Dr. Mireya Solís, Director of the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, will join the UW East Asia Center and the UW Japan Studies Program via Zoom to discuss emerging developments in U.S. – Japan relations under the Biden and Suga administrations. Moderator: Robert J. Pekkanen, Professor, UW Japan Studies Program

Andrea Gevurtz Arai, instructor (araia2@uw.edu) Spring seminar: F, 1:30-4:20 “Spaces of Creative Resistance in East Asia” This seminar course focuses on the spaces, places and creativity of social resistance projects across East Asia. We will explore the socio-cultural and political economic contexts of their emergence, the background and impetus for their participants to become involved;

As the Taiwan Studies Program of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington enters its fourth year, the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has provided a $1 million endowment to support the Program operations, and a further $800,000 grant to establish a Taiwan Arts and Culture program for the western

Professor David Bachman of the UW China Studies Program was recently quoted in an article by Northwest Asian Weekly entitled, “Biden and China: Guarded Optimism from Local Chinese Leaders.” Bachman comments that U.S. relations with China will probably not change that much due to ongoing bipartisan criticism of China, but that Republicans will certainly pressure the

On October 14th, the UW Taiwan Studies Program welcomed Professor Ming-Sho Ho of National Taiwan University to speak about his new book, Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. Professor Ho discussed the role of student-led decentralized protest, how the occupation of public space shaped protest results, “Be Water” protest

UW Political Science PhD Student Brian Leung was quoted last week in an article by TIME Magazine about the years-long freedom and democracy movement in Hong Kong. Leung, known for giving a speech during the protest’s occupation of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, commented on how citizens are frustrated with the system of governance in

Saadia Pekkanen, Jackson School and Japan Studies Program faculty and co-director of the University of Washington Space Policy and Research Center, known as SPARC, was quoted in Geekwire’s “Pentagon worries that satellite attack could spark ‘mutually assured destruction’ “. Pekkanen was interviewed as part of the 2020 Space Symposium, hosted online by SPARC on Nov. 6, that brought

**Sponsored by the EAC and the UW Global Business Center** WHEN: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 / 4:00 – 6:00 pm PST WHERE: Zoom Webinar INFORMATION FOR RAY DALIO’S KEYNOTE: https://www.ncuscr.org/event/CTH-2020-ray-dalio INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION FOR LOCAL PANEL DISCUSSION: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dicnY3TuRVeLIf-w0ZvndQ Investor, philanthropist and New York Times best-selling author Ray Dalio will talk to audiences in Seattle and

Join the Center for Korea Studies on Tuesday, November 10th at 3:00 p.m. (US-Pacific Time) for a presentation by Professor Chae-Song Chun on the topic of North Korea after the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Professor Chun is a Professor of international relations and security studies at Seoul National University, the Chair of the National Security Research

  FLAS recipient Chris Choi graduated in Summer 2019 with a joint MBA and MA in Japan Studies, focusing on international business, marketing, economics, and national security. He offered to sit down with the EAC for an interview. Thanks for the opportunity to chat, Chris. How are you holding up? I’m doing well! Thank you