February 13th, 2013

Tackling conservation, climate change and development in Southeast Asia

Tim Forsyth, a Lee Kong Chian Fellow, speaks about the gap between conservation efforts and economic and social development in Southeast Asia. Read more »

July 17th, 2012

A day in the life of a Corporate Affiliates visiting fellow

Since 2005, Denise Masumoto has managed Shorenstein APARC's Corporate Affiliates Visiting Fellows Program. In an interview, she describes the incredible number of resources available to program participants, and the valuable role visiting fellows play in the activities of the Center. Read more »

February 16th, 2012

Q&A;: Fingar shares insight on Chinese vice president's U.S. visit

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping recently visited the United States to meet with top officials and tour various cities. China experts followed the trip closely because Xi is anticipated to become China’s next president. Thomas Fingar spoke with the Shanghai Oriental Morning Post about the visit, and about the Obama administration's Asia policy. Read more »

December 15th, 2011

Stanford expert: Asia's year in review

The past year unfolded with Japan’s unprecedented triple disaster and closed with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s historic trip to Myanmar. Political scientist Phillip Lipscy discusses the events in Asia that defined the year and looks ahead to 2012. Read more »

October 24th, 2011

Huang Jianli discusses experience as Lee Kong Chian Fellow

Jianli Huang visited Stanford University during the spring quarter while serving as the 2010-11 Lee Kong Chian Fellow at the Southeast Asia Forum. Jointly sponsored by Stanford and the National University of Singapore (NUS), the fellowship was established in 2007 to promote scholarship on contemporary Southeast Asia. Huang recently spoke with NUS about his experience at Stanford and about the research that he is conducting on Singapore entrepreneur and philanthropist Lee Kong Chian.

• » FASS, NUS: Huang Jianli interview

August 24th, 2011

Lipscy discusses global financial concerns

Political economist Phillip Lipscy spoke recently with Estrategia, a leading Chilean finance and business publication, about the politics of the financial crisis in the Euro Area, as well as what kind of implications it might have for the U.S. and Chinese economies. (Spanish-language interview)

• » Estrategia: U.S. weakness was expected, does not mean there will be another recession

August 16th, 2011

Two scholars consider the role of the humanities in Southeast Asia

Former FSI-Stanford Humanities Center International Visitors Thitinan Pongsudhirak (Thailand) and Anies Baswedan (Indonesia), both leading academics in their respective countries, recently considered the role of the humanities and the "hard" sciences in contemporary Southeast Asia. During an interview with SEAF director Donald K. Emmerson, Baswedan described the historically strong humanities foundation in Indonesia and the country's need to develop fields such as engineering.
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March 3rd, 2011

Interview with U.S. Ambassador to the ROK Kathleen Stephens

U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Kathleen Stephens presented the talk "U.S.-Korea Relations: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going" on March 2 at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. In a post-event interview with Yonhap News, Ambassador Stephens discussed key points in the U.S.-ROK relationship, and spoke to her experience as an ambassador and as a Peace Corps volunteer in the ROK. Audio & Video transcripts available
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December 16th, 2010

Building strategic trust in Northeast Asia: An interview with Northeast Asian History Fellow Leif-Eric Easley

How do military allies come to find each other more dependable on security issues, instead of less comfortable with mutual reliance? How do rival nations manage to build confidence and shared expectations for a collaborative future, rather than fall into a spiral of suspicions over each other's strategic intentions? Leif-Eric Easley, the 2010-11 Northeast Asian History Fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC), addresses these key questions in his recently completed dissertation, Perceived National Identity Differences and Strategic Trust: Explaining Post Cold-War Security Relations Among China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States. While at Shorenstein APARC, he is revising his dissertation into a book and will teach a course about nationalism and security relations in Northeast Asia. In a recent interview, Dr. Easley discussed his research and future plans. Read more »

November 29th, 2010

On demographic change in East Asia: An interview with Karen Eggleston

This year, the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) has engaged in leading-edge research on demographic change in East Asia. Karen Eggleston, director of the Asia Health Policy Program at Shorenstein APARC, discusses the recently published book Aging Asia: The Economic and Social Implications of Rapid Demographic Change in China, Japan, and South Korea, and a workshop on the economic, social, political, and security implications of demographic change in East Asia, held January 20-21 at Shorenstein APARC.
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July 19th, 2010

No one can now ignore or overlook the importance of Asia, says APARC Director Dr. Gi-Wook Shin

Speaking on June 17, 2010 in a television interview in South Korea, Dr. Gi-Wook Shin, Director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) at Stanford University, said, "No one can now ignore or overlook the importance of Asia." He spoke of the rise of Asian countries in the past 50 years, particularly in the area of economics, and the world's growing awareness of Asia. Dr. Shin discussed the important role that Shorenstein APARC and its Korean Studies Program (KSP) play in the field of Asian studies, noting that Shorenstein APARC's unique focus on research, policy, and the social sciences distinguishes it from most academic Asian studies centers in the United States. Audio & Video transcripts available
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August 24th, 2009

Anti-smoking efforts in China: Matthew Kohrman interviewed by China Radio International

AHPP faculty affiliate, Matthew Kohrman, was interviewed by China Radio International (CRI) on August 13th, 2009 about tobacco control in China. As CRI reports, "tobacco control is always a difficult subject for law makers... Still, there appears to be a growing movement -- including in China -- to control tobacco sales."

• » CRI - Audio Interview on Anti-smoking efforts

March 10th, 2009

President Hennessy talks with Charlie Rose about Stanford's plans and priorities

In a wide ranging interview with Charlie Rose, Stanford President John Hennessy discusses the role of the modern university, research and funding priorities in the Obama stimulus package and Stanford's plans to internationalize. President Hennessy tells Charlie Rose that Stanford "is opening a center in Beijing on the Peking University campus that will be both a home for our students but also a place where our researchers who are working on collaborations and with faculty in China can actually have space and have a presence."

• » Conversation with Stanford President Hennessy on Charlie Rose

February 16th, 2006

David Kang comments on South Korea's role in a dangerous neighborhood

In this Q&A; session from the Council on Foreign Relations (reprinted in the New York Times), Shorenstein APARC visiting professor David Kang -- together with other experts on the region -- comments on South Korea's increasing independence from the United States, and other issues related to the "North Korea problem." Read more »

November 29th, 2005

The dispute between China and Taiwan

President George Bush fanned the flames of the longstanding conflict between China and Taiwan during his November 16 speech in Kyoto, at the start of a week-long state visit to Asia. In a Q&A; at the Council of Foreign Relations, Shorenstein APARC visiting professor David Kang comments in the New York Times on the future of the fragile China-Taiwan relationship. Read more »