary policy. Professor Ito is an expert on international finance, macroeconomics, and … [Read more...]
Feb. 7 Event: “The Trump Administration’s Policy Toward East Asia:” Video and Photos
Video and photographs are now available from the February 7, 2018 event "The Trump Administration’s Policy Toward East Asia." During the event, Daniel Russel, Diplomat in Residence and Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute and former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the U.S. Department of State, discussed several diplomatic … [Read more...]
WEAI Named One of 2017’s Top Regional Studies Centers and Think Tanks by UPenn’s Lauder Institute
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) at Columbia University is honored to announce that it has, for the second year in a row, been recognized as one of the top ten University-Affiliated Regional Studies Centers and as one of the top 40 University-Affiliated Think Tanks in the University of Pennsylvania Lauder Institute's 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. WEAI … [Read more...]
Bloomberg News Reports on Takatoshi Ito’s Career and the Possibility He Could be Considered to Lead the Bank of Japan
Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, was the subject of a July 26, 2017 Bloomberg article that discussed his distinguished career as an economist and the possibility he could be considered for the job of Governor of the Bank of … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis is Interviewed by Munhwa Ilbo about East Asian Diplomacy and Security
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University and a renowned expert on Japanese politics, was interviewed by South Korea's Munhwa Ilbo about numerous diplomatic and security issues related to East Asia. Professor Curtis had been in Seoul in June 2017 to give a talk at the Institute for Global Economics. On June 23, 2017, Munhwa … [Read more...]
