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Week of the Prisoner of War
On November 11th,Veterans Day, Dan Crowley, 94, will join President Barack Obama for his annual breakfast for representatives from America's Veterans Service Organizations. He will represent the...
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Monday in Washington November 7, 2016
TAIWAN, TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP, AND AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. 11/7, 9:00-10:30am. Sponsor: Hudson. Speakers: Lotta Danielsson, Vice President, U.S.-Taiwan Business Council; Harry Krejsa, Research...
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Human Trafficking in the Party Platforms - Too similar
Combatting human trafficking is generally a bi-partisan political issue. It is considered such a serious crime that both the Republican and Democratic Party platforms devote a section each to how they...
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Why veterans are underrepresented in Congress
By Gary Schmitt and Rebecca Burgess, respectively, director and program manager of AEI’s Program on American Citizenship. Data used in this piece comes from a forthcoming AEI report on the status of...
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The UN's gender problem
How Will António Guterres Tackle UN’s Gender Problem?By Ms. Ourania S. YancopoulosUN's Wonder Woman Ambassadora United Nations intern in 2015, earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and...
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Trump, China's new friend
China Just Won The U.S. ElectionChina’s leaders are looking forward to a President Trump who offers less resistance and more hypocrisy. But Beijing's triumph may cost it in the end.BY JAMES PALMERFirst...
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Japan Scores Tragic Own Goal with UNESCO Stance
click book to orderTokyo’s position is damaging its international reputation and playing into China’s handsBy Edward Vickers, Professor of Comparative Education at Kyushu University, Japan. He is a...
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Monday in Washington, November 14, 2016
POLICY CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW US PRESIDENT. 11/14, 8:30am, Breakfast. Sponsor: Economists for Peace and Security. Speakers: Richard Kaufman, Bethesda Research Institute; Mark Weisbrot, Center for...
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HOW TRUMP’S ASIA ADVISERS SEE IT
Donald Trump’s Peace Through Strength Vision for the Asia-PacificHow the Republican nominee will rewrite America’s relationship with Asia.BY ALEXANDER GRAY, PETER NAVARROFirst appeared in Foreign...
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The Repudiation of American Internationalism and What It Means for Japan
Op ed by Daniel Sneider, Associate Director of Research of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University and APP memberFirst appeared on Tokyo Business Today, November...
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What Should Shinzo Abe Say to Donald Trump?
Abe’s goal is clear: convince Trump of the value of the U.S. alliance system.By Robert Dujarric, Director, Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University Japan and APP memberfirst appeared...
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GOP Foreign Policy Elites and Trump
RuinousMost Republican foreign policy elites were sure that Hillary Clinton would be president. And they were sure that there would be a continuity in American foreign policy. They were so sure, that...
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Monday in Washington, November 21, 21016
U.S.-KOREA DEFENSE ACQUISITION POLICY AND THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ENVIRONMENT. 11/21, 9:00am-12:30pm. Sponsor: International Security Program, CSIS. Speakers: Myoung-jin Chang, Minister, Defense...
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Can Asia survive the shock of Trump-ageddon?
Or will he be pragmatic?BY JEFF KINGSTON, director of Asian Studies at Temple University, Japan Campus and APP memberThe Japan Times, November 19, 2016Donald Trump made some outlandish promises to win...
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Monday in Washington, November 28, 2016
HOW CAN FINANCE MINISTRIES SUPPORT A SUSTAINABLE HIV RESPONSE? 11/28, 10:30am-Noon. Sponsor: Center for Global Development. Speakers: Deborah L. Birx, Ambassador-at-Large, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator,...
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The think tanks of Donald Trump
Jason Stahl discussing his forthcoming book on conservative think tanksat the Library of Congress in January 2010Who is giving President-elect Trump advice is THE question in Washington. Until...
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1. Japan’s Payout Most Among U.S. Allies. Yomiuri Shimbun, November 16, 2016. The Japanese overnment plans to ask U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider the comments he made during his...
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Monday in Washington, December 5, 2016
U.S.-ROK ALLIANCE: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND BEYOND. 12/5, 9:00am-4:15pm. Sponsors: Office of the Korea Chair, CSIS; Korea Foundation. Speakers: Lee Sihyung, President, Korea...
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Japan, Germany and the Burden of Trump
By theEditorial Board, Bloomberg View, December 2, 2016Next week marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that triggered the U.S. entry into World War II. Now America’s two main...
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Abe and Putin May Finally End World War II Next Week
Abe and Putin May Finally End World War II Next WeekA hot springs summit might solve the 70-year dispute over an isolated string of islands that Russian and Japanese nationalists both claim as their...
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