Workshop "Great Power Rivalries, Domestic Politics, and Southeast Asia Foreign Policy: Implications for the U.S." John Brandon, The Asia Foundation Pongphisoot Busbarat, University of Sydney David Denoon, NYU Center for U.S.-China Relations Amy Freedman, Long Island University and Columbia University Richard Javad Heydarian, De La Salle University, Philippines Lynn … [Read more...]
Sept. 22 Event: “Pluralism and Diversity: Best Practices from Singapore and Southeast Asia:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the September 22, 2016 event "Pluralism and Diversity: Best Practices from Singapore and Southeast Asia" During the discussion, the State Department’s Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Shaarik Zafar, and the Singaporean Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Masagos Zulkifli, held a conversation on religious … [Read more...]
“Pluralism and Diversity: Best Practices from Singapore and Southeast Asia”
Panel Discussion "Pluralism and Diversity: Best Practices from Singapore and Southeast Asia" Shaarik Zafar, Special Representative to Muslim Communities, U.S. Department of State Masagos Zulkifli, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Republic of Singapore Moderated by Ann Marie Murphy, Senior Research Associate, Weatherhead East Asian Institute 1:00 PM - … [Read more...]
WEAI Author Q&A: Sheena Chestnut Greitens’ “Dictators and Their Secret Police”
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Dictators and Their Secret Police: Coercive Institutions and State Violence, published by Cambridge University Press. The book's author is Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the … [Read more...]
WEAI holds summer events in Indonesia and Singapore
During the summer of 2016, the Weatherhead East Asian Institute held widely attended panel discussions and receptions in Indonesia and Singapore to foster the growth of Columbia University alumni networks in Southeast Asia and to promote the study of Southeast Asia at Columbia. These events brought together Columbia faculty, students, and alumni as well as academics, students, … [Read more...]
