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Led by Visiting Japan Chair Dr. Adam Liff, the Georgetown SFS “Japan and the World” public event series brings together leading scholars and current and former policymakers for frank discussions about major issues in Japan’s contemporary foreign relations. Our next event will feature an off-record panel discussion about Japan and Southeast Asia featuring leading experts […]

Faizal Bin Yahya is Senior Research Fellow in the Governance and Economy Department of the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. Faizal was previously an assistant professor in the South Asian Studies Program at the University, and simultaneously was a visiting research fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies from 2008 to 2009. Faizal served as a member of the Singaporean Delegation to the United Nations in 1998 and partic...

Glenn Webb was a brilliant scholar. And an influence on many of us in the Zen world. May his memory bring blessings to all...

U.S.-ChinaRivalry:TheDangersofCompellingCountriestoTakeSides...

Experts from Central Asian countries emphasized the importance of prioritizing the strategic partnership with China at a meeting held in Beijing on Thursday.

Join a special strand of educator workshops, presented by Asia Society Texas and the University of Houston, as part of the SouthWest Conference on Asian Studies.

Join the Asian Studies Program to celebrate Dr. Victor Cha’s latest book, discussing a major new history of North and South Korea. As a result of high demand, RSVP is highly encouraged to secure your seat at the event. About the book: Korea has a long, riveting history—it is also a divided nation. South Korea is […]

'My Moro friends in Mindanao will see a lot of familiarity here, where imperial governments imposed on them instead of leaving them alone'

Leaders meet in China for an historic Central Asia summit.  The leaders of five Central Asian countries gathered in China’s historic city of Xi’an on Thursday for a two-day summit and one-on-one meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This year marks the 10th anniversary of […]

Jeffrey W Hornung, a senior political scientist at the Rand Corporation and an adjunct professor in the Asian Studies Program at Georgetown University, explaining that Tokyo’s abandonment of its post-1945 security stance is another fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine.