past event
Reuters - Chinese NBA star Yao Ming holds a torch for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC
On June 17, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a seminar to announce and examine the findings of a groundbreaking public opinion survey on the current and potential use of soft power in East Asia by the United States, China, Japan and South Korea. The study found that U.S. standing and influence in Asia remain strong while China's emergence as a regional military and economic powerhouse is not mirrored by comparable gains in soft power.
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China, Japan, Taiwan, Asia, South Korea
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Adrianna Pita - CNAPS visiting fellows discuss their research at a Brookings event
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Washington, DC
On June 3, the Brookings Institution hosted a discussion with the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies visiting fellows who are completing their academic year at Brookings. The six fellows from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Russia and Taiwan, discussed their views of U.S. foreign policy and current relations between their countries and the U.S.
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Northeast Asia, Foreign Policy, Asia
SPOTLIGHT: Taiwan
Reuters/Claro Cortes - Chiang Pin-kun (L), chairman of Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation, shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin
Richard C. Bush III, June 19, 2008
Cross-strait relations under the Ma administration are off to a good start, but it is only a start. Richard Bush writes that the two sides should be pleased with the Chiang-Chen meetings in Beijing last week, but they should remember that they have embarked on a long and complicated process of re-engagement.
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Taiwan, China, Asia, International Relations, Diplomacy
Northeast Asia Commentary
Reuters/Vorasit Satienlerk - Myanmar military officials unload water off a Thai military plane which flew in with food and aid for cyclone victims
Roberta Cohen, June 2008
In this Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary, Nonresident Senior Fellow Roberta Cohen calls for the development of performance standards for addressing natural disasters including the cyclone in Burma, earthquake in China, and famine in North Korea. Without such standards, states and the international community may be hampered in saving lives and reconstruction efforts.
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Natural Disasters, China, Myanmar, North Korea, Human Rights
SPOTLIGHT: Taiwan
Reuters/Aly Song - Wu Poh-Hsiung, Chairman of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party, writes Chinese calligraphy at Sun Yat-Sen Mausolem in Nanjing
Fu-Kuo Liu, June 2008
Since the Asian financial crisis began in 1997, momentum toward regionalism in East Asia has increased and the process has become more Asia-centric. In this CNAPS Visiting Fellow Working Paper, Liu Fu-Kuo traces the development of the new East Asian regionalism, with a special look at the consequences of excluding Taiwan from multilateral institutions.
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Taiwan, China, Northeast Asia, Asia, Economic Development