Professor Minxin Pei on his book “The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China”
Professor Yamashita on the Influence of Japanese Cuisine in America
Samuel Yamashita is the Henry E. Sheffield Professor at Pomona College, and he has been doing research on five food projects since 2009. He completed the first in 2019 when he published Hawai’i Regi... Read More
Professor Vinay Lal on the Rise of Hindu Nationalism
Vinay Lal is a cultural critic, writer, blogger, and Professor of History and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His intellectual and research interests includ... Read More
Professor Molony on Gender Inequality in Japan
Barbara Molony is a Professor of Japanese History at Santa Clara University and the past co-President of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians (2020-2023), the past co-President of the Coordina... Read More
Professor Moody on American Foreigners in the Japanese Workplace
Stephen J. Moody is Associate Professor of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at Brigham Young University. His research deals with intercultural communication, primarily between Americans and Japanese i... Read More
Dr. Hongbin Li on the Relationship Between Social Status and Individual Well-Being in China
Professor Hongbin Li is the James Liang Chair, Co-Director of the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions (SCCEI), Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research an... Read More
Navigating Japan’s Security Shift: Budget Surge, Public Sentiment, and Regional Dynamics
Andrew L. Oros is a Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. His latest research project, initiated as a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson In... Read More
Yun Sun on the Biden-Xi Bilateral Summit
Yun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in Chinese foreign policy, U.S.-China relations, and China... Read More
Implications of the Israel-Palestine Conflict in Southeast Asia with Mr. Gregory Poling
Gregory B. Poling is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He is a leading expert... Read More
Dr. Sheila Smith on the Trilateral Leaders’ Summit at Camp David
Sheila A. Smith is a John E. Merow senior fellow for Asia-Pacific studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). An expert on Japanese politics and foreign policy, she is the author of Japan Rearm... Read More