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China Looms Large, Despite a Strong US-Japan Alliance
Commentary / May 14, 2021
From Taiwan and the Senkaku Islands to economics, trade, and human rights issues in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, the U.S.-Japan alliance has plenty to tackle with its policies towards China.
The Unfolding Relationship Between Human Workers and Robots in an Aging World
News / May 7, 2021
On the Freakonomics Radio podcast, Karen Eggleston and Yong Suk Lee discuss their research into the effects of robots on staffing in Japanese nursing homes.
The Crisis After the Crisis: How Ladakh Will Shape India’s Competition with China
Commentary / May 5, 2021
The border crisis in Ladakh may end in war or peace — or it may never end.
Why North Korean Human Rights Matter: Book Talk with Robert R. King
News / April 29, 2021
In his new book, "Patterns of Impunity," Ambassador King, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights from 2009 to 2017, shines a spotlight on the North Korean human rights crisis...
How COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacts People with Chronic Conditions in India
News / April 28, 2021
A collaborative study by a group of researchers including APARC’s Karen Eggleston documents the adverse effects of COVID-19 on people with chronic conditions in India, particularly among poor, rural...
When Beijing Goes to Washington: Autocratic Lobbying Influence in Democracies
News / April 28, 2021
Professor Erin Baggot Carter tells us how autocratic lobbying affects political outcomes and media coverage in democracies.
Swe Win, Editor-in-Chief of Myanmar Now, to Receive 2021 Shorenstein Journalism Award
News / April 27, 2021
An esteemed investigative journalist and human rights defender, Swe Win is the recipient of the twentieth Shorenstein Award. He currently leads the editorial team of the independent news agency...
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Predoctoral Spotlight: Shan Huang on Development and Urban Politics in Hong Kong
Q&A / April 22, 2021
Meet Shan Huang, a Stanford doctoral candidate in anthropology and a 2020-21 APARC predoctoral fellow, whose dissertation provides an ethnographic account of Hong Kong’s political culture in the post...
U.S. and Japan Gear Up for a New Era of Competition with China
Commentary / April 21, 2021
The time is near when other Asian nations will have to pick a side in the great power competition between the United States and China, says Japan Program Director Kiyoteru Tsutsui.
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Using the UN to Create Accountability for Human Rights Crimes in North Korea
News / April 15, 2021
Experts on human rights agree that the UN needs to work through multiple channels to support ongoing investigations and build evidence for future litigations in order to create accountability and...
Partner, Competitor, and Challenger: Thoughts on the Future of America’s China Strategy
News / April 14, 2021
Ryan Hass, Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, discusses the future of US-China relations. Can we find room for cooperation in this contentious...
New Book by Thomas Fingar Offers Guidance to Government Appointees
News / April 13, 2021
Drawing on his experience implementing one of the most comprehensive reforms to the national security establishment, APARC Fellow Thomas Fingar provides newly appointed government officials with a...
Gi-Wook Shin Discusses South Korean Ruling Party’s Local Election Losses on CNBC
Commentary / April 9, 2021
“The South Korean people gave the Moon administration a red card,” says APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin, predicting that containing soaring housing prices and other domestic challenges will be the...
Tenth Annual Writing Prize in Korean Studies
News / April 9, 2021
The competition is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The award carries a $1,000 cash prize.
China’s Dangerous Double Game in North Korea
Commentary / April 2, 2021
Biden must force Beijing to cooperate fully with Washington or pivot to obvious obstruction writes FSI Center Fellow Oriana Skylar Mastro in her latest op-ed for Foreign Affairs.
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ASEAN Centrality and the Way Forward: Donald Emmerson on Endgame
News / April 1, 2021
On the Endgame podcast, Southeast Asia Program Director Donald K. Emmerson discusses the history and politics that have shaped Indonesia in the past and how that context now affects the country'...
Terms of Engagement: Ambassador Scot Marciel on U.S.-Southeast Asia Relations
News / March 31, 2021
The book Ambassador Marciel is writing at Stanford examines policy issues from the implications of the Myanmar crisis to the future of America’s relations with other Southeast Asian nations and the...
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No Credible Military Defense of Taiwan: Oriana Skylar Mastro on the Munk Debates Podcast
News / March 31, 2021
The United States can no longer rely solely on its own military capability or influence to deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan, argues Oriana Skylar Mastro on a new episode of the Munk Debates...
What Japan and the U.S. Can Learn from Each Other
Commentary / March 23, 2021
Japan Program Director Kiyoteru Tsutsui explores the cost of racial division versus the cost of homogeneity by comparing the experiences of Japan and the United States.
Statement Against the Rise of Anti-Asian Racism and Violence
News / March 22, 2021
The constant exercise of care and vigilance, moral courage and fortitude, consideration and sympathy are all required to address this bane on our history and society.
Biden’s Foreign Policy: What We Can Expect for China, Russia and Iran
News / March 17, 2021
On the World Class Podcast, experts discuss how the Biden Administration should navigate three of America’s most challenging bilateral relationships.
APARC Names 2021-22 Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellows
News / March 15, 2021
Political scientist Dr. Diana Stanescu and sociologist Mary-Collier Wilks will join APARC as Shorenstein postdoctoral fellows on contemporary Asia for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Breaking Down Assumptions about China's Taiwan Strategy
News / March 12, 2021
FSI Center Fellow Oriana Skylar Mastro joins the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's podcast to discuss how she sees China's strategy towards Taiwan and reunification changing as...
What’s ‘Communist’ about the Communist Party of China?
News / March 11, 2021
Is the Chinese Communist Party really communist at all? Expert Jude Blanchette, Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, weighs in.
Gi-Wook Shin on Racism in South Korea
Q&A / March 11, 2021
Protections against gender and sexual discrimination are increasing in South Korea, but addressing longstanding racial discriminations based in nationalism and building a multicultural identity still...