We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Where the Party Rules: The Rank and File of China's Communist State, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Daniel Koss, an Assistant Research Fellow at the Institute of Political Science of Academia Sinica, Taipei, who earned his PhD in Government … [Read more...]
March 1 Event: “Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins Revisited:” Audio and Photos
Audio and photographs are now available from March 1, 2018 event "Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins Revisited." The event featured Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, and Ayse Zarakol, Reader in International Relations, University of Cambridge. Professors McCargo and Zarakol talked about the striking similarities in the history … [Read more...]
Feb. 20 Event: “Growing Pains in the Chinese Social Security System-The Eighth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture:” Video and Photos
Video and photographs are now available from the February 20, 2018 Eighth Annual N.T. Wang Distinguished Lecture "Growing Pains in the Chinese Social Security System" The special lecture was presented by Hanming Fang, Class of 1965 Term Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. His talk was moderated by Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese … [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...]
Nov. 13 Event: “Japan’s General Election: What Happened and What it Means:” Video and Photos
Video and photographs are now available from the November 13, 2017 event "Japan's General Election: What Happened and What it Means." During the sold-out event, Gerald L. Curtis, the Burgess Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Columbia University, and Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, discussed the October 22, 2017 … [Read more...]
