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/1688While the United States has been focused on the Middle East, dramatic changes have been taking place in Asia. The region is relatively peaceful and economic growth has been impressive. However, new powers have emerged, while some of our old friends have become more assertive within the region. %people1% and J. Stapleton Roy, two of America's foremost Asia policy experts, offer advice to the incoming US administration.]]>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1688?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1680Five Southeast Asia scholars are slated for residence at Stanford for the upcoming academic year.]]>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1680?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1677Shorenstein APARC director %people1% and Korean Studies associate director %people2% point out the importance of building long-term strategies by top foreign policy experts in the international community.]]>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1677?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1671Korean Studies Program associate director %people1% argued in The Nelson Report, a top Washington, D.C. policy newsletter, that Korea needs to take a strategic approach toward the controversy with Japan over the Dokdo Islets ("Takeshima" in Japanese). Widely reported in Korea, Straub's message urged Korea to base its policy on the fact that it has effective control of the islets.]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1671?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1673The inaugural (March 2008) issue of PRISM, an undergraduate journal published by the University Scholars Programme (USP) of the National University of Singapore (NUS), carries a dozen essays. Six were written by Stanford undergraduates for a Stanford Overseas Seminar taught in Singapore in September 2006, and six by NUS undergrads in the USP for an NUS course taught at Stanford in May 2007.]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1673?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1674Sudarno Sumarto has been selected to become the second Shorenstein APARC/Asia Foundation Visiting Fellow. He will be in residence at Stanford during the 2009-2010 academic year.]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1674?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1675Shorenstein APARC/Asia Foundation Fellow, Dennis Arroyo completes monograph on economic policy strategems in Asia.]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1675?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1676Fellowships are more often won on the promise of completing a book than books are finished before the fellowships end. Dr. Ciorciari broke this "rule" by completing his book manuscript in Spring 2008 and submitting it to Cornell University Press for possible publication.]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1676?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1670Stanford University Press publishes SEAF-initiated book on Southeast Asia in Political Science]]>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1670?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1660Korean Studies Program at Asia-Pacific Research Center welcomes Pantech Fellow, Koret Fellow, POSCO NGO Fellows, and visiting scholars from diverse backgrounds and experiences for 2008-2009 academic year.]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1660?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1645Shorenstein APARC director %people1% says that President Lee still has time to recover from the diplomatic missteps that have characterized his first months in office. He urges Lee to focus his U.S. policy on establishing a strong relationship with the incoming American president. Article in Korean.]]>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1645?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1644The July/August issue of Health Affairs, the leading U.S. health policy journal, focuses on China and India. The special issue includes an article on China's pharmaceutical policy by five contributors to "Prescribing Cultures and Pharmaceutical Policy in the Asia-Pacific," a book forthcoming in 2009 from the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center series with Brookings Institution Press.]]>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1644?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1643The organizing committee of the "Provider Payment Incentives in the Asia Pacific" conference -- including health economists from Shorenstein APARC, Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Seoul National University -- reviewed submissions in June 2008 and accepted sixteen. The conference papers cover payment issues in Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Tajikistan, the Philippines, and the US, examined from a range of disciplines (e.g., economics, health services research/health policy, public health, medicine, and ethics).]]>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1643?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1639Senior Research Scholar, Rafiq Dossani, discusses what is behind India's growth and his new book India Arriving on CNBC's Europe Tonight]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1639?http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1642South East Asia Forum Director, Donald Emmerson discusses what impact, if any, there will b e on US-North Korean relations and ASEAN-North Korean relations once Pyongyang signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation at next week's Southeast Asian regional security meeting in Singapore.]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1642?