David Bachman is quoted in an article in the Portuguese language titled, “How Taiwan’s sanctions against Russia help explain the global struggle for hegemony,” which was published yesterday, April 7, in Brazil’s Brasil de Fato, a national news website and a radio agency. During the interview, he discussed why Taiwan was complying with sanctions when it did so

On March 20, 2022, UW Professor, Bill Lavely is quoted in an article about the Chinese marriage market that was published by the Singapore newspaper Zaobao. Regarding the gender imbalance in China and the complexity of China’s bride trafficking problem.

Ken + Julia Yonetani are a Japanese-Australian contemporary artist duo. Their large-scale Installations are based on extensive fieldwork and research, often collaborating with scientists. Their work has focused on microbes, the microbiome, and the breakdown in balance of numerous ecosystems, including inside the human body. Supported by the Seattle Colleges Performing Arts Fund, the Artist

Somini Sengupta, an award-winning reporter for the New York Times and anchor of Climate Fwd, a New York Times newsletter, shares what she’s learned as a journalist covering the human toll of global warming in a public talk held and recorded on Feb. 9, 2022. Somini Sengupta tells the stories of communities and landscapes most

UW professor Saadia Pekkanen is part of a feature story launched today by UW Engineering in an article titled, “Space matters,” about the initiative to lead space research and policy partnerships in the Pacific Northwest via UW’s Space Policy and Research Center, known as SPARC, for which she is a co-founder and co-director.

In an article published on Feb. 3 titled, “Olympic spotlight back on China for a COVID-tinged Games,” Jackson School Faculty and China expert David Bachman is quoted.      

David Bachman’s article “Beijing Olympics may get points for boosting China’s international reputation, but Games are definitely gold for Xi Jinping’s standing at home” was published today in The Conversation. David Bachman is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of International Studies and former chair of the UW China Studies Program from 1992-2003. His research and

James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert on Taiwan, is quoted on the historical context of Taiwan’s use of diplomatic strategy to advance economic objectives in a Jan. 26 article titled, “Taiwan’s $1 billion Lithuania fund is a high-stakes game of economic diplomacy.”  

In a video interview that aired on Jan. 24 on Taiwan-based TaiwanPlus news streaming service, James Lin, assistant professor of international studies and an expert on Taiwan, discusses why the legacy of Taiwan’s former president, Chiang Ching-kuo, is so contested. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen is currently facing a political backlash within her own party after attending

On Dec 11th, Ken Pyle gives a feature interview about postwar Japan and his book “Japan in the American Century” in an article titled, “Unconditional Surrender: The Origins of Japan’s Deep Dependence on the US,” in Japan’s leading newspaper, The Asahi Shimbun.