The 7th Leadership Change since 2006: An Analysis of Electoral Politics in Japan March 13, 2013, US-Asia Institute Last December, Japan elected its seventh Prime Minister in six years –a virtual revolving door in electoral politics. On March 13, 2013 at the US-Asia Institute in Washington, DC, top Japanese political scientist Dr. Aiji Tanaka of Waseda University in Japan provided insight into
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Click play for pictures. On Thursday, September 13, the US-Asia Institute hosted the 2012 New York Forum Featuring The China Investment Corporation’s The Honorable JIN Liqun Chairman, Supervisory Board, China Investment Corporation & Chairman, International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds “Options for the Global Economy: Opportunities for Cooperation” With Moderators: Christian Deseglise Managing Director at HSBC Global Asset Management Adebayo
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On June 4, 2013, the US-Asia Institute, the US-ASEAN Business Council, and the National Foreign Trade Council co-hosted a Capitol Hill Breakfast Forum on ASEAN: Economics and Trade: Key Trade Negotiations in the Southeast Asia Region. This is the 3rd panel in a four-part series focused on the importance of ASEAN to the United States, specifically highlighting the impact of trade
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Wednesday May 22, 2013 Hotung International Law Building Presented by the US-Asia Institute and the Georgetown University Asia Law Center Many have identified legal reform as the number 1 factor in evaluating President Xi Jinping as an agent for change in China. With Xi Jinping several months into his presidency Dr. Wang Zhenmin examines what indications Xi Jinping’s administration have given as to their intentions in
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