Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, wrote about the current state of Japan's Democratic Party in an April 30, 2017 East Asia Review article titled "Japan's Democratic Party Doomed to Opposition." "Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, may have taken a hit in the polls over recent weeks, but the prospect that the … [Read more...]
Watch Gerald L. Curtis Discuss the Possible Impact of the Trump Administration on U.S.-East Asia Relations
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 8, 2016 video in which Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, discusses the possible ways the Trump Administration may affect U.S.-East Asia economic and political relations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsaiJKOaBM4& Please click here to see the … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters about Shinzo Abe’s Pearl Harbor Visit
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, was quoted in a December 5, 2016 Reuters article on Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's upcoming historic visit to Pearl Harbor. "The planning for a Pearl Harbor visit has been in the works ever since Obama visited Hiroshima. It's mostly a reciprocal gesture and symbolic of the U.S. … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Nikkei Asian Review about the U.S. Presidential Election’s Impact on Asia
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, talked about the possible impacts of a Hillary Clinton presidency and a Donald Trump presidency on Asia in a November 8, 2016 Nikkei Asian Review interview titled "Trump Couldn't Change Asian Policy Even if Elected, Columbia Professor Says." "I think Clinton is more hard-line on … [Read more...]
Gerald L. Curtis writes in Australian Financial Review about the weak opposition to Japan’s LDP
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, published an article titled "Weak Opposition Makes Japan Look Like a One-Party System" in the September 18, 2016 The Australian Financial Review. "Japan's political party system will be re-invented, one way or another," Professor Curtis writes."It is possible that reinvention will … [Read more...]
