January 25, 2010 / Washington, D.C.
What types of power matter, and who has how much of it, in East Asia today and in the future? Questions like these were examined on January 25, 2010 at Power in East Asia: What Is It and Who Has It?, a conference co-sponsored with and hosted by the Reserve Officers Association in Washington, D.C. and webcast online.
In the second panel, Michael Auslin, Director of Japan Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and Paul S. Giarra, President of Global Strategies and Transformation, commented on “Japan in Asia: A Hard Case for Soft Power,” a paper by Thomas Berge of Boston University.
On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

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