Overview
Asia Dialogues advanced cross-cultural dialogue and offered critical insights on how to reimagine the international system.
FEB 10, 2017 • Podcast
The Secret War in Laos and the Role of the CIA
Josh Kurlantzick, author of a new book on the U.S. secret war in Laos from 1961-73, notes that the war was responsible for greatly ...
FEB 8, 2017 • Podcast
Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Reflects on the Democratic Transition
What were Myanmar's major challenges during its transition to democracy--and indeed to this day? What was the U.S. role in the transition? What is ...
FEB 8, 2017 • Podcast
Trump in Asia: Back to the Future?
In many ways, we're back to the future of reassuring every friend and ally--and adversary--that U.S. constancy is there, says Chris Nelson. In some ...
FEB 7, 2017 • Podcast
Sensible Advice for Trump's Asia Policy
"Hopefully, 'America First' really means peace through strength; it means putting our economy and our economic policy at the forefront of our strategy; it means ...
![Protest against now-impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Seoul, October 2016. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/tkazec/30021968224/">Teddy Cross</a><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/"> (CC)</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/SouthKoreaProtest.jpg?v=1719360664)
JAN 25, 2017 • Podcast
Instability on the Korean Peninsula and the Trump Administration
North Korea is one of the most serious security risks facing the new U.S. administration and South Korea has a political vacuum at the ...
![A military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/uwebrodrecht/22963490912">Uwe Brodrecht</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">(CC)</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/NorthKoreaMilitary_02.jpg?v=1719365641)
JAN 23, 2017 • Podcast
Will Trump be a "Madman" in Asia?
Are there advantages to Trump being seen as an unpredictable "madman" when dealing with Asia, as Nixon was once described in relation to Vietnam? Or ...
DEC 21, 2016 • Podcast
Indonesia's Growing Islamist Populism
November and December 2016 saw mass demonstrations in Jakarta, the largest protests in Indonesia's history. The demonstrators demanded that the city governor, an ethnic Chinese and ...
![Delegates with Professor Mari Miura at the Diet building in Tokyo](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/DietBuilding_2023-04-10-045806_jmlm.jpg?v=1719365056)
DEC 19, 2016 • Article
Articles Resulting from Carnegie Council Gender Research Delegation to Tokyo, November 2016
In November 2016, the Asia Dialogues program led a group of 12 Pacific Delegates from seven countries and a diverse set of professional backgrounds to Tokyo to ...
![Xi and Putin at the Moscow Victory Day Parade, May 2015. CREDIT: <a href="http://bit.ly/2gC1XiE">kremlin.ru</a>](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/import/studio/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/Xi_Putin.jpg?v=1719365642)
DEC 15, 2016 • Podcast
Risks to U.S.-China Relations Under Trump
Where are U.S.-China relations right now and where are they headed? "I don't think we should give up hope in some way forward. ...
![Delegates with Devin Stewart (far right) at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.](https://cdn.carnegiecouncil.org/media/cceia/_1000x650_crop_center-center_none_ns/PacificDelegatesGroup_2023-04-10-045835_rqum.jpg?v=1719363901)
NOV 22, 2016 • Article
Carnegie Council's 2016 Gender Research Delegation to Tokyo, Japan
Twelve delegates from seven countries and diverse professional backgrounds visited Tokyo to examine moral issues around gender equality in Japanese society. They participated in classroom ...