Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Investigates China's Water Challenge
"How China manages its water resources over the next five to seven years has profound implications not only for the Chinese people but also for the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Within China, water...
View ArticleNKIDP Releases New Collection of Documents on Korean War Armistice
Sixty years ago this week, the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, with neither side legitimately able to claim outright victory. When the armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, talks had already...
View ArticleNKIDP Senior Advisor Gregg Brazinsky on C-Span
NKIDP Senior Advisor and Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at the George Washington University, Gregg Brazinsky, appeared on C-Span’s Washington Journal to discuss the Korean...
View ArticleJane Harman named Honorary Professor at East China Normal University, Shanghai
Woodrow Wilson Center President and CEO, Jane Harman, was named Honorary Professor at East China Normal University during a ceremony in Shanghai on July 26th. President Harman also signed a new...
View ArticleJapan's Self-Inflicted Wounds
Misspoken words by senior politicians are aggravating Japan's already fragile relations with its Asian neighbors. Their departure would be the first step in right direction, argues Northeast Asia...
View ArticleBusiness as Usual? U.S.-Taiwan Relations Amid Changing Realities
U.S.-China relations continue to play a key role in defining power politics in the Asia-Pacific region. This difficult relationship also remains central to how other countries define and pursue their...
View ArticleEast Asia: Leaving Post-War Angst Behind
Irrational nationalism is driving an ever-deeper wedge between Japan, China, and South Korea. All three countries face considerable economic challenges which will be better tackled together, instead of...
View ArticleNorth Korea and the 2018 Olympic Games
Following a recent suggestion by North Korea’s member of the International Olympic Committee that the two Korea’s could co-host the 2018 Olympic Games, awarded to South Korea’s Pyeongchang, South...
View ArticleGoto Speaks at MEDays Forum
Northeast Asia associate Shihoko Goto discussed the challenges facing East Asia at the annual MEDays Forum in Tangier, Morocco, last week. Hosted by the Amadeus Institute, a Moroccan think tank, the...
View ArticleEast Asia At the Crossroads
Former Wilson Center public policy scholar Yeh-Chung Lu has written an essay entitled "East Asia at the Crossroads: A comparative study of Taiwan's and Korea's Reconciliation with Adversaries" together...
View ArticleNew South Korean Foreign Ministry Documents Added to Digital Archive
The North Korea International Documentation Project, in cooperation with Kyungnam University, has recently obtained and translated nearly 30 documents from the South Korean Foreign Ministry Archive....
View ArticleRecent Books by Asia Program Scholars and Staff
Asia Program scholars and staff have produced a bumper crop of new books over the past two years. Our ten most recent publications cover the broad expanse of Asia with a wide variety of focuses. You...
View ArticleAsia Program Hosts Conference on Japan's Vision for East Asia
Ahead of President Obama’s visit to Asia in late April, the Asia Program held an invitation-only meeting from March 5th to 6th to discuss the ongoing tensions and economic as well as security...
View ArticleIFES Web Forums and Briefs
NKIDP invites readers to subscribe to the mailings and weekly updates on developments on the Korean Peninsula distributed by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Kyungnam University.These...
View ArticleDon't Pivot Away from TPP
As hopes for the United States to sign on to the biggest global trade deal to date rapidly deteriorate, the cost of U.S. political deadlock may be felt most painfully in Asia in the near term. But in...
View ArticleChina’s Rise, Japan’s Role, and the Future of ROK-US Cooperation
Is China's ever-growing presence a real threat or simply a perceived one? That was one of a number of thought-provoking questions addressed In the first panel entitled "China's Rise, Japan's Role, and...
View ArticleNew Trading Blocs in the Asia-Pacific?: TPP, RCEP, U.S.-Korea Cooperation
The Wilson Center recently partnered with the East Asia Foundation to host a half-day conference, "Asessing Threats Facing the U.S.-Korea Alliance." In the second panel discussion entitled New Trading...
View ArticleDeclassified Documents on Korean Armistice Agreement Featured on the Digital...
Sixty-one years ago this week, the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, with neither side legitimately able to claim outright victory. When the armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, talks had...
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Wilson Center Global Fellow Charles K. Armstrong Receives 2014 John K....
Wilson Center Global Fellow Charles K. Armstrong has received the 2014 John K. Fairbank Prize for his book Tyranny of the Weak: North Korea and the World, 1950-1992.
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