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APP member events



JAPAN?S RECOVERY, 2011. 9/15, 4:30-6:00pm, Washington, DC.  Sponsor: Reischauer Center, SAIS. Speakers: Amb. Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan?s Ambassador to the US; Kent Calder, Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, SAIS; Rust Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies Program; William L. Brooks, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies Program; Arthur Alexander, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies Program.

ENGINEERING CHINA?S FINANCIAL REFORM. 9/16, 10:00-11:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Carnegie Asia Program, IMF. Speakers: Nigel Chalk, Senior Adviser in the IMF?s Asia and Pacific Department; Yukon Huang, senior associate in the Carnegie Asia Program; Nicholas R. Lardy, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics; Douglas H. Paal, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.


THE NEW CHINA. 9/16, Noon-1:30pm, Lunch, Washington, DC. Sponsor: East-West Center in Washington. Speaker: William H. Overholt, Senior Researcher, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 

THE OKINAWA QUESTION: REGIONAL SECURITY, THE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE, AND FUTENMA. 9/19, 9:30am-4:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: Sigur Center, GWU and Nansei Shoto Industrial Advancement. Speakers: Robert Sutter (George Washington University); Michael Swaine (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace); Akio Takahara (Tokyo University); Llewelyn Hughes (George Washington University); Keynote by Governor Hirokazu Nakaima of Okinawa; Mike Mochizuki (George Washington University); Akikazu Hashimoto (J. F. Oberlin University); Kazuhisa Ogawa (International Politics and Military Analyst); Michael O?Hanlon (Brookings Institution); Kurayoshi Takara (University of the Ryukyus). 

KOREA'S ECONOMY 2011 BOOK LAUNCH: INCREASING INTERDEPENDENCE: CHINA AND THE TWO KOREAS. 9/20, 9:00-10:30am, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). Speakers: Gordon Chang, Author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World; Dick Nanto, Specialist, Industry & Trade, Japan Task Force, Congressional Research Service; Troy Stangarone, Senior Director, Congressional Affairs and Trade, Korea Economic Institute.

CRISIS AND RESPONSE: THE TOHOKU DISASTER AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR JAPAN'S FUTURE. 9/20, 5:00-6:30pm, New York, New York. Sponsors: Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School; Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Speakers: Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Hugh Patrick, R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus. 




- Japan Week In Washington
ABE?S FOREIGN POLICY: PRAGMATIC REALISM OR EMOTIONAL NATIONALISM? 2/25, 12:30-1:45pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Sigur Center, George Washington University. Speaker: Kazuhiko Togo, Professor and Director of the Institute for World Affairs, Kyoto Sangyo...

- The Silly Season: The Week Ahead
Both the British and Americans view mid-August as the "silly season" as everyone is away on vacation, or should be. Nevertheless, some hearty souls remain in the Capital. SOUTH KOREA AND LIBERAL INTERNATIONALISM: THE MIDDLE POWER THEORY REEXAMINED. 8/15,...

- Let's Talk Disaster 3.11
CHERRY BLOSSOMS AND EARTHQUAKES: THE STATE OF U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS. 3/8, 11:00-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Heritage Foundation Asian Studies. Speaker: Amb. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japan to the United States. JAPAN-U.S. SECURITY RELATIONSHIP...

- This Week In Washington
BREAKING NORTH KOREA'S PROVOCATION CYCLE3/1 - 10:00am, 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Full committee hearing on "Breaking the Cycle of North Korean Provocations." Witnesses: Assistant Secretary of State for...

- App Member Institutions Present
LOW FERTILITY IN JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIWAN: ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS. 12/3, 12:30-2:00 pm, lunch, Washington, DC. Sponsor: East West Center in Washington and Stimson Center. Speaker: Dr. Michael Sutton, Northeast Asia Visiting Fellow, East-West...



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