http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from Shorenstein APARCen-usPublic domainhttp://aparc.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/60http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2144More than any of his predecessors, President Obama has reached out to "the Muslim world." But what of the terms and the timing of that demarche? If, as expected, he visits Indonesia next year, he will try to build on his oratorical successes in Istanbul and Cairo by addressing Muslims in the country that has more of them than any other.]]>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2144?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2139Tokyo and Washington are struggling to keep a feud over a U.S. military base from spoiling President Barack Obama's visit next month, but assuaging mutual anxiety as both allies adapt to China's growing clout will be an even harder task. "There is more raison d'etre to the alliance than ever before, but they have to reframe it and take it out of the Cold War context," said Daniel Sneider at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center.]]>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2139?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2131John D. Ciorciari was a Shorenstein Fellow at APARC in 2007-08 and an affiliate of APARC and SEAF in 2008-09 while a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Upon leaving Stanford he took up a position as an assistant professor in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.]]>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2131?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2132Past, present, and future Southeast Asianists linked to SEAF have ignored the hoary joke about the contest whose first prize is one week in Philadelphia and whose second prize is two weeks in that city. Several of them are on the program of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) to be held, yes, in Philadelphia on 25-28 March 2010.]]>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2132?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2128Edited by SEAF Director Don Emmerson and co-published in 2008-09 by APARC at Stanford and ISEAS in Singapore, Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and Regionalism in Southeast Asia continues to attract attention. Excerpted below are two differing but equally thoughtful recent reviews:]]>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2128?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2124A newly published book examines how pharmaceuticals and their regulation play an important and often contentious role in the health systems of the Asia-Pacific, focusing on China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Australia, and India.]]>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2124?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2123In July 2009, Shorenstein APARC Professor %people1% spoke to CSIS in Washington, DC about the dynamics of Asian cooperation as the region rebuilds after the financial crisis.]]>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2123?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2115Recently Dr. Martin Kenney (Professor, UC Davis) delivered a fascinating presentation for a SPRIE audience, tracing venture capital from its pre-WWII angel investor beginnings all the way up to the present, which he sees as the most difficult circumstances the industry has ever faced.]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2115?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2108Since the Democratic Party of Japan won in the country's August national election, Japan watchers have worried the new government might try to upset the status quo and ease away from the United States. The DPJ is implementing a new paradigm -- but not the one people think.]]>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2108?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2098%people1%, director of APARC, emphasized the importance of U.S.-South Korea relations in dealing with North Korea including nuclear issues at a seminar hosted by San Francisco Chapter of National Unification Advisory Council of Korea.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2098?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2096Silicon Valley thought leaders John Hennessy, John Seely Brown and others spoke at SPRIE's Leaders Forum on Thursday, September 24, reflecting on the changing factors affecting the Valley's economy and how best to respond. "In a rapidly changing world where innovation and agility reign supreme," noted Brown, there is a "big shift" underway from an economy that is predictable and heirarchical--one that is based on scalable efficiency--to one that is dynamic and focused on knowedge flows and creation: an economy that depends on scalable peer learning. Brown's presentation can be downloaded and other materials from the forum will be linked as they become available.]]>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2096?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2094Southeast Asia is something of a potpourri for foreign policymakers. The region includes the world's largest Muslim-majority nation in Indonesia, booming bilateral trade, terrorism, one of the world's most repressive regimes in Myanmar, and growing Chinese influence.]]>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2094?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2090The Obama administration's willingness to talk bilaterally with North Korea does not signify any weakening of U.S. support for the Six Party Talks and North Korean denuclearization, stresses %people1%, associate director of the Korean Studies Program at APARC, in an interview with major South Korean daily Dong-A Ilbo.]]>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2090?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2091The inaugural gathering of Stanford Kyoto Trans-Asian Dialogue led by Gi-Wook Shin, director of APARC, brought together distinguished experts and leaders in the fields of energy and environment.]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2091?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2092Beginning with a detailed analysis of American newspaper coverage of Korean peninsula between 1992 and 2003, the newly published book, "First Drafts of Korea: The U.S. Media and Perceptions of the Last Cold War Frontier," features essays by Western journalists and senior U.S. officials with firsthand experience on the peninsula over the past two decades. The book's distinguished contributors offer unique insights into American media coverage of the peninsula and its impact on policymaking in Washington. Donald Macintyre, former Pantech Fellow, Daniel Sneider, associate director of research, and Gi-Wook Shin, director of APARC, edited the volume.]]>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/2092?