Social Sciences
- 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,...
- Late November Monday
U.S. Congress returns TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND EMBEDDED INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE EXPORTERS. 11/28, 11:30-1:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: International Economics Seminar, Georgetown University. Speaker: Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University...
- Japan Week Continues
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...
- Japan Matters
Prime Minister Naoto Kan has just been reelected leader of the Democratic Party of Japan. The support numbers for his newly appointed Cabinet are sky high. Does this mean that Japan is out of the woods, politically, and that we can expect more consistent...
- Japan Economics, India, Pacific Trade, Peace In Korea
WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE US AND JAPANESE ECONOMIES? A BILATERAL DIALOGUE. January 27th, 9am-2pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: CSIS/Japan Economic Foundation (METI). Speakers: Noboru Hatakeyama, Chairman and CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF); Akira Kojima,...
Social Sciences
This Week in Washington
EXPANDING THE AGENDA FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA. 1/5, 9:30-Noon, Washington, DC. Sponsor: CNAPS Brookings. Speakers: Richard Bush, director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies; Scott Snyder of the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy at the Asia Foundation; Heejun Chang of Portland State University; Michael Finnegan of the National Bureau of Asian Research; and Peter Beck of Stanford University. Location: Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW.
JAPAN?S ENERGY POLICY STATUS AND ISSUES. 1/6, 4:30-6:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Reischauer Center, SAIS. Speaker: Tokio Kanoh, Member of the House of Councilors, LDP. Location: SAIS, Rome 806, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS IN PERSPECTIVE. 1/8, Noon-1:30pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: Woodrow Wilson Center (WWC) and and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Speaker: Shahram Chubin, Public Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center and Non-resident Senior Associate, Carnegie Nonproliferation Program. Location: WWC, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 5th Floor Conference Room.
- 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,...
- Late November Monday
U.S. Congress returns TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND EMBEDDED INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: EVIDENCE FROM CHINESE EXPORTERS. 11/28, 11:30-1:00pm, Washington, DC. Sponsor: International Economics Seminar, Georgetown University. Speaker: Amit Khandelwal, Columbia University...
- Japan Week Continues
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...
- Japan Matters
Prime Minister Naoto Kan has just been reelected leader of the Democratic Party of Japan. The support numbers for his newly appointed Cabinet are sky high. Does this mean that Japan is out of the woods, politically, and that we can expect more consistent...
- Japan Economics, India, Pacific Trade, Peace In Korea
WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE US AND JAPANESE ECONOMIES? A BILATERAL DIALOGUE. January 27th, 9am-2pm, Washington, DC. Sponsors: CSIS/Japan Economic Foundation (METI). Speakers: Noboru Hatakeyama, Chairman and CEO, Japan Economic Foundation (JEF); Akira Kojima,...