Monday in Washington, March 23, 2015
AGILITY, ACQUISITION, AND AMERICAN SECURITY: A PROPOSAL FOR REFORM. 3/23, 9:00-10:00am. Sponsor: CSIS. Speakers: Mac Thornberry, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Dr. John Hamre,...
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Postwar Indonesia
click to orderTHE WHOLE PLACE WENT TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL: THE END OF WORLD WAR II IN MALAYA AND THE NETHERLANDS INDIES 1945-46. 3/24, Noon-1:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: George Washington...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule November 24-30, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014AM12:00 At private residence (no visitors)10:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo (no morning visitors)10:37 Depart from private residence10:53 Arrive at Ministry of...
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Monday in Washington, March 30, 2015
Easter WeekCongress is in recess for two weeksCENTRAL ASIA: WHAT'S NEXT? 3/30, 9:30am-5:00pm. Sponsor: Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies. Speakers: Roger...
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Detention of women activists makes a mockery of China’s rule of law aspirations
#FreeTheFiveChina legal expert Jerome A Cohen saysDetention of Women Activists Makes a Mockery of China’s Rule of Law AspirationsThis article originally appeared in the March 27, 2015 print edition of...
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#FreeTheFive
China’s Fear of Women With PamphletsEDITORIAL, The New York Times, MARCH 27, 2015China’s growing crackdown on political dissent is stirring global protests and demands for the release of five women’s...
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Prime Minister Abe’s Understanding of Human Trafficking
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was interviewed by Washington Post Editorial Page writer David Ignatius in late March. The Prime Minister's press aide emphasized to Mr. Ignatius that it was...
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It is what Abe does that is more concerning than what he says
Confessions of a foreign correspondent after a half-decade of reporting from Tokyoto his German readersby Carsten GermisCarsten Germis was the Tokyo correspondent of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung...
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Defending the Chinese Five
Detention of Five Chinese Feminist Activists at the Juncture of Beijing+20 – An Interview with US University of Michigan Gender Scholar Wang ZhengFirst posted on China Change Blog on April 11, 2015“You...
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Monday in Washington, April 13, 2015
SEA-AIR-SPACE 50TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM: 50 YEARS OF MARITIME EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION. 4/13-4/15, National Harbor, MD. Sponsor: The Navy League of the United States. Speakers: Adm. Jonathan...
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Yes, the United States cares about the comfort women, but
Kennedy name still resonates in Japan After a year and half on the job, Amb. Caroline Kennedy has helped strengthen U.S.-Japan relations -- an alliance her father was keen to buildFrom the transcript...
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Womenomics is it for real?
By NPRWomenomics for Japan: is the Abe policy for gendered employment viable in an era of precarity?By Helen Macnaughtan, Senior Lecturer in International Business and Management (Japan) at SOAS,...
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Mongolia & The Koreas
A Potential Breakthrough in Mongolia’s Relations With North and South KoreaBy: Mendee JargalsaikhanyFirst published by the Jamestown Foundation's Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 38March 2,...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule December 1-7, 2014
Electioneering, who is running the countryMonday, December 1, 2014AM12:00 At private residence (no visitors)08:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo (no morning visitors)09:12 Depart from private...
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Shinzo Abe's Duty to History
Tojo on trialThe Japanese prime minister does the U.S. no favors by overlooking his country’s past atrocities.By CHUNG MIN LEEProfessor of international relations at Yonsei University’s Graduate School...
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Hinting of remorse, but not responsibility.
In July 2014, Prime Minister Abe traveled to Australia and gave a speech to the country's parliament. His words were well received and viewed as thoughtful and healing. Thus, there is a focus on Abe's...
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Monday in Washington, April 20, 2015
POLITICS OF A NUCLEAR DEAL: FORMER U.S. & IRANIAN OFFICIALS DEBATE. 4/20, 9:30-11:00am. Sponsors: US Institute of Peace, Wilson Center, Partnership for a Secure America, RAND Corporation, Center...
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Prime Minister of Japan’s Schedule December 8-14, 2014
More Electioneering!Monday, December 8, 2014AM12:00 At private residence (no visitors)08:00 At private residence in Tomigaya, Tokyo (no morning visitors)08:29 Depart from private residence08:51 Arrive...
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Abe's Canberra Strategy, will it work in Washington?
Abe at Australian War Memorial 2014APP member Peter Ennis interviews for his Dispatch Japan APP member Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki on Abe's forthcoming trip to the United States. It is likely that...
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Monday in Washington, April 27, 2015
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the United States this week.Monday he gives a speech at Harvard University's Kennedy School and visit the Kennedy Library. In the afternoon he flies to Washington...
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