Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University and a renowned expert on Japanese politics, was quoted in a July 4, 2017 Reuters article titled "Japan's Abe Vulnerable After Party's Dismal Poll Showing," a July 6, 2017 article in The Economist titled "An Electoral Defeat puts Japan’s Prime Minister on the Back Foot," and a July 10, … [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 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...]
Gerald L. Curtis talks to Reuters and The New York Times about Shinzo Abe’s Upper House Election Victory
Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, talked with Reuters on July 10, 2016 and The New York Times on July 11, 2016 about the impact of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Upper House election win. “With these numbers … he (Abe) is going to want to see what he can achieve,” Professor Curtis told Reuters. “That means less … [Read more...]
