Asia Lectures - BYU Kennedy Center

The Developing North Korean Crisis: A Failing Nuclear State

Bruce W. Bennett, research leader, International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation

The Global Economic Crisis: Implications for U.S. Leadership in Asia

Robert D. Griffiths, deputy minister counselor for political affairs, U.S. Embassy, Beijing, China

Russian Foreign Policy

His Excellency Vitaly Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the UN

Please Don't Turn Out the Lights: Eurasian Energy and National Security

Roger D. Kangas, professor of Asian studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

Between the Lines: Asian American Women's Poetry

Yunah Hong, documentary filmmaker

Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

Mike Chinoy, Edgerton Fellow on Korean Security at the pacific Council on International Policy in Los Angeles

The Relationship Matters as Much as the Money: Sustainability for Schools in Cambodia

Kari Grady Grossman, writer/photographer

Vietnam–U.S. Relations

His Excellency Le Cong Phung, Vietnamese ambassador to the U.S.

The Korean Economy and Lee Myung-bak's Mandate for Change, Part 1

James H. Alvis, director of public affairs, Korea Economic Institute

The Korean Economy and Lee Myung-bak's Mandate for Change, Part 2

Abraham Kim, analyst, Eurasia Group

ROK Alliance, Where to from Here?

L. Gordon Flake, executive director, Mike and Maureen Mansfield Foundation

The New Bulldozer Presidency of Lee Myung-Bak

Mark Peterson, professor of Korean, BYU

The 3 Nephites, the Bodhisattva, and the Mahdi: The 3 Nephites as a Paradigm Context of Comparative Religion

Jad Hatem, professor of philosophy, University of Saint Joseph, Lebanon

Godzilla and Postwar Japanese Culture

William M. Tsutsui, Department of History chair, executive director of the Confucius Institute, University of Kansas

Fifty Years on the Frontier in Asia

Malan Jackson, emeritus director of international studies, Utah Valley State College

Hindsight is 20/20: Planning the Future by Looking at the Past

Mark Austin, regional coordinator, Bureau for Global Health, USAID

China and India Rising: The End of American Economic Supremacy?

Brian Reynoldssecond secretary/vice consulU.S. EmbassyNew Delhi

Trafficking in Persons: A Modern-Day Form of Slavery

Rebecca E. Billings, G/TIP programs coordinator, Asia and Pacific Region, U.S. Department of State

Shared Values and Enduring Partnership: An Insight on Philippine–U.S. Bilateral Relations

His Excellency Willy C. Gaa, Filipino ambassador to the U.S.

Asia-Pacific Security

Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Representative to the U.S. Congress

Iraq and Vietnam: Lessons Learned and Mislearned

Robert Schulzinger, director, International Affairs Program, and College Professor of Distinction of History and International Affairs, Editor-in-Chief, Diplomatic History, University of Colorado

Korea–U.S. Relations

His Excellency Lee Tae-sik, Korean ambassador to the U.S.

Cultural Responses to Atrocity

Michael Murdock, History; Kent Schull, History; Ilona Klein, French & Italian; Steven Riep, Asian Studies; Alan Tansman, UC Berkeley; Aaron Skabelund, History

Jewish and Japanese Responses to Atrocity

Alan Tansman, chair, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California—Berkeley

The Information Revolution in India

Wajahat Habibullah, chief information commissioner, India

Japanese Foreign Policy

Yuzo Ota, Consul-General (Denver)

Sino–U.S. Relations

Wang Yunxiang, vice president, Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs

Thailand–U.S. Relations

His Excellency Virasakdi Futrakul, Thai ambassador to the U.S.

Remapping Taipei: How Poets and Filmmakers Rethink Postwar Nationalist Cultural Policy

Steven Riep, assistant professor of Chinese

Securing Japan in a Dangerous Neighborhood

Richard J. Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Center for International Studies director, MIT

Indonesia–U.S. Relations

Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, Indonesian ambassador to the U.S.

Patriotism in Another Land: Passage between Provo, India, and Ithaca

Enoch Lambert, BYU alumnus and MPA candidate, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs

Literacy, Gender, and Education: Crossing Borders and Respecting Boundaries

Tiffany Zenith Ivins, international program officer, World Education

The Moral Universe of Martial Arts Cinema

Steven L. Riep, Associate professor of Chinese

Economic Reunification of Korea

Kerk L. Phillips, Associate professor of economics

Will China's Rising Energy Needs Tame the Dragon and Harm Relations with the U.S.?

Christian M. Marchant, Foreign Service officer, Prague, Czech Republic

Doing Business in India Today: McDonalds® Experience Entering the Indian Market

Kishore C. Dash, Assistant professor, Department of Global Business, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management

Negotiating with North Korea Part 1

L. Gordon Flake, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

Negotiating with North Korea Part 2

Mark Peterson, Korean section head, Asian and Near Eastern Languages, BYU

Negotiating with North Korea Part 3

Scott Rembrandt, director of academic affairs and research, Korea Economic Institute

Q&A: Negotiating with North Korea

Panel Discussion

Case Study of the Future: The South Korean Economy and Growth Opportunities panelist

Lee Kyong-yul, economic counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Korea

Q&A: The South Korean Economy and Growth Opportunities

Lee Kyong-yul, economic counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Korea

Creating Wealth and Poverty in China

Deborah S. Davis, professor of sociology, Yale University

Please Use Your Liberty to Promote Ours: Burma's Human Rights Crisis

Ko Bo Kyi, former political prisoner in Burma and founder of the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners

Cultural Preference for Sons and Female Neglect in India

Ramaswami Mahalingam, assistant professor of psychology, University of Michigan

Azerbaijan–U.S. Relations

His Excellency Hafiz M. Pashayev, Azerbaijani Ambassador to the U.S.

What Does China Want?

Ross Terrill, associate in research, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University.

India—U.S. Relations

His Excellency Ronan Sen, Indian Ambassador to the United States.

China–U.S. Relations

His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.

Current Sino-Japanese Relations: Causes and Consequences

Zhang Qingmin, associate professor and associate chair, Department of Diplomacy, China Foreign Affairs College in Beijing.

Mongolia–U.S. Relations

His Excellency Ravdan Bold, Mongolian Ambassador to the U.S.

Changes in Aesthetic Styles and Genres in Chinese Cinema

Chen Xihe, professor and vice-dean, School of Film and Television, Shanghai University.

The Post-war History of the Japanese Yen: An International View

Hiroshi Ogai, political science professor, Keiwa College, Niigata, Japan.

Bare Branches: Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population

Valerie Hudson, professor of political science, BYU.

War in Korea?

Bruce K. Grant, instructor of Korean, BYU.

Taiwan Undone: A Perspective from the Barricades on the Taiwan Elections of 3/20

Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU.

Recent Trends in Vietnamese Education

Le Ngoc Tra, professor of literature, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, general director of the Institute for Educational Research, Vietnam.

India-U.S. Relations

His Excellency Lalit Mansingh, Indian Ambassador to the U.S.

Bare Branches: Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population

Valerie M. Hudson, professor of political science, BYU

American Perspectives on U.S.-China Relations

Eric A. Hyer, associate professor of political science, BYU

Modeling the Economic Impacts of Korean Reunification

Kerk L. Phillips, associate professor of economics, BYU

Philippines-U.S. Relations

His Excellency Albert F. del Rosario, Filipino Ambassador to the U.S.

Prospects for Change in Japan

Raymond V. Christensen, associate professor of political science, BYU

Translation, Culture, and Perception

J. Scott Miller, associate dean of undergraduate education-honors and professor of Japanese and comparative literature, BYU

Changes to the Indonesian Family

Mark Cammack, professor of law, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA

Technology Transfer and Business Opportunities in China

Leon H. Przybyla, associate director of technology transfer, BYU

Pakistan's Dilemma in the Current Conflict: A Military Perspective

Colonel Herbert L. Stoddard, retired U.S. Air Force

Current Issues in the Middle East and Central Asia

Ibrahim A. Karawan, associate professor of political science and associate director of the Middle East Center, University of Utah

China–U.S. Relations

Yang Jiechi, People's Republic of China Ambassador to U.S.