Bio
Andrew Nathan is Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and director of graduate studies in the political science department. Nathan's books include China’s New Rulers: The Secret Files, The Tiananmen Papers, and Chinese Democracy.
Featured Work
AUG 15, 2018 • Podcast
Banned in China, with Andrew J. Nathan
What's the "anaconda in the chandelier" in China that looms over foreign scholars, journalists, and Chinese citizens expressing their opinions? Find out in this podcast ...
FEB 19, 2013 • Podcast
Public Affairs: China's Search for Security
In this masterly and comprehensive talk, Andrew Nathan looks at the world from Beijing's viewpoint and sees a very challenging environment for China. He identifies ...
DEC 4, 2008 • Podcast
How East Asians View Democracy
Nathan and Chu report on surveys in five new democracies (Korea, Taiwan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Mongolia), one established one (Japan), and two nondemocracies (China ...
SEP 24, 2004 • Podcast
A response to Elsa Stamatopoulou's paper "Why Cultural Rights Now?" (9/23/04)
In this discussion of Elsa Stamatopoulou's paper "Why Cultural Rights Now?" Richard Wilson remarks that she takes a "mediated" or "modulated universalism" view on human ...
SEP 24, 2004 • Podcast
A response to Elsa Stamatopoulou's paper "Why Cultural Rights Now?" (9/23/04)
In this discussion of Elsa Stamatopoulou's paper "Why Cultural Rights Now?" Richard Wilson remarks that she takes a "mediated" or "modulated universalism" view on human ...
SEP 24, 2004 • Podcast
A response to Elsa Stamatopoulou's paper "Why Cultural Rights Now?" (9/23/04)
In this discussion of Elsa Stamatopoulou's paper "Why Cultural Rights Now?" Richard Wilson remarks that she takes a "mediated" or "modulated universalism" view on human ...
SEP 24, 2004 • Transcript
A response to Elsa Stamatopoulou's paper "Why Cultural Rights Now?" (9/23/04)
In this discussion of Elsa Stamatopoulou's paper "Why Cultural Rights Now?" Richard Wilson remarks that she takes a "mediated" or "modulated universalism" view on human ...
APR 19, 2001 • Article
Should States Apologize?
According to Chinese President Jiang Zemin, the United States owed China an official apology (baoqian) for sending out a spy plane that collided with a ...