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...]
Dec. 7 Event: “Taiwan’s China Dilemma:” Photos and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the December 7, 2016 lecture "Taiwan’s China Dilemma" which featured speaker Syaru Shirley Lin, Professor of Political Economy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Adjunct Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. The event was moderated by Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes Victor Louzon, 2016-18 INTERACT Postdoctoral Scholar
Victor Louzon is the 2016-2018 International Network to Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) Postdoctoral Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Dr. Louzon holds his PhD from Sciences Po. He received his undergraduate training at SciencesPo, the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales(Paris), and the University of British Columbia … [Read more...]
“The Last Battle of the Sino-Japanese War? The February 28 Incident in Taiwan, 1947″
Brown Bag Lecture “The Last Battle of the Sino-Japanese War? The February 28 Incident in Taiwan, 1947” Victor Louzon, INTERACT Postdoctoral Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute Moderated by Eugenia Lean, Associate Professor of Chinese History, Columbia University 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM International Affairs Building, Room 918 No registration required. The February … [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...]
