Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, met on August 1, 2017 with Ko Wen-je, the Mayor of Taipei, to discuss continued cooperation between Taipei and the Columbia University community. Mayor Ko Wen-je and Professor Lean were joined by Steven Pan, a Columbia Business School alumnus and … [Read more...]
WEAI Senior Research Scholar Elizabeth Wishnick writes in Foreign Affairs about Russia’s role in the South China Sea
WEAI Senior Research Scholar Elizabeth Wishnick has written a September 19, 2016 article titled "Russia Wants to Be a Contender" in Foreign Affairs about Russia's growing role in the South China Sea. Since 2002, Professor Wishnick has been a research scholar at WEAI. A professor of political science at Monclair State University, she previously taught undergraduate and … [Read more...]
WEAI Senior Research Scholar Elizabeth Wishnick meets with Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
WEAI Senior Research Scholar Elizabeth Wishnick (second from right) met in July 2016 with Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a member of a delegation of eight scholars from the United States. The group met with policymakers and scholars to discuss issues in cross-straits and U.S.-Taiwan relations. Since 2002, Professor Wishnick has been a research scholar at WEAI. A … [Read more...]
Eugenia Lean meets with Taipei Mayor and with Columbia Alumni in Taiwan
In July 2016, Eugenia Lean, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and Associate Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University, met with the Mayor of Taipei, Ko Wen-je, at his office to discuss further cooperation between Taipei and the Columbia community. In Taipei, the Board of the Columbia Alumni Association of Taiwan also hosted welcome dinners for … [Read more...]
