This past year, we convened a number of key dialogues. Our China representative, Dr. Jonathan Stromseth, discussed the country's ground-breaking open government regulations in a conversation moderated by Dr. David Michael Lampton, Director of China Studies at Johns Hopkins, School of Advanced International Studies, on "Assessing Governance Trends in China: Law, Transparency, and Reform." Congressman Howard Berman spoke about U.S. foreign policy to Asia, attended by members of the Asia diplomatic community. Country representative Dr. Kim N. B. Ninh was featured on a panel with Dr. Pham Duy Nghia, head of the Business Law Department at Hanoi National University, and Dr. Vu Thanh Tu Anh, director of research for the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program in Ho Chi Minh City for a panel discussion on challenges facing Vietnam, called "Global Integration, Global Crisis: Challenges and Prospects for Vietnam's Development." As a breaking update on political developments in Thailand, Dr. Jim Klein provided firsthand analysis of events following Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's December 2008 appointment in a discussion titled, "Challenges to Political Development: What's Next for Thailand."
Center for U.S.-Korea Policy
A project of The Asia Foundation, the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy aims to deepen and broaden the foundations for institutionalized cooperation between the United States and South Korea by promoting bilateral policy coordination. The Center is based in the Foundation's Washington DC office. Read more about the Center.