Asia Program Conference and Webcast

Elections, Political Transitions and Foreign Policy in East Asia

Monday, April 14, 2008

Union League of Philadelphia

Topics and Speakers

Welcoming Remarks
Harvey Sicherman, President, FPRI
Panel 1: The U.S. Presidential Election and U.S. Policy toward East Asia
Audio/Video of The U.S. Presidential Election and U.S. Policy toward East Asia
Paper:
  • Lowell Dittmer, Professor of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley
Commentators:
Moderator:
  • Walter A. McDougall, Senior Fellow, FPRI, and Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
Panel 2: China’s Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transitions Abroad
Audio/Video of China’s Foreign Policy in Hu’s Second Term: Coping with Political Transitions Abroad
Paper:
  • Suisheng Zhao, Professor and Executive Director, Center for US-China Cooperation, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
Commentators:
  • Richard Baum, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
  • June Teufel Dreyer, Professor of Political Science, University of Miami at Coral Gables, and Senior Fellow, FPRI
Moderator:
  • James Kurth, Claude Smith Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College, and Senior Fellow, FPRI
Keynote Address
Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
Read The Democratic Prospect in East Asia, FPRI E-Notes, 5/2008
Audio/Video of Carl Gershman’s Keynote Address
Panel 3: Leadership Transition in Japan and Japanese Foreign Policy
Audio/Video of Leadership Transition in Japan and Japanese Foreign Policy
Jun Saito, Assistant Professor of Government, Franklin and Marshall College
Commentators:
  • Jennifer Amyx, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
  • Robert Kane, Assistant Professor of History, Niagara University
Moderator:
  • Jacques deLisle, Director, FPRI Asia Program, and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
Panel 4: Taiwan and South Korea
Audio/Video of Taiwan and South Korea
Papers:
  • Shelley Rigger, Brown Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College, and Senior Fellow, FPRI, on Taiwan’s Presidential and Legislative Elections: Cross-Strait relations and U.S.-Taiwan relations in the post-Chen Shui-bian Era
  • David Steinberg, Professor of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, on Prospects for Korea’s Foreign Policy after the 2007 Elections
Commentators:
  • Gilbert Rozman, Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, and Senior Fellow, FPRI
  • Jacques deLisle, Director, FPRI Asia Program, and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator: