February 17th, 2012

Shin Reflects on colonial era change in Korea

Japanese rule in Korea was harsh but the country witnessed significant social and economic transformation. In the process, Koreans were not simply victims or passive bystanders but active participants in the formation of colonial modernity, said Gi-Wook Shin during his keynote presentation at a conference held Feb. 16 and 17 at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Read more »

August 22nd, 2011

Conference compares wartime experiences in Asia and Europe

While differences exist in the wartime circumstances and reconciliation processes of Europe and Asia, many valuable lessons can be gained through a study of the experiences on both continents. The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center facilitated a comparative dialogue on World War Two, bringing together 15 noted experts for the Colonialism, Collaboration, and Criminality conference, held June 16 to 17 at Stanford.
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January 4th, 2010

APARC's "Divided Memories and Reconciliation" featured in the Straits Times Singapore Newspaper

Tracy Quek from the U.S. Bureau at The Straits Times Singapore Newspaper discusses a three-year project at APARC to examine how the main players in North-East Asia - China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan - along with the United States, form their views of the past, or what the scholars call "historical memories." Read more »

April 1st, 2006

A Changing Asia: Threat or Opportunity?

As the world's most dynamic and rapidly advancing region, the Asia-Pacific has commanded global attention. Business and policy leaders alike have been focused on the rise of China, tensions on the Korean peninsula, Japan's economic recovery and political assertiveness, globalization and the outsourcing of jobs to South Asia, Indonesia's multiple transitions, competing forces of nationalism vs. regionalism, and the future of U.S.-Asia relations. Read more »

November 29th, 2005

Saving Face and How to Say Farewell

Even in the absence of a sudden and dramatic shift on the battlefield toward a definitive victory, there may still be a slight opening, as narrow as the eye of a needle, for the United States to slip through and leave Iraq in the near future in a way that will not be remembered as a national embarrassment. Henry S. Rowen comments in the New York Times. Read more »

July 7th, 2005

APARC's Don Emmerson urges Muslim understanding in America

In the post-9/11 world there is an urgent need for Americans to understand the Muslim world, and vice versa. Yet precisely when they should be visiting Muslim countries, Americans are kept at home by fears of terrorism, according to APARC's Donald K. Emmerson. Read more »

January 26th, 2005

Worsened by war: Two hard-hit areas beset by civil strife

For the two regions hardest hit by the Asian tsunamis, international relief efforts are being complicated by more than the rising death tolls and physical devastation: They are also war zones. APARC's Donald K. Emmerson comments. Read more »