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All Quiet in the Blue House
South Korea's New PresidentAll Quiet in the Blue HouseSeptember 2, 2013 | by YOUNG-SIM SONGFrom the Sustainable Development Indicator's project of the Bertelsmann StiftungThe Blue House in Seoul, seat...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule August 26-September 2, 2013
August 26, 2013 (Mon)Prime Minister's Visit to the State of KuwaitAugust 27, 2013 (Tue)Prime Minister's Visit to the Republic of DjiboutiAugust 28, 2013 (Wed)Prime Minister's Visit to the State of...
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Monday in Washington September 23, 2013
MYANMAR: THE DYNAMICS OF POSITIVE CHANGE. 9/23, 8:30am-5:30pm. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins. Speakers: Karl Jackson, Director, Asian Studies, SAIS; William Wise, Associate...
View ArticleCaroline Kennedy: a Perfect Choice as Ambassador to Japan
By William Brooks, APP Senior Fellow, Adjunct Professor, SAIS Johns HopkinsThis essay first appeared in the Monday, September 30th edition of the Asia Policy Calendar.Forget any brickbats in the media:...
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Requiescat in pace
KIM J. WILLENSON, a former Asia Policy Point Board Member, passed away on September 24, 2013 at the Virginia Hospital Center, surrounded by his family who loved him dearly. He was a veteran journalist...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule September 2-8, 2013
September 2, 2013 (Mon)AM09:19 Office09:28 Practice presentation for International Olympic Committee general assembly10:18 Sekou, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary; Saiki, Administrative Vice Foreign...
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Monday in Washington September 30, 2013
INFRASTRUCTURE 2.0: INVESTING IN THE TECHNOLOGY OF TOMORROW. 9/30, 8:00 am -Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsors: AEI; Third Way; The Atlantic. Speakers: Coral Davenport, Energy and Environment...
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Monday in Washington October 7, 2013
DECIPHERING RUSSIAN POLICY ON SYRIA: WHAT HAPPENED…AND WHAT’S NEXT. 10/7, Noon-1:00pm. Sponsor: Wilson Center. Speaker: Mark N. Katz, Professor, Government and Politics, George Mason University, Former...
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE FRAMEWORK: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC Wednesday, October 99:00am-4:00pmWashington, DC SponsorsBanyan Analytics, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation...
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Monday in Washington, October 14, 2013
Columbus Day Ceremony in front Union StationOctober 14th, is Columbus Day in the United States, which is a Federal Holiday. The financial markets are not closed. INDONESIA'S APPROACH TOWARD A GREEN...
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Monday in Washington, October 21, 2013
AMERICA'S ARMY: GLOBALLY RESPONSIVE, REGIONALLY ENGAGED. 10/21, 7:00am-8:15pm, 10/22, 7:30am-5:00pm, 10/23, 7:00am-9:30pm. Sponsor: Association of the US Army (AUSA). Speakers: Gordon Sullivan, retired...
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On Abe Shinzo And Yasukuni – Restless Souls
This is a Masakaki offeringBy Michael Cucek, Shisaku Blog for the Asia Policy Calendar, October 20, 2013 (an Asia Policy Point membership publication)After months of wistful ruminations about paying...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule September 9-16, 2013
September 9th, 2013 (Mon)PM03:55 Arrive at Haneda Airport, Tokyo04:28 Arrive at Imperial Palace for bookkeeping04:52 At residence in Tomigaya, TokyoSeptember 10th, 2013 (Tue)AM11:48 At Tokyo...
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Monday in Washington, October 28, 2013
MEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY SYMPOSIUM: AGENTS OF CHANGE. 10/28, 9:00am-7:30pm, 10/29, 9:00am-6:00pm. Sponsor: US Institute of Peace (USIP). Speakers: Donald Steinberg, CEO and President, World Learning;...
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Monday in Washington, November 4, 2013
THE FUTURE OF CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES. 11/4 - 11/7. Sponsor: Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Ministerial.CONSERVATIVE INTERNATIONALSIM: ARMED DIPLOMACY UNDER JEFFERSON, POLK,...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule September 17-22, 2013
September 17, 2013 (Tue) AM08:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo 09:24 Meet with Tokuchi Hideshi of the Ministry of Defense Policy Bureau and Kanehara Nobukatsu, Cabinet Deputy Secretary at...
View ArticleBuilding state capacity to prevent atrocity crimes
Professor David Simon is interviewed at the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale about building state capacity to prevent atrocity crimes. He reflects upon Rwanda now 20 years...
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Rewalking the Path to Chinese Political Reform through Foreign Investment
A version of this essay first appeared in Asia Policy Point's Asia Policy Calendar, November 3, 2013. The authors are Research Interns at APP, Mr. Michael Sutherland (Nebraska Wesleyan University) and...
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Prime Minister of Japan's Schedule September 23-30, 2013
September 23, 2013 (Mon)AM09:15 Departure from private residence in Tomigaya to attend Koreisai Festival 09:30 Arrive at the Imperial Palace 11:16 Departure from the Imperial Palace 11:35 Arrival at...
View ArticleNot so stuffy Japanese bureaucrats
Kanagawa Governor Yuji Kuroiwa’s cameo in a music video of “Fall-in-Love Fortune Cookie,” by J-pop‘s most popular girl group AKB48 has been viewed by 2.4 million people since it was launched in...
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