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Bangladesh's Media Outlet Netra News Wins Journalism Award

The 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award honors Netra News for its courageous reportage on state-sponsored human rights abuses and corruption in Bangladesh and for defending the rule of law and press freedom.

Netra News Wins Journalism Award

Sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui Named Next Director of APARC

Tsutsui, the Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies at APARC, center deputy director, and the Japan Program director, will assume his new role effective Sep 1, 2025.

New APARC Director Named

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Rethinking Health and Innovation in Aging Societies

Our Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellows, Mai Nguyen and Jinseok Kim, use behavioral economics to understand how aging populations reshape health and innovation policies in Vietnam and South Korea.

Scholars Spotlight: Nguyen and Kim

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Recent Books by Our Scholars

Walking Out: America’s New Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Michael Beeman

Walking Out: America’s New Trade Policy in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond

Upstart: How China Became a Great Power

Oriana Skylar Mastro

Upstart: How China Became a Great Power

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Imperfect Partners: The United States and Southeast Asia

Scot Marciel

Imperfect Partners: The United States and Southeast Asia

The Logic of Governance in China

Xueguang Zhou

The Logic of Governance in China

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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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