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Asian Views on America's Role in Asia
Speakers: Eugenia Lean, Director, WEAI; David D. Arnold, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Asia Foundation; Andrew J. Nathan, Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Yoon Young-kwan, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University; Steven Wilkinson, Nilekani Professor of India and South Asian Studies, Yale University; C. Raja Mohan, Director of the India Center, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Ann Marie Murphy, Associate Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University; Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Professor and Executive Director, Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University; Ellen L. Frost, Senior Advisor & Fellow, East West Center; Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of National Strategic Studies, National Defense University; Xiaobo Lü, Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
Wednesday, November 16, 2016, 6:00 – 8:30 pm
1501 IAB, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by WEAI, SIPA, and The Asia Foundation
Speakers: John Brandon, The Asia Foundation; Pongphisoot Busbarat, University of Sydney; David Denoon, NYU Center for U.S.-China Relations; Amy Freedman, Long Island University and Columbia University; Richard Javad Heydarian, De La Salle University, Philippines: Lynn Kuok, Brookings Institution and Harvard Law School; Eugenia Lean, Columbia University; Ann Marie Murphy, Seton Hall University and Columbia University; Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University; Lien-Hang Nguyen, Columbia University; Elina Noor, Institute for International and Strategic Studies, Malaysia; Yun Sun, The Stimson Center; Emirza Adi Syailendra, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies; Carlyle Thayer, University of New South Wales and Australian Defence Force Academy; Donald Weatherbee, University of South Carolina
Thursday, November 10, 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM
1501 IAB, Columbia University
Co-sponsored by the New York Southeast Asia Network, the Center for Emerging Powers and Transnational Trends at Seton Hall University, and the Dorothy Borg Research Program
Does China Risk Becoming the Next Japan?
Speakers: Arthur Kroeber, Head of Research, Gavekal and Editor, China Economic Quarterly; Takatoshi Ito, Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs
Moderator: Hugh Patrick, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business and R. D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus, Columbia Business School
Thursday, April 28, 2016, 6:00 – 8:00pm
1501 International Affairs Building
Organized by the International Finance and Economic Policy Concentration, SIPA; Cosponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Speakers: Penchan Phoborisu, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Utah; Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Frank Munger, Professor of Law, New York Law School; Tyrell Haberkorn, Researcher, Australian National University; Paul Busbarat, Dorothy Borg Postdoctoral Fellow in Southeast Asian Studies, Columbia University; Krislert Samphantharak, Associate Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
Friday, April 8, 2016, 9:00am – 2:30pm
Jerome Greene Annex, Columbia University
Organized by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute; cosponsored by the Southeast Asian Student Initiative and the New York Southeast Asia Network
U.S.-Korea Trade: FTA at 4 Years
Speaker: Michael Beeman, Senior Advisor, U.S.-Korea Business Council
Moderator: Thomas Byrne, President, The Korea Society
Thursday, March 17, 2016
12:00 registration, 12:30pm discussion
The Korea Society, 950 Third Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY
Organized by The Korea Society
Korea-Japan Relations: Potential and Progress
Speakers: Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Senior Director, Asia Practice, McLarty Associates; Dr. Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Welcome by Thomas Byrne, President of The Korea Society & Ambassador Motoatsu Sakurai, President of Japan Society
Thursday, March 3, 2016
12:00 registration, 12:30pm discussion
The Korea Society, 950 Third Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY
Co-presented by The Korea Society and Japan Society
Political Forecast 2016: Korea and Its Neighbors
Speakers: Ralph Cossa, President, Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Victor Cha, Senior Advisor and Korea Chair, CSIS and Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University; and Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the U.S.-Korea Program, Council on Foreign Relations
Thursday, February 25, 2016
12:00 registration, 12:30pm discussion
The Korea Society, 950 Third Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY
Organized by The Korea Society
Economic Forecast 2016: Korea and Its Neighbors
Speakers: Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Phil Suttle, Vice President & Director of Global Economics, Tudor Investment Corporation
Moderator: Thomas Byrne, President, The Korea Society
Thursday, January 21, 2016, 6:00 – 7:30pm
The Korea Society, 950 Third Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY
Organized by The Korea Society