China specialist, Prof. David Bachman, was interviewed by Radio Free Asia discussing energy security concerns in China and other Asian nations following the prolonged slump in world energy prices. In the article is titled “Asian Risks Respond to Energy Shifts“, Bachman addresses China’s attempt to appear confident about the issue.

China expert and Jackson School Professor David Bachman and Russia expert Professor Scott Radnitz were recently interviewed by KOMO News Radio on the impact of the presidential elections results on U.S. foreign policy.

Two East Asia faculty members are releasing a new book this month titled Spaces of Possibility; In, Between, and beyond Korea and Japan. Clark Sorensen, who is a Professor and Director of the Center for Korean Studies, and Andrea Gervurtz Arai who is a Lecturer in the Jackson School of International Studies, worked together to create Spaces of

Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert in international political economy, international law, space security and policy, and the international relations of Japan/Asia, has launched her new book Asian Designs: Governance in the Contemporary World Order. Based on the assumption that Asian nations are no longer “rising” powers in the world order but rather have risen, how will they conduct

Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an outer space expert, was featured in last week’s Forbes “Editor’s Pick” for her article on China’s recent launch of a quantum communications satellite. The new satellite was designed to help China develop long-distance quantum communication that secures corporate and government information, ultrafast quantum computers, and whole quantum networks. Pekkanen argues that though it may

Professor Saadia Pekkanen, an expert in outer space governance, security and policy, was featured in an article published by GeekWire to mark the 50th anniversary of the show “Star Trek.” Professor Pekkanen told the magazine about the way in which Star Trek influenced her career: “For me, maybe for others, too, ‘Star Trek’ was and is an inspiring vision of

Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen explores in her recent Forbes column the Asian race for wining Google’s prestigious lunar X Prize competition, a challenge designed to inspire engineers, entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. Asia’s proven track record in outer space affairs have lured space entrepreneurs in India, Japan and Malaysia to form

KOMO News interviews Jackson School Professor and Chair of the China Studies Program David Bachman for his comments on the ongoing dispute at the China Sea. The dispute involves China’s claim over most of the China Sea, including waters claimed by Japan in the eastern part of the sea, and by the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam to the

Professor Saadia Pekkanen, director of the Jackson School’s Ph.D. program and a Japan space expert is quoted by Nature International Weekly Journal of Science in an article discussing the future of Japan’s space agency. Recently, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), received negative attention after a software error caused the agency’s Hitomi X-ray astronomy satellite

Each year, the Jackson School of International Studies co-sponsors the Washington State Council for the Social Studies spring conference, a professional development event organized by K-12 educators. This year, the conference was held March 11-13 at Campbell’s Resort on Lake Chelan, Washington, and was attended by over 160 teachers from across the state. The theme