At a seminar hosted by APARC's Taiwan Program, University of Minnesota scholar Honghong Tinn, a historian of information technology, discussed her recent book, which explores how Taiwanese technologists turned tinkering into world-class computer manufacturing.
CDDRL Visiting Scholar Oliver Kaplan explores how stigma shapes hiring decisions for ex-combatants in Colombia and identifies ways education, reconciliation efforts, and employer incentives can reduce discrimination.
Economist Jun Akabane, APARC visiting scholar and professor at Chuo University, examines the validity of Japan's ongoing semiconductor industry revitalization strategy under the banner of economic security, presenting a comparative analysis of the different outcomes of two major projects: TSMC Kumamoto and Rapidus.
The "State of the World" event series brings together leading scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies to analyze the forces shaping global affairs—and what they mean for our future.
On the World Class podcast, Abbas Milani and Ori Rabinowitz join host Colin Kahl to discuss the events unfolding in Iran from an Iranian, Israeli, and American perspective.
Georgetown scholar Laia Balcells's research finds that museums commemorating past atrocities can shift political attitudes — but the extent of that shift depends on context.
The documentary Atomic Echoes captures the voices and untold stories of the last remaining American atomic veterans and Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, bearing witness to the enduring psychological and physical trauma of nuclear warfare.
Scholars convened by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law’s Program on Arab Reform and Development identify six ways the conflict is testing the limits of Arab states' alliances, economic ambitions, and prospects for reform.
At Stanford University, APARC’s Japan Program convened industry leaders, creators, and heritage-based family business successors to examine how Japan’s film, anime, music, and traditional crafts industries sustain global relevance and expand their international appeal through innovation, localization, and intergenerational continuity.
UCLA scholar reflects on history, legitimacy, and the prospects for two states at the Jan Koum Israel Studies Program’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.
Isabel Salovaara, APARC predoctoral fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in anthropology, studies how high-stakes entrance examinations in India and the private tutoring industry that has evolved around them shape youth aspirations, identities, and state relations.
Watch Stanford sociologist Gi-Wook Shin discuss his book, The Four Talent Giants, on the Center for Strategic and International Studies' video podcast, The Impossible State. Shin introduces a framework that explains how Japan, Australia, China, and India became economic powerhouses and what lessons these Asia-Pacific "talent giants" offer to other nations as they face increasingly fierce global competition for talent in the AI era.
Addressing the Bechtel Conference Center, leaders rejected the prospect of territorial concessions, saying that Ukrainians “will not give up” on their country.
From parliament to regional government to independent media, alumni of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law’s Strengthening Ukrainian Democracy and Development Program are implementing reform initiatives under wartime conditions.
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