April 29th, 2021 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) | Online via Zoom The UW Center for Korea Studies will host an exciting event on April 29th. This event is supported by the East Asia Center. This presentation will discuss the ‘Aenikkaeng’ Koreans of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, and the history of their migration

On March 30th, UW Space Policy and Research Center Founding Co-Director and Jackson School Professor Saadia Pekkanen participated in an event by Chatham House entitled, “Japan’s Space Strategy and Implications for its Regional Alliances.” Professor Pekkanen, alongside fellow panelists, discussed U.S. – Japan space cooperation, the role of the private sector in Japan’s space policy,

The Jackson School of International Studies Director, along with the Jackson School Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, are writing to acknowledge and condemn horrific racist attacks against members of the Asian American, Pacific Islander American (AAPI), and the Asian diaspora community.

The UW Jackson School of International Studies will hold their Spring 2021 Lecture Series Online over four sessions between April 1st and May 13th, 2020. The EAC is proudly supporting the series, in particular the first two lectures on April 1st and 13th: Thursday, April 1 | The Chinese Century and the City of Gold:

James Lin, Assistant Professor in the Jackson School’s UW Taiwan Studies Program, was quoted alongside other China and Taiwan experts in a February 5th segment of NPR’s All Things Considered about the Biden Administration’s foreign policy in the region. Lin emphasized that the U.S. may not make as much of a change to its posture towards China

China’s UN Thinking and Behavior: Uncovering Decision-Making Procedures Inside Opaque Governments Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | 12:30 p.m. (PST) | Virtually on Zoom – Register Below Rosemary Foot will introduce the main findings and methods from her recent book, China, the UN and Human Protection: Beliefs, Power, Image (Oxford University Press, 2020). She will explain

In a January 27, 2021 article titled “America’s Exceptional Two Party System” Robert Pekkanen, professor of Japanese politics at the Jackson School and co-author of “The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Systems“, gives his insights into the U.S. 2-party electoral system in combination with presidential-ism. The piece, which appears on page 4 of Nihon Keizai Shimbun, one of

Register for Zoom Link Wednesday, February 24th, 2021 | 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. (US-Pacific Time) | Virtually on Zoom A GRIPS Webinar on Japanese Foreign Policy made possible by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. China is becoming more powerful and assertive, and the balance of power in the region is changing quickly. Narushige

FLAS recipient Darius Izad graduated in 2018 with a J.D. from the UW School of Law. Darius is currently a Captain and Attorney in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps. He sat down with the EAC for a virtual interview in late 2020. Can you expand on your experience learning Chinese as

FLAS recipient Ida Knox graduated in 2020 with a JD and LLM from the UW School of Law, focusing on sustainable international development. Ida currently works as an Associate Attorney at Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle. She recently joined the EAC for a virtual interview. Thank you for the opportunity to chat. How are you