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Why Steve Bannon Admires Japan
click to orderIn Japan, populist and extreme right-wing nationalism has found a home within the political establishment.By Reto Hofmann, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at Waseda University, Tokyo and an...
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Monday in Washington, July 9,2018
ECONOMIC MOBILITY AROUND THE WORLD: NEW DATA AND EVIDENCE. 7/23, 9:30-11:00am. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Eric A. Hanushek, AEI; John McArthur, Brookings Institution; Ambar Narayan, World Bank; Scott...
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American fascism: Reading the signs of the times
click to orderBy IAN BURUMA, AsiaTimes, JULY 13, 2018Comparing today’s demagogues with Adolf Hitler is almost always unwise. Such alarmism tends to trivialize the actual horrors of the Nazi regime and...
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Monday in Washington, July 16, 2016
ANNUAL HALEH ESFANDIARI FORUM WITH SENATOR CHRIS VAN HOLLEN. 7/16. 11:00am-Noon. Sponsor: Middle East Program, Wilson Center. Speaker: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Moderator: Jane Harman, Director,...
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Monday in Washington July 23, 2018
ECONOMIC MOBILITY AROUND THE WORLD: NEW DATA AND EVIDENCE. 7/23, 9:30-11:00am. Sponsor: AEI. Speakers: Eric A. Hanushek, AEI; John McArthur, Brookings Institution; Ambar Narayan, World Bank; Scott...
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Monday in Washington, July 29,2018
INDO-PACIFIC BUSINESS FORUM. 7/30, 8:30am-3:30pm. Sponsor: U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Speakers: Karan Bhatia, President, Government Affairs & Policy, General Electric; Hon. Katrina Cooper, Deputy...
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DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION: A PROMISING AREA FOR CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS? 9/10, Noon-1:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: East-West Center in Washington. Speakers: Dr. Denghua Zhang, Research Fellow, Department...
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Visualizing Japanese Fascism (1931-1945)
Asia Policy Point sponsors a lunch discussion on the state sanctioned visual representation of Japanese fascism and militarization during the war years.Friday, September 7, 2018, Noon-2:00pm Location...
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Know your Abe Cabinet
Do you know who's who in Abe's 4th Cabinet?Shinzo ABE reshuffled his Cabinet on November 1, 2017. This was the fourth time since he was elected Japan’s prime minster for the second time in December...
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Monday in Washington, September 17, 2018
WILL DEMOCRACY WIN? THE RECURRING BATTLE BETWEEN LIBERALISM AND ITS ADVERSARIES. 9/17, 9:30-10:45am. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers: Robert Kagan, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Program, Brookings, Former...
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Constitutional revision in Japan by 2020?
Emperor Hirohito signing 1947 ConstitutionDon’t count on itEastAsiaForum, 13 September 2018by Michael Cucek, Adjunct Professor of Political Science and History at Temple University Japan and an Adjunct...
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Monday in Washington, September 24, 2018
SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMAZON. 9/24, 9:00am-5:00pm. Sponsors: Environmental Change and Security Program, Wilson Center; Brazil Institute, Wilson Center; São...
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Rape of Manila - A history
click to orderRAMPAGE: MACARTHUR, YAMASHITA, AND THE BATTLE OF MANILA (1945)The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific.Wednesday, September 26, 2018Noon-2:00...
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Monday in Washington, October 1, 2018
THE BELT AND ROAD AT FIVE. 10/1, 10:00am-2:15pm. Sponsor: CSIS, General Electric, USA Maritime. Speakers: Kurt M. Campbell, Chairman and CEO, The Asia Group, LLC; Kathleen H. Hicks, Senior Vice...
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Monday in Washington, October 8, 2018
Also known as Columbus DayHOLIDAY IN WASHINGTONFederal Offices ClosedNEW DAWN FOR PROTECTIONISM? FROM TRADE WARS TO MEGA-REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS. 10/8, 2:00-3:30pm. Sponsor: Brookings. Speakers:...
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It is rare to get an honest answer from a Japanese as Korea is repeatedly and regularly ignored in their grand foreign policy or security visions. Thus, it was startling and refreshing to hear Hudson...
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Monday in Washington, October 15, 2018
TAIWAN’S VIBRANT DEMOCRACY AND ITS IMPACT ON ASIA AND US. 10/15, 12:15-2:00pm. Sponsor: Stimson. Speakers: Derek Mitchell, President, National Democratic Institute; Harry Harding, Ph.D., University...
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Monday in Washington, October 22, 2018
RUSSIAN DIMENSION IN US-CHINA RELATIONS. 10/22, Noon-2:00pm. Sponsor: Initiative for US-China Dialogue on Global Issues, GTU. Speaker: Dr. Peter Clement, Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Arnold A....
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Monday in Washington, October 29, 2018
THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA. 10/29, 10:00-11:00am. Sponsor: Heritage. Speakers: Jung Pak, Senior Fellow, Brookings; Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive...
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