Diplomacy
Scholarly Publications
China’s Challenges: Now It Gets Much Harder
March 2020
The easy phases of China’s quest for wealth and power are over. After forty years, every one of a set of favorable conditions has diminished or vanished, and China’s future, neither inevitable nor...
North Korea in 2018: Kim’s Summit Diplomacy
February 2019
Kim Jong-un showcased a series of summit meetings throughout 2018, including the first-ever meeting of a North Korean leader with a sitting US president.
Peace on a Knife's Edge: The Inside Story of Roh Moo-hyun's North Korea Policy
February 2018
Peace on a Knife’s Edge is the translation of Lee Jong-Seok's 2014 memoir of South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun's efforts to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula in the face of opposition at home...
Other Publications
Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2018-19
December 2019
Shorenstein APARC's annual overview for academic year 2018-19 is now available.
Shorenstein APARC Center Overview 2017-18
November 2018
Shorenstein APARC's annual overview for academic year 2017-18 is now available.Download it for information on the wide variety of Center research from the the past academic year, Shorenstein APARC...
Seventeenth Korea-U.S. West Coast Strategic Forum
September 2017
The seventeenth session of the Korea-U.S.
News
A Perfect Storm: Victor Cha Talks COVID-19 Threat to North Korea, Nuclear Deadlock
March 2020
North Korea continues to declare that it has not had a single case of COVID-19, but health experts find it inconceivable that the infectious disease would not be in the country given its proximity...
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Meets with Stanford Experts
February 2020
APARC’s Southeast Asia Program recently hosted the U.S.
Video: Thomas Fingar on Past and Present Milestones in U.S.-China Relations
January 2020
In a recent interview with People's Daily Online, APARC Fellow Thomas Fingar reflects on some of the milestones in the developing and diversifying relationship between the United States and China...
Events
A World Safe for Autocracy? China's Rise and the Future of Global Politics
May 13, 2020
How does China’s domestic governance shape its foreign policy ambitions and international influence?
CANCELED: China's Passing Japan Economically (2008 to 2012) and Beyond
March 3, 2020
IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATE:In keeping with Stanford University's March 3 message to the campus community on COVID-19 and current recommendations of the CDC, the Asia-Pacific Research Center Japan...
CANCELED: Are We Entering a New Cold War? Perspectives from Mongolia
February 21, 2020
IMPORTANT EVENT UPDATEIn keeping with Stanford University’s March 3 message to the campus community on COVID-19 and current recommendations of the CDC, the Asia-Pacific Research Center has elected...
Projects
A New Cold War?: Sharp Power, Strategic Competition, and the Future of U.S.-China Relations
Trade conflict has exploded. The media is rife with stories of China’s unfair trade practices, cyber theft, IP theft and forced technology transfers.
English
China: Going Global
Beijing’s new Silk Road initiative links old trade corridors from Asia to Africa and Europe.
English
Tokyo in a Season of Turmoil
As the winter turns to spring and the cherry trees blossom, Japan confronts challenges in every domain: economics and business, security and defense, diplomacy and politics. The troubled global...
English
Multimedia
U.S., China and Russia: Relations between the World's Great Powers
July 2017
Video from the Richard Nixon Foundation panel discussion, "U.S., China and Russia: Relations between the World's Great Powers," on July 27, 2017 with Karl Eikenberry, Thomas Fingar, David Holloway and Kathryn Stoner.
The North Korea Crisis
June 2017
Video and transcript from the joint CISAC/Shorenstein APARC panel discussion, "The North Korea Crisis," on May 30, 2017, with James Person, director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation at the Center for Korean History and Public Policy; Gi-Wook...
Policy Challenges of Financing Longevity: Perspectives from Japan and the United States
May 2017
Video and transcript from the panel discussion, "Policy Challenges of Financing Longevity: Perspectives from Japan and the United States," on April 24, 2017, with presentations from Hirotaka Unami, senior director for policy planning and research...
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