Asia Dialogues

Overview

Asia Dialogues advanced cross-cultural dialogue and offered critical insights on how to reimagine the international system.

FEB 10, 2017 Podcast

The Secret War in Laos and the Role of the CIA

Josh Kurlantzick, author of a new book on the U.S. secret war in Laos from 1961-73, notes that the war was responsible for greatly ...

FEB 8, 2017 Podcast

Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Reflects on the Democratic Transition

What were Myanmar's major challenges during its transition to democracy--and indeed to this day? What was the U.S. role in the transition? What is ...

FEB 8, 2017 Podcast

Trump in Asia: Back to the Future?

In many ways, we're back to the future of reassuring every friend and ally--and adversary--that U.S. constancy is there, says Chris Nelson. In some ...

FEB 7, 2017 Podcast

Sensible Advice for Trump's Asia Policy

"Hopefully, 'America First' really means peace through strength; it means putting our economy and our economic policy at the forefront of our strategy; it means ...

Protest against now-impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, October 2016. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tkazec/30021968224/">Teddy Cross</a><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> (CC)</a>

JAN 25, 2017 Podcast

Instability on the Korean Peninsula and the Trump Administration

North Korea is one of the most serious security risks facing the new U.S. administration and South Korea has a political vacuum at the ...

A military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/uwebrodrecht/22963490912">Uwe Brodrecht</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JAN 23, 2017 Podcast

Will Trump be a "Madman" in Asia?

Are there advantages to Trump being seen as an unpredictable "madman" when dealing with Asia, as Nixon was once described in relation to Vietnam? Or ...

DEC 21, 2016 Podcast

Indonesia's Growing Islamist Populism

November and December 2016 saw mass demonstrations in Jakarta, the largest protests in Indonesia's history. The demonstrators demanded that the city governor, an ethnic Chinese and ...

Delegates with Professor Mari Miura at the Diet building in Tokyo

DEC 19, 2016 Article

Articles Resulting from Carnegie Council Gender Research Delegation to Tokyo, November 2016

In November 2016, the Asia Dialogues program led a group of 12 Pacific Delegates from seven countries and a diverse set of professional backgrounds to Tokyo to ...

Xi and Putin at the Moscow Victory Day Parade, May 2015. CREDIT: <a href="http://bit.ly/2gC1XiE">kremlin.ru</a>

DEC 15, 2016 Podcast

Risks to U.S.-China Relations Under Trump

Where are U.S.-China relations right now and where are they headed? "I don't think we should give up hope in some way forward. ...

Delegates with Devin Stewart (far right) at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

NOV 22, 2016 Article

Carnegie Council's 2016 Gender Research Delegation to Tokyo, Japan

Twelve delegates from seven countries and diverse professional backgrounds visited Tokyo to examine moral issues around gender equality in Japanese society. They participated in classroom ...