Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, was quoted in the January 19, 2017 article "China urges Trump: Be our Friend, Not our Enemy" in The Guardian. “I guess you could say I’m despondent,” Professor Nathan said about the incoming administration. “I’m feeling very bad; not knowing where it is headed or if it makes any sense … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan writes in Foreign Affairs about Xu Zhiyong and the democracy movement in China
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, wrote the article "A China of Citizens: Xu Zhiyong's Quest for a Free China" in the January 13, 2017 edition of Foreign Affairs. In the article, Professor Nathan writes about democracy activist Xu Zhiyong, noting "Xu’s strategy involved using social media to draw attention to the … [Read more...]
Watch Howard French and Jeff Wasserstrom Discuss China’s Past and Present
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 12, 2016 conversation between Howard W. French, Associate Professor of Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School, and Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, about the influence of China's political history on current events. Howard W. French is … [Read more...]
Watch Andrew J. Nathan Discuss Taiwan and U.S.-China Relations Under a Trump Administration
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to share a December 14, 2016 video in which Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor Political Science at Columbia University, discusses Donald Trump's conversation with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and the ways a Trump Administration may affect U.S.-China relations. … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Asks “Who is Kim Jong-un?” in The New York Review of Books and on WBUR’s “Here and Now”
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, wrote the article "Who is Kim Jong-un?" in the August 18, 2016 edition of The New York Review of Books. On September 14, 2016, Professor Nathan talked with host Jeremy Hobson on WBUR Radio's "Here and Now" about the mysterious North Korean dictator. Examining the historical and social … [Read more...]
