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Monday in Washington May 8, 2017
CANCELED US PACOM: A STRATEGIC LOOK WITH ADM HARRY B. HARRIS, JR. 5/8, 9:30-10:30am. Sponsor: Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council. Speaker: Harry B. Harris, Jr,...
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Monday in Washington, May 15, 2017
FRAGILE STATES INDEX LAUNCH EVENT 2017. 5/15, 2:00-4:00pm. Sponsor: The Fund for Peace. United Nations Foundation. Speaker: J.J. Messner, Executive Director, The Fund for Peace.IS THE AGE OF WESTERN...
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South Korea's new president and the Comfort Women
January 20, 2017What is the commitment South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in has toward the Comfort Women and historical justice. The following is a brief review of Moon’s actions and words regarding...
View ArticleChina’s Belt and Road Initiative to challenge US-led order
by Hugh White, Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, The Australian National University, East Asia Forum, 8 May 2017 This month, what is likely to be this year’s...
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Japan’s constitutional rebirth or reincarnation?
By Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan. APP Member, Japan Times, May 13, 2017 Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has boldly promised to revise the Constitution by 2020, to coincide...
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Abe, Trump's Drama Queen
President Moon Jae-in’s special envoy Amb. Hong Seok-hyun had ten minutes with U.S. President Donald Trump to reconfirm the US-South Korean alliance. With the President’s known attention span of...
View ArticlePresident Trump did not inherit a country that is failing
Ambassador (Ret.) Nicholas Burns, presented the annual George Herbert Walker Jr. Lecture in International Studies at Yale University on May 3, 2017 entitled “The Trump Administration’s Global Foreign...
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Monday in Washington, June 5, 2017
FROM SOVIET PROPAGANDA TO THE ‘FIREHOSE OF RUSSIAN FALSEHOOD.’ 6/5, Noon-1:30pm. Sponsor: University of Southern California. Speakers: Adam Clayton Powell III, Director, Washington Policy Initiatives;...
View ArticleComfort Women searching for apology
On Tuesday, June 5, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley became the first U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations to address the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva. Whereas the core...
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Shinzo Abe and the arrogance of power
by James D.J. Brown, associate professor and academic program coordinator for International Affairs, Temple University, Japan Campus.First published in The Japan Times, 6/1/17On Sunday [May 28th],...
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America In the Age of Trumpism
By Michael Krepon, Co-founder of the Stimson Center and author of Better Safe than Sorry: The Ironies of Living with the Bomb. This article originally appeared in The National Interest on June 8,...
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Monday in Washington, June 12, 2017
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN “NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES”. 6/12, 9:00-11:00am. Sponsors: U.S. Department of State; Wiley; Elsevier; Elliott School of International Affairs Institute for International...
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Arrogant Abe disrespects U.N. and the press
By Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan and APP memberTHE JAPAN TIMES, June 10, 2017What is with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s arrogant disrespect for the United...
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Japan's Official Statements of Apology are only four
What is an official Japanese government statement? What would make a Japanese apology official? The following paper answers this question by pointing out the three war apologies that have distinction...
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Monday in Washington, June 19, 2017
REDEFINING MANUFACTURING: THE SERVICE SECTOR’S ROLE IN BOOSTING US COMPETITIVENESS AND RESILIENCE. 6/19, 10:00-11:30am. Sponsor: Asia Program, Wilson Center. Speakers: Matthew Resiman, Director,...
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Tracing the decline of a beautiful Japan
click to orderBy Michael Hoffman, author of In the Land of the Kami: A Journey into the Hearts of Japan and Other WorldsTHE JAPAN TIMES, June 17, 2017Two irreconcilable views of patriotism were given...
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Monday in Washington, June 26, 2017
INDIA AND THE U.S.: PARTNERS IN INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, AND ECONOMICS. 6/26, 11:30am-1:30pm. Sponsor: Hudson, Confederation of Indian Industry. Speakers: Representative George Holding, U.S....
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The 80th anniversary of Japan’s invasion of China
Marco Polo BridgeBY Jeff Kingston, director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan and APP memberJapan Times, July 1, 2017Back on July 7, 1937, Japan made a fateful choice to subjugate China,...
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An Alternative to Henoko as a Marine Corps Air Base
A NEW VISION FOR OKINAWA AND ASIA-PACIFIC SECURITY: RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE NEW DIPLOMACY INITIATIVE (ND)Wednesday, July 12 2:00 PM – 3:30 PMEast-West Center in Washington1819 L St, NW, Washington,...
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