Asia

Rather than cause for celebrating the transformation of a former authoritarian ally into a vibrant democracy, the inauguration of Chen Shui-bian as Taiwan's new … more

Kiyoshi Sugawa serves as one of the most significant and senior policy analysts and advisors to the leaders of the Democratic Party of Japan and has just spent a sabbatical at Brookings researching U.S.­Japan security architecture questions and attempting to benchmark American attitudes and concerns about potential operational and constitutional changes in Japan's willingness to use force in international disputes. He has recently completed a paper which he plans to discuss at this meeting.

Sugawa, who had a… more

A public affairs forum sponsored jointly by the New America Foundation and the Republican Main Street Partnership.

Americans tend to judge U.S. foreign policy from the perspective of fostering American values. The United States militarily intervenes in Kosovo, Rwanda, Haiti and other spots around the globe to fight oppression and restore order. Whether from the right or left, they define foreign-policy objectives in terms of promoting democracy and human… more

The 1990s have been a time of change and achievement for Taiwan (a.k.a. the Republic of China). Politically, Taiwan has undergone a dramatic transition from an authoritarian government to a true democracy. On the economic front, Taiwan has continued to grow and prosper. With a 258 billion dollar economy, Taiwan has established itself as the world’s twelfth largest trading power. Taiwan has a multi-billion dollar annual trading relationship with the United States, Japan, Germany, Korea, France and a number of… more

Selected reviews of Vietnam: The Necessary War are featured below:

Co-sponsored with the Japan Policy Research Institute and the Economic Strategy Institute.

Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi arrives in Washington today for the first official visit by a Japanese prime minister in 12 years. Other official visits have been planned but none of Japan's many prime ministers over the last decade has lasted in office long enough to make the trip.

Obuchi, memorialized in the… more