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Karen Eggleston Provides a Framework for Measuring the Social Value in Health Spending
In a new ebook, Eggleston discusses the results of an international, four-system study that charts a path for developing metrics of quality improvement and value linked to chronic disease management.
Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Maria Ressa Discusses the Battle for Truth in the Digital Age
“If you repeat a lie a million times it becomes a fact. Without facts you cannot have truth. Without truth you cannot have trust. Without any of these three democracy as we know it is dead,” Ressa cautioned.
Open Call for Applications: 2020-21 Fellowships on Contemporary Asia and Southeast Asia
We invite recent PhDs to apply to the 2020-21 Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellowship on Contemporary Asia and established faculty to apply to the LKC NUS-Stanford Fellowship on Southeast Asia.
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The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) is dedicated to the study of critical issues affecting the countries of Asia and their regional and global relations. Our scholar community is comprised of distinguished academics and practitioners in government, business, and civil society. Through policy-relevant research, publications, education, public programs, and international collaborations, we address pressing challenges in a world in which Asia plays an increasingly central role.
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Pursue and publish interdisciplinary, social science-oriented scholarship from regional and global perspectives on issues of vital importance to the economies, foreign affairs, health, politics, and societal transitions of the Asia-Pacific.
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Support the next generation of Asia experts by offering fellowship and training opportunities to academics and practitioners, teaching Stanford courses, and bringing Asia-Pacific topics into high school and community college classrooms.
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Illuminate Asia-Pacific-focused, policy-relevant problems and solutions and strengthen cooperation between counterparts in the United States and Asia by providing expert analysis, thought leadership, and constructive interaction.
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Pricing the Priceless: Measuring the Value of Healthy Aging
November 7, 2019
Japan and South Korea on the Brink: International Affairs and Trade Relations Experts Elucidate the Conflict between the Two U.S. Allies
October 31, 2019
Shorenstein Journalism Award Winner Maria Ressa Describes Philippine Broken Information Ecosystem, Democratic Recession
October 25, 2019
Video: David M. Lampton on U.S.-China Relations
October 18, 2019
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Diabetes Health Policy in Thailand
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China, U.S. Universities and the U.S. Science and Technology Workforce
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15
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North Korea's Economic Openness: Implications for Inter-Korea and U.S. Cooperation
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15
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Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elite Slept
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18
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
“Return of the Pontianak: Popular Cinema, Decolonization, and Malay Identities in the 21st Century”
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