Elections
Scholarly Publications
Dynasties and Democracy: The Inherited Incumbency Advantage in Japan
June 2018
Although democracy is, in principle, the antithesis of dynastic rule, families with multiple members in elective office continue to be common around the world.
Avoidable Hospital Admissions From Diabetes Complications In Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, And Communities Outside Beijing
January 2018
Improving the quality of primary care may reduce avoidable hospital admissions.
South Korea in 2016: Political Leadership in Crisis
March 2017
South Korean President Park Geun-hye faced a leadership crisis after revelations that she relied on a confidant with no official position for key decision-making in state affairs.
Other Publications
President Trump's Asia Inbox
February 2017
Scholars at Stanford's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies assess the strategic situation in East Asia to be unsettled, unstable, and...
Donald Trump's Trade Policy: Back to The Future
January 2017
If you want to understand the trade and industrial policy that President Donald Trump is now going to pursue, simply jump into a DeLorean time machine with Marty McFly and go back to 1985.
The Repudiation of American Internationalism and What It Means for Japan
November 2016
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apparently decided to hold an urgent meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in New York, on his way to the Asia Pacific Economic summit in Peru.
News
South Korea after Park Geun Hye's Impeachment
October 2017
In October's Journal of Democracy, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center director Gi-Wook Shin and 2016-17 Koret Fellow Rennie Moon examine Park Geun Hye's fall from power and impeachment, the...
Abe's snap poll gambit may backfire
September 2017
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for a snap election in Japan on October 22, in a bid to seal his coalition's majority in the lower house.But, as Shorenstein APARC's Daniel Sneider suggests, Abe...
High expectations for Moon amid mounting challenges
May 2017
As expected, Moon Jae-in has been elected as South Korea’s 19th president.
Events
Farmland and Fraud: Land Rents and Vote Buying in China’s Village Elections
January 9, 2018
While much of the existing literature examines vote buying in the context of party systems, including both competitive and hegemonic party systems, this talk, based on a study coauthored by...
China's Hong Kong SAR at 20: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
October 17, 2017
RSVPs are Closed for this EventSponsored by:Center of Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Center for East Asian Studies, China Program, Shorenstein APARCContact: Kelley Cortright Two...
China, Trump, and Trade
March 1, 2017
Trade has been a key instrument behind China’s rapid economic growth.
Projects
New Beginnings: Post-Election Prospects for U.S.-ROK Relations
The New York-based Korea Society and Stanford University's Walter H.
English
Stanford Korea Democracy Project
This project seeks to understand the emergence and evolution of social movements during the 1970s and 1980s in South Korea.
English
Multimedia
Wind of Change? South Korea under the New Administration
May 2017
Video and transcript from the Shorenstein APARC Korea Program colloquium, "Wind of Change?
The New U.S. President, Korea and East Asia
December 2016
Video and transcript from the Korean Studies Colloquium Series panel discussion, "The New U.S. President, Korea and East Asia," on Dec. 6, 2016.Korea Society president Thomas Byrne, retired General Walter "Skip" Sharp, former U.S.
High Profile, High Risk? The Curiously Negative Impact of Name Recognition on Party Promotions in China and Vietnam
October 2016
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program seminar, "High Profile, High Risk? The Curiously Negative Impact of Name Recognition on Party Promotions in China and Vietnam," on Feb.
People
Kharis Templeman Project Manager, Taiwan Democracy & Security Project, U.S.-Asia Security Initiative 
