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WASHINGTON ASIA FORUM

The Center for Asian Studies sponsors the well-estabilished Washington Asia Forum. Past Speakers include prominent academics and practitioners such as Professor Lucian Pye of MIT, Peter Katzenstein of Cornell, and ambassadors from India and South Korea. Many excellent speakers have also been invited from the greater Washington, D.C. area. These experts present lectures on topics pertinent to current trends on the Asian continent.

WASHINGTON ASIA FORUM LECTURES
No.	DATE	SPEAKER	POSITION & INSITUTION	TITLE
2007
115	21-Feb	Wu Xinbo	Fudan University, China	"China's Diplomacy: Domestic Debate and New Thinking"
114	13-Feb	Judy Shapiro	American University	"The China Challenge: Transboundary Enviromental Issues in International Relations"
113	31-Jan	Chu Shulong	Tsinghua University, China	"China's Foreign Policyadn Sino-US Relations"
112	23-Jan	Masahiro Matsumura	St. Andrews University, Japan	"The Japanese Empire in China and the American Quagmire in Iraq: Lessons and Implications"
2006
111	5-Dec	Kent Calder Masafumi Ishii	Johns Hopkins University SAIS Embassy of Japan	"Stabilizing the US-Japan-China Strategic Triangle" "Future Directions of Japanese Foreign Policy"
110	14-Nov	Paul Blackburn	US Department of State	"US Public Diplomacy with Japan and China"
109	25-Oct	Douglas Fuller	Assistant Professor, American University	"China's Technological Trajectory"
108	17-Oct	Marvin Ott	Professor of National Security Policy, National War College	"US Security Dilemmas in East Asia"
107	19-Sep	Kimihiro Ishikane	Minister and Head of Chancery, Embassy of Japan	"The Making of Japanese Foreign Policy"
106	5-Sep	Kongdan Oh	Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses	"The Rise and Fall of US Alliances in East Asia"
105	26-Apr	David Steinberg	Distinguished Professor and Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University	"China's relations with Burma and Korea"
104	25-Apr	Yang Bojiang	Professor and Director of the Institute for Japanese Studies, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations	"Sino-Japanese Relations on the Grand Chessboard of Chinese Diplomacy"
103	17-Apr	Bridget Welsh	Assistant Professor of Southeast Asia Studies at Johns Hopkins University	"Dead or Sitting Ducks? Avian Flu in Asia"
102	11-Apr	Sun Zhe	Professor and Deputy Director of the Center of American Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai	"China's Peaceful Rise: Implications for US-China Relations"
101	7-Mar	Surjit Mansingh	Professor, American University	"India and China: Competition and Cooperation"
100	1-Mar	Toshihiro Nakayama	Senior Research Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs/ Brookings Institution	"Is There a Right Wing Tilt in Japan?"
99	21-Feb	T.J. Cheng	Class of 1935 Professor of Government, College of William and Mary	"Washington's Polices toward North Korea and the Taiwan Strait"
98	15-Feb	Alexander Vorontsov	Head of Korean and Mongolian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences/ Brookings Institute	"North Korea Social-Economic Reform: Following in China's Footsteps"
97	1-Feb	Nobukatsu Kanehara	Minister of Political Affairs, Japanese Embassy to the United States	"Japan's Foreign Policy toward the US and China"
96	25-Jan	Xuetong Yan	Professor and Director of the Institute of International Relations, Tsinghua University	"The US Role in Sino-Japanese Relations"
95	24-Jan	Andrew Scobell	Associate Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College	"Terrorism and Chinese Foreign Policy"
2005
94	6-Dec	D. Michael Lampton	Johns Hopkins University SAIS	"China's Rising Power and What it Means for Asia and America"
93	15-Nov	Dajing Peng	University of Florida	"Business Networking and East Asian Regionalism"
92	18-Oct	Yong Deng	U.S. Naval Academy	"China and East Asian Security"
91	27-Sep	Gordon Flake	Mansfield Foundation	"North Korea Beyond the Nukes: The Challenge for U.S. Policy"
90	6-Sep	Jeffrey Bader	Brookings Institution	"China's Role in East Asia, Now and in the Future"
89	18-May	Yu Keli	Director, Institute of Taiwan Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences	"Recent Developments in Cross-Strait Relations"
88	19-Apr	Jing Huang	Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy ,Brookings Institution	"Challenges, Choices and the "New Diplomacy" in China's Foreign Policymaking"
87	12-Apr	Margaret Pearson Lei Feng	Professor, University of Maryland Director, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences	"China's Emerging Regulatory State" "The Integration of Chinese Trade Into the International Economic System"
86	29-Mar	Mike Mochizuki	Japan-U.S. Relations Chair, in Memory of Gaston Sigur at George Washington University	"Japan-China RelationsDownward Spiral of New Equilibrium?"
85	1-Mar	Quan Jing	Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institute	"Crisis Management is China-Taiwan Relations"
84	16-Feb	Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch	President of the US-China Education Trust	"China's Rise: Implications for U.S.-China Relations"
83	8-Feb	Masahide Nakamura, Seongkye Lee, Qingsi Li	Center for Asian Studies Visiting Scholars from East Asia	"The Rise of China: A Discussion with Visiting Scholars from East Asia"
82	4-Feb	Mi-Ae Chu	Former Korean Congresswomen	"The Future of the Korean Peninsula and the US-Korean Alliance: What Do South Koreans Want?"
81	26-Jan	Robert Pekkanan	Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Washington	"Electoral System Change and Political Party Organization in Japan"
80	18-Jan	Richard Bush	Senior Fellow and Director Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution	"U.S. - China Relations and the Issue of Taiwan"
2004
79	7-Dec	William Breer	Japan Chair of the Center for Strategic & International Studies	"The Future of the US-Japan Alliance"
78	16-Nov	Ming Wan	Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University	"China, Japan, and East Asian Regionalism"
77	10-Nov	Yi Song-Mi	Professor of Art History at The Academy of Korean Studies	"Confucianism and the Korean Arts"
76	8-Nov	Li Junru	Vice President, Central Party School of the Communist Party of China	"China Under the New Leadership of Hu Jintao"
75	19-Oct	David Shambaugh	Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University	"China and Asia: Towards A New Regional System?"
74	7-Oct	Hatem Atallah & Mohammad Sadiq	Ambassador of Tunisia Charge D'Affairs of Embassy of Pakistan	"Islam in the Arab World" "Islam in South Asia"
73	22-Sep	Daqing Yang	Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at George Washington University	"Historical Reconciliation Between Japan and China: A Glass Half Full?"
72	7-Sep	Kent Calder	Edwin O. Reischauer Professor in East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins University	"Policy Networks in the US-Japan-China Triangular Relationship: A Comparative Analysis"
71	20-Apr	Teemu Ruskola	Assistant Professor Washington College of Law, American University	"The Politics of Exporting American Law to China: A Comparative and Historical Perspective"
70	14-Apr	Pek Koon Heng	Assistant Professor, American University	"Identity Politics and Nation Building: A Southeast Asian Focus" (Cosponsored with CCS)
69	7-Apr	Han Sung Joo	South Korean Ambassador to the United States	"The North Korean Crisis and US-Korea Relations"
68	30-Mar	Matthew Daley	Deputy Assistant Secretary, US State Department	"Anti-terrorism Coalition Building and American Foreign Policy Toward East Asia"
67	25-Mar	Chiyuki Aoi	Academic Program Officer United Nations University, Japan	"Japan Enters Iraq: A New Role for Japan's Self Defense Force?"
66	23-Mar	Peng Yuan and Erich Shih	Visiting Fellows, Brookings Institution	"Taiwan After the Election"
64	24-Feb	Hideki Yamaji	First Secretary, Japanese Embassy	"Japan in East Asia: Policy Choices and Security Allies"
63	10-Feb	Tsuneo Watanabe	Center for Strategic & International Studies	"Evolving Japanese Security Posture"
62	4-Feb	Michael Tsai	Deputy Representative, Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office	"Relations Across the Taiwan Strait" (Cosponsored with SIS)
61	27-Jan	Bates Gill	Freeman Chair CSIS	"China's Growing Power and Influence in Asia"
2003
60	10-Dec	Vinod Aggarwal	Professor, University of California, Berkeley	"Conceptualizing Northeast Asia's Economic Integration Process"
59	2-Dec	Xiang Lanxin	Professor, Graduate Institute of International Studies	"The Idea of Democracy and China-US Relations"
58	25-Nov	Michael Yahuda	Professor, London School of Economics	"China: Politics and Foreign Policy"
57	10-Nov	Yan Xuetong	Professor, Tsinghua University, China	"China's Security Strategy"
56	5-Nov	Judith Strotz	U.S. State Department	"A Comparative Analysis of US Foreign Policy: China vs. Burma"
55	21-Oct	Bruce Dickson	Associate Professor, George Washington University	"Red Capitalists in China"
54	14-Oct	Minxin Pei	Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	"The Great Chinese Paradox: Economic Dynamism vs. Political Decay"
53	1-Oct	Miranda Schreurs	Associate Professor, University of Maryland	"Environmental Protection in Japan: Whales, Forests, Nuclear Power, and Climate Change"
52	24-Sep	Eiichi Shindo	Associate Professor, Tskuba University, Japan	"Japan's Dilemma and the East Asian Security Regime"
51	16-Sep	Eugene Martin	President, Asia Pacific Strategies	"Chinese Politics: Intellectualism or Democracy"
50	10-Sep	Edward Lincoln	Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations	"Japan: Political Economy"
49	22-Apr	Jae Ho Chung	Associate Professor, Seoul National University	"Seoul's Dilemma Between Washington/Tokyo and Beijing"
48	8-Apr	Javed Maswood	Professor, Griffith University	"Effects of Foreign Pressures on Japan's Economic Policies"
47	8-Apr	Li Gang	Director of American Studies, Institute of World Development	"Chinese Foreign Policy Under the New Leadership"
46	25-Mar	Cheng Li	Professor, Hamilton College	"Who's Hu? Deciphering China's New Politics"
45	18-Mar	Sachio Nakato	Professor, Utsunomiya University, Japan	"Japan-US Coordination on Policies Toward North Korea"
44	4-Mar	Kyudok Hong	Professor, Sookmyung University, Korea	"N. Korea's Nuclear Standoff : Roh Moo Hyun's Policy Options"
43	28-Jan	Hideki Tamai	Associate Professor, Soka University, Japan	"Japanese Foreign Policy From Peace Research Perspectives"
42	22-Jan	Osman Bakar (Cosponsored with CCS)	Malaysia Chair of Islam in Southeast Asia, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding	"Globalization, Civil Society, and Islam in Southeast Asia"
2002
41	22-Nov	Muthiah Alagappa	Director East-West Center, East-West Center, Washington	"Does a Security Order Exist in Asia?"
40	19-Nov	Khalid Hasan	US correspondent and columnist,	"Manto: Remembrance and Reflection"
39	30-Oct	Cecil Uyehara	Retired, Dept. of State	"The U.S.-Japan Science & Technology Agreement"
38	16-Oct	Yoshihisa Komori	Editor-at-large, Sankei Shimbun	"Japan-China Relations Reconsidered"
37	18-Sep	Ritu VijMushahid HussainAmbassador Teresita Schaffer	Director, South Asia Project Former Information Minister,Government of Pakistan Center for Strategic and International Studies	"American Foreign Policy Towards South Asia: Quest for a Future" (Co-sponsored with S. Asia Project)
36	1-May	James Zheng Gao	Assistant Professor, University of Maryland	"Mao's Revolution & Women's Feet Binding"
35	23-Apr	Elizabeth Dahl, Linus Hagstr?m, Qiang Xin	Ph.D. Candidates, U of Fudan, Stockholm, and AU	"Dynamics of Beijing?Tokyo?Washington Power Relations"
34	16-Apr	Qi Zhou	Professor, Chinese Academy of Social Science	"Human Rights in China-US Relations"
33	3-Apr	Ahmad Zakaria & Suzaina Abdul Kadir	Dean, & Asst Professor, National U. of Malaysia, & National U. of Singapore	"Islam and Security in Southeast Asia"
32	30-Mar	Chen Qimao	Professor, Delegation from Shanghai	"US-China Relations and the Issue of Taiwan"
31	25-Mar	Kyongsoo Lho	Professor, Seoul National U.	"Seoul's Engagement with Pyongyang"
30	21-Mar	Zhamir Akram	Minister & Deputy Chief of Mission, Pakistan Embassy	"Pakistan Foreign Policy: Challenges & Opportunities"
29	7-Mar	Anna Shukurpat	Professor, Vladivostok State University, Russia.	"Russia's Policy towards Asia and the Pacific"
28	5-Mar	Robert Sutter & Bob Suettinger	Professor, Georgetown University	"The China Threat Debate"
27	4-Mar	Victor Cha	Associate Professor, Georgetown University	"George Bush and North Korea"
26	28-Feb	Ray Yep	Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong	"State Managers in China"
25	8-Feb	Bruce Cumings (Cosponsored with CAS and CRS)	Professor, U of Chicago	"Korean Reconciliation After Black September"
24	30-Jan	Youli Sun	Beijing Prog. Director, AU	"AU's Exciting Beijing Program"
23	24-Jan	Gerard Chow	Professor & Director, Sun-Yat Sen U., Taiwan	"Taiwan after the December Elections"
2001
22	10-Dec	Feroz Khan	Senior Flag Officer, Pakistan Army	"Stability in South Asia"
21	26-Nov	Yongming Zhou	Assistant Professor, U. Wisconsin-Madison	"Internet Politics and State Control in China"
20	19-Nov	Kazuyuki Katayama	Economic Counselor, Japanese Embassy	"Japan-China Relations and the U.S. Factor"
19	9-Nov	Robert Angel	Associate Professor, U of South Carolina	"Japan's Response to Terror: Change and Continuity"
18	31-Oct	Louis Goodman	SIS Dean, AU	"Asian Studies at AU: Past, Present, & Future"
17	20-Oct	Xuetong Yan	Professor & Director, Tsinghua U., China	"The Study of International Relations in China"
16	16-Oct	Sally Stoecker	Adjunct Prof, AU	"Crime in the Russian Far East: Trafficking of Women and Children from Siberia to China, Japan, and Korea"
15	5-Oct	Qingguo Jia	Professor & Associate Dean, Beijing University	"Sino-U.S. Relations After the 9-11 Attack"
14	28-Sep	Saadollah Ghaussey	Adjunct Prof, AU	"Afghanistan: Bin Laden, the Taliban, & the Neighboring Countries"
13	24-Apr	Gangfeng Zhang	Faculty Fellow, AU/U. of Trento	"Europe's Investment in China--The Case of Italy"
12	4-Apr	Chi Su	Professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan	"Chen Shu-bians New China Policy and the Future of Cross-Strait Relations"
11	21-Mar	Peter Katzenstein (Co-sponsored with SIS & Council on Americas)	Professor, Cornell University	"A World of Regions: Asia and Europe"
10	28-Feb	Wu Xinbo	Professor, Fudan Univ Shanghai	"The U.S. Role in PRC-Taiwan Relations"
9	8-Feb	Ni Shixiong	Professor, Dean, Fudan University, Shanghai	"U.S.-China Relations: Chinese Perceptions of the New Bush Administration"
8	22-Jan	Naresh Chandra	Ambassador, Embassy of India	"India-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century"
7	19-Jan	Gerald Chi-Wang Chan	Senior Lecturer, Victoria Univ. of Wellington, New Zealand	"Inter-Korean Rapprochement: Implications for PRC-Taiwan Relations"
2000
6	5-Dec	David Arase	Assoc Professor, Pomona College	"Future Directions of Japanese Foreign Policy"
5	14-Nov	Lucian Pye	Ford Professor, MIT	"The Meeting of Western Theories and Asian Realities" (Cosponsored with CCS)
4	9-Nov	Sung Chul Yang	Ambassador, Korean Embassy	"President Kim Dae Jung's Sunshine Policy"
3	23-Oct	Dr. King-Yuh Chang and a Taiwanese delegation	Chairman, Eurasian Foundation, Taiwan	"PRC-Taiwan Relations"
2	10-Oct	Ambassador Julia Chang-Bloch and a Chinese delegation	American Studies, Beijing University, China	"U.S.-China Relations & Mutual Perceptions"
1	9-Oct	Wilson Tien, &Lai Yi-Zhong	Director of Int'l Affairs, Taiwan: Dem. Prog. Party	"The Issue of Taiwan & the Beijing-Taipei-Washington"