Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center

#2024inReview | We marked a quarter-century of Southeast Asia studies at Stanford with esteemed scholars from the university and across the United States and Southeast Asia who joined us to examine current issues affecting the region including geopolitical competition, environmental sustainability, and gender inequality. The panelists — including Brian Eyler, Robert Hefner, Richard Heydarian, Scot Marciel, Rebakah Minarchek, Elina Noor, Gregory Poling, Paul Schuler, and more — also considered the region's economic and sociopolitical futures and reflected on what's ahead for Southeast Asia scholarship. Get their insights and highlights from our Southeast Asia Program's 25th anniversary conference >> https://lnkd.in/eTCABHMd #SoutheastAsia #SoutheastAsiaStudies #Stanford #AnniversaryConference #geopolitics #sustainability

#2024inReview | APARC and our research programs provide multiple fellowship and training opportunities for emerging scholars and accomplished experts studying contemporary Asia. Meet some of our outstanding scholars whose work we highlighted this year: - Anthropologist Gerhard Hoffstaedter, our Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Southeast Asia, spent the 2024 spring quarter of his fellowship at APARC refining his research into the experiences of refugees in Malaysia and their interactions with international institutions >> https://lnkd.in/gjQ7eYhy - Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow on Contemporary Asia Norman Joshua, now a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University affiliated with the Hoover History Lab, studies the histories of authoritarianism and civil-military relations in Southeast and East Asia >> https://lnkd.in/g7bDqGkW - Postdoctoral Fellow Gidong Kim, Research Scholar Xinru Ma, and Postdoctoral Fellow Junki Nakahara — all leading research projects as part of the Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab (SNAPL) at APARC — shared data-driven insights into U.S.-China tensions, public attitudes toward China, and racial dynamics in Asia, urging policy and academic communities in Washington, D.C. to rethink the Cold War analogy applied to China and views of race and racism in Asian nations >> https://lnkd.in/gFrB6sjT. Ma also recently celebrated the publication of her new co-authored book, "Beyond Power Transitions: The Lessons of East Asian History and the Future of U.S.-China Relations" (Columbia University Press) >> https://lnkd.in/g5rf4ZK2 - Economist Huixia Wang has spent the past year at APARC studying the dynamics of intergenerational health, investigating patterns of persistent health inequalities across generations and potential interventions to improve health outcomes in developing regions >> https://lnkd.in/g6722EyX - Political Scientist Meredith Weiss, our Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow on Southeast Asia this year, presented her research on how electoral mobilization regimes drive variation in patronage politics in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia >> https://lnkd.in/gUjJZCk3 - Visiting Scholar Gita Wirjawan published a policy paper, "The Paradox of Sustainability" >> https://lnkd.in/g_8KApv7, and a working paper, "The Paradox of the Internet" >> https://lnkd.in/gv7-Yvm5 #fellowships #PostdoctoralScholars #VisitingSchoalrs #research #AsiaStudies #ContemporaryAsia #AsiaPolicy

💫 Wishing you a festive season filled with warmth and cheer. ~ The APARC Team

#2024inReview | In October, APARC proudly recognized The New York Times’ Chief China Correspondent Chris Buckley, winner of our 2024 Shorenstein Journalism Award, for his exemplary reporting on one of the defining narratives of the 21st century: China’s rise and its evolution under Xi Jinping. At the award ceremony, Buckley discussed the power of history in shaping Chinese national identity and global power projection. Watch his remarks >> https://lnkd.in/gbe4wKVA #journalism #JournalismAward #China #Taiwan #ChinaReporting

#2024inReivew | In the spring, we marked the inauguration of APARC's new Taiwan Program at the conference "Innovate Taiwan," where academic and industry leaders examined challenges and opportunities facing Taiwan’s economy and society in a new era of global relations. APARC is building the program to serve as an interdisciplinary research and education hub on contemporary Taiwan and advance Stanford-Taiwan ties. Get the conference recap >> https://lnkd.in/gBH5pyRA #Taiwan #TaiwanProgram #TaiwanStudies #Stanford

#2024inReview | How can we address fast-moving global challenges at a time when increasing great power competition has diminished multilateral cooperation? In her APARC policy paper, Ambassador Laura Stone, our former China policy fellow, systematizes an alternative model called Task Force Diplomacy, born from the urgency of the COVID-19 crisis and proved to be effective in addressing acute global problems while overcoming the limitations of traditional cooperative approaches. Read on >> https://lnkd.in/gWD9R7wW #diplomacy #policy #TaskForceDiplomacy #MultilateralCooperation #GreatPowerCompetition

#2024inReview | In Japan, a decades-old battle over whether married couples should be allowed to have different surnames surfaced this year as one of the most contentious issues in the race for leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Where does the Japanese public stand on this and other policy options, and what might shift its attitudes? These are some questions the Stanford Japan Barometer (SJB) sets out to answer.   SJB is a large-scale public opinion survey on political, economic, and social issues in Japan, co-led by Stanford sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui, the deputy director of APARC and director of the Japan Program. The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+ featured SJB in a series of articles, highlighting its findings about the Japanese public's views on issues related to gender and sexuality in politics and to foreign policy and national defense. Learn more >> https://lnkd.in/gsjbKqbV #Japan #PublicOpinion #SocialSciences #survey #politics #gender #WomensRights #StanfordJapanBarometer

🎁 From all of us at APARC, we wish you joyful holidays and a Happy New Year. During the winter break, we invite you to explore some of the top research, publications, and impact stories from our scholars and experts in 2024. We start by highlighting the article “China’s America Policy: Back to the Future,” published in the Winter 2024 issue of The Washington Quarterly, in which Shorenstein APARC Fellow Tom Fingar and David M. Lampton of Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) offer compelling diagnoses and sets of prescriptions for what ails the U.S.-China relationship. Read on >> https://lnkd.in/gUsPww7y #2024inReview #USChinaRelations #USChinaCompetition #GreatPowerCompetition

📣 Calling Southeast Asia scholars! | The 2025-26 Lee Kong Chian National University of Singapore-Stanford University Fellowship on Southeast Asia invites applications from candidates with current, ongoing professional positions related to the social sciences or humanities. Submissions are due by January 24, 2025. Candidates may be of any nationality or seniority. LKC fellows spend 3-4 months at APARC and 3-4 months at NUS' Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences researching and writing on contemporary Southeast Asia issues. Learn more, share with your networks, and join our research community >> https://lnkd.in/gSqd2fH #southeastasia #fellowships #academicjobs #research #stanford

South Korea's parliament on Saturday passed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law bid, which plunged the country into its worst political turmoil in years. APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin joined BBC News Channel’s presenter Carl Nasman to explain what's next and the path ahead for Yoon's ruling party and the country's democracy. Watch >> https://lnkd.in/eiQeRrsZ For more of Shin's in-depth commentary on Korea's political crisis, explore our news roundup >> https://lnkd.in/g3ufACQ4 #southkorea #yoon #martiallaw #impeachment #democracy