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Check out @profmarycollier.bsky.social's new book, part of @stanfordpress.bsky.social's joint monograph series with APARC > www.sup.org/books/sociol...
January 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Check out @profmarycollier.bsky.social's new book, part of @stanfordpress.bsky.social's joint monograph series with APARC > www.sup.org/books/sociol...
New APARC Briefing episode: Oriana Skylar Mastro of @fsi.stanford.edu @stanfordcisac.bsky.social breaks down the military and strategic implications of the U.S. operation in Venezuela for Taiwan, the Indo-Pacific, and U.S. allies in Asia and elsewhere. WATCH ⬇️
Does Venezuela Provide China a Roadmap for Taiwan?
In this APARC Briefing episode, Stanford University sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui, the Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific…
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January 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
New APARC Briefing episode: Oriana Skylar Mastro of @fsi.stanford.edu @stanfordcisac.bsky.social breaks down the military and strategic implications of the U.S. operation in Venezuela for Taiwan, the Indo-Pacific, and U.S. allies in Asia and elsewhere. WATCH ⬇️
Given China's focused, long-term military buildup, Stanford expert @larrydiamond.bsky.social fears the U.S. operation in Venezuela creates more risk for Taiwan's future than it deters China from taking the island by force.
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Watch the APARC Breifing: youtu.be/pVmdpmCHaUk
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Watch the APARC Breifing: youtu.be/pVmdpmCHaUk
U.S. Venezuela Operation Makes Taiwan Less Safe, says Larry Diamond
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January 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Given China's focused, long-term military buildup, Stanford expert @larrydiamond.bsky.social fears the U.S. operation in Venezuela creates more risk for Taiwan's future than it deters China from taking the island by force.
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Watch the APARC Breifing: youtu.be/pVmdpmCHaUk
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Watch the APARC Breifing: youtu.be/pVmdpmCHaUk
🗓️ Jan 20 @ 4:45 PM PT | Join @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social's @jessicacweiss.bsky.social as she examines the evolving and contested landscape of what “China” wants, sharing policy implications for the US, prospects for peaceful coexistence, and the future of international order. buff.ly/RrOEToH
A World Safe for Autocracy: What China Wants and the Domestic Politics that
A World Safe for Autocracy: What China Wants and the Domestic Politics that Drive It
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January 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
🗓️ Jan 20 @ 4:45 PM PT | Join @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social's @jessicacweiss.bsky.social as she examines the evolving and contested landscape of what “China” wants, sharing policy implications for the US, prospects for peaceful coexistence, and the future of international order. buff.ly/RrOEToH
📹 New APARC Briefing episode | @larrydiamond.bsky.social of @fsi.stanford.edu & @hooverinstitution.bsky.social joins APARC's Kiyoteru Tsutsui to unpack the implications of the U.S. actions in Latin America for Taiwan, U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific, and global order and security. buff.ly/7mGj7jE
Larry Diamond on What the U.S. Raid in Venezuela Means for Taiwan and Asia
In this APARC Briefing episode, Stanford University sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui, the Henri H. and Tomoye Takahashi Professor and Senior Fellow in Japanese Studies at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific…
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January 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
📹 New APARC Briefing episode | @larrydiamond.bsky.social of @fsi.stanford.edu & @hooverinstitution.bsky.social joins APARC's Kiyoteru Tsutsui to unpack the implications of the U.S. actions in Latin America for Taiwan, U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific, and global order and security. buff.ly/7mGj7jE
🗓️ You're invited: Jan 26 @ 4 PM | Straight Talk with @rahmemanuel.bsky.social: A fireside chat with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social
Join us for a fast-paced, wide-ranging dialogue on U.S. relations with Japan and other allies, and, more broadly, leadership at home and abroad.
Join us for a fast-paced, wide-ranging dialogue on U.S. relations with Japan and other allies, and, more broadly, leadership at home and abroad.
Straight Talk with Rahm Emanuel: A fireside chat with Michael McFaul
Stanford University
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January 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
🗓️ You're invited: Jan 26 @ 4 PM | Straight Talk with @rahmemanuel.bsky.social: A fireside chat with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social
Join us for a fast-paced, wide-ranging dialogue on U.S. relations with Japan and other allies, and, more broadly, leadership at home and abroad.
Join us for a fast-paced, wide-ranging dialogue on U.S. relations with Japan and other allies, and, more broadly, leadership at home and abroad.
🗞️ Political Sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui: From Baseball Enthusiast to Stanford Professor
In a special feature, Japanese news publisher Nikkei spotlights the life and career of Stanford sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui, director of APARC and our Japan Program. Check it out ⤵️ buff.ly/VrXBfEx
In a special feature, Japanese news publisher Nikkei spotlights the life and career of Stanford sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui, director of APARC and our Japan Program. Check it out ⤵️ buff.ly/VrXBfEx
Political Sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui: From Baseball Enthusiast to
In a special feature story, Japanese news publisher Nikkei spotlights the life and career of Stanford sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:44 AM
🗞️ Political Sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui: From Baseball Enthusiast to Stanford Professor
In a special feature, Japanese news publisher Nikkei spotlights the life and career of Stanford sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui, director of APARC and our Japan Program. Check it out ⤵️ buff.ly/VrXBfEx
In a special feature, Japanese news publisher Nikkei spotlights the life and career of Stanford sociologist Kiyoteru Tsutsui, director of APARC and our Japan Program. Check it out ⤵️ buff.ly/VrXBfEx
NEW BOOK | Congratulations to @profmarycollier.bsky.social, our former postdoctoral fellow, on the publication of her @stanfordpress.bsky.social monograph, 'Reimagining Aid: Foreign Donors, Women’s Health, and New Paths for Development in Cambodia' 👏
Learn more and get your copy > buff.ly/F7EeHwO
Learn more and get your copy > buff.ly/F7EeHwO
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
NEW BOOK | Congratulations to @profmarycollier.bsky.social, our former postdoctoral fellow, on the publication of her @stanfordpress.bsky.social monograph, 'Reimagining Aid: Foreign Donors, Women’s Health, and New Paths for Development in Cambodia' 👏
Learn more and get your copy > buff.ly/F7EeHwO
Learn more and get your copy > buff.ly/F7EeHwO
Jan 7 @ noon | Join APARC Visiting Scholar Gavin Shatkin as he traces Southeast Asia's present-day urbanization struggles to legacies of the Cold War, moving beyond the 1980s "globalization" narrative to find the roots of development politics in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Reckoning the Urban: Cold War Legacies and Contemporary Urban Politics in
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January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Jan 7 @ noon | Join APARC Visiting Scholar Gavin Shatkin as he traces Southeast Asia's present-day urbanization struggles to legacies of the Cold War, moving beyond the 1980s "globalization" narrative to find the roots of development politics in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
📊 Think of talent development like an investment portfolio — diverse, dynamic, strategic.
📘 In THE FOUR TALENT GIANTS (@stanfordpress.bsky.social), Gi-Wook Shin shows how Japan, China, India, and Australia used this mindset to gain power and what others can learn from it. bit.ly/4TalentGiants
📘 In THE FOUR TALENT GIANTS (@stanfordpress.bsky.social), Gi-Wook Shin shows how Japan, China, India, and Australia used this mindset to gain power and what others can learn from it. bit.ly/4TalentGiants
Sociologist Gi-Wook Shin Illuminates How Strategic Human Resource
In his new book, The Four Talent Giants, Shin offers a new framework for understanding the rise of economic powerhouses by examining the distinct human capital development strategies used by Japan,…
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January 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
📊 Think of talent development like an investment portfolio — diverse, dynamic, strategic.
📘 In THE FOUR TALENT GIANTS (@stanfordpress.bsky.social), Gi-Wook Shin shows how Japan, China, India, and Australia used this mindset to gain power and what others can learn from it. bit.ly/4TalentGiants
📘 In THE FOUR TALENT GIANTS (@stanfordpress.bsky.social), Gi-Wook Shin shows how Japan, China, India, and Australia used this mindset to gain power and what others can learn from it. bit.ly/4TalentGiants
On behalf of the entire APARC team, we extend our warmest New Year wishes to you and your loved ones. We look forward to a bright and intellectually curious 2026. 🌟
December 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
On behalf of the entire APARC team, we extend our warmest New Year wishes to you and your loved ones. We look forward to a bright and intellectually curious 2026. 🌟
🌏 As we look forward to 2026, look back at our annual report highlighting a year of shifting trade tensions, political balancing acts, societal polarization, and technological disruption across Asia, along with our community’s collective impact. View online or download your copy ⬇️ buff.ly/0Ovinaq
Shorenstein APARC 2024-25 annual report
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December 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🌏 As we look forward to 2026, look back at our annual report highlighting a year of shifting trade tensions, political balancing acts, societal polarization, and technological disruption across Asia, along with our community’s collective impact. View online or download your copy ⬇️ buff.ly/0Ovinaq
📣 We are accepting nominations for our 2026 Shorenstein Journalism Award & $10K prize! The award will honor in this cycle a recipient for outstanding contributions to Western news media analyzing the Asia-Pacific region. Submissions are due by February 15.
2026 Shorenstein Journalism Award Open for Nominations
Sponsored by Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, the annual award recognizes outstanding journalists and news media outlets for excellence in covering the Asia-Pacific…
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December 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
📣 We are accepting nominations for our 2026 Shorenstein Journalism Award & $10K prize! The award will honor in this cycle a recipient for outstanding contributions to Western news media analyzing the Asia-Pacific region. Submissions are due by February 15.
This year, APARC's Taiwan Program was delighted to co-host the North American #TaiwanStudies Association conference, where scholars and students applied the “otherwise” framework to reconsider issues ranging from democratic resilience in the age of AI to alternative futures in Asia. buff.ly/ZNhCDb0
Taiwan Studies Students and Scholars Gather at Stanford to Advance New
The North American Taiwan Studies Association’s 2025 conference invited participants to embrace the “otherwise,” elevating overlooked aspects of Taiwan and reimagining the field of Taiwan studies to…
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December 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This year, APARC's Taiwan Program was delighted to co-host the North American #TaiwanStudies Association conference, where scholars and students applied the “otherwise” framework to reconsider issues ranging from democratic resilience in the age of AI to alternative futures in Asia. buff.ly/ZNhCDb0
WATCH | 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award: @netranews.bsky.social's Tasneem Khalil on Defending Democracy in Bangladesh.
This year, APARC honored Netra News for championing accountability journalism at its purest: reporting that confronts power and demands justice.
This year, APARC honored Netra News for championing accountability journalism at its purest: reporting that confronts power and demands justice.
2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award: Netra News' Tasneem Khalil on Defending Democracy in Bangladesh
To Comfort the Afflicted: Defending Democracy in Bangladesh – The 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award Honors Netra News and its Founding Editor-in-Chief Tasneem Khalil.
As the maxim goes, public…
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December 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
WATCH | 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award: @netranews.bsky.social's Tasneem Khalil on Defending Democracy in Bangladesh.
This year, APARC honored Netra News for championing accountability journalism at its purest: reporting that confronts power and demands justice.
This year, APARC honored Netra News for championing accountability journalism at its purest: reporting that confronts power and demands justice.
From all of us here at APARC, thank you for being part of our community. Wishing you a warm, joyful, and festive holiday season! 🎁
December 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
From all of us here at APARC, thank you for being part of our community. Wishing you a warm, joyful, and festive holiday season! 🎁
📚❄️ ☕ Looking for a winter break read? Explore APARC books on topical issues in Asian affairs and U.S.-Asia relations, featuring policy-relevant research and analysis by our scholars. Get our publications via @stanfordpress.bsky.social buff.ly/6jW4i3N
Books by Shorenstein APARC
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December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
📚❄️ ☕ Looking for a winter break read? Explore APARC books on topical issues in Asian affairs and U.S.-Asia relations, featuring policy-relevant research and analysis by our scholars. Get our publications via @stanfordpress.bsky.social buff.ly/6jW4i3N
South Korea’s health spending is paying off, but a new study, co-authored by @stanford.edu health economist Karen Eggleston, unveils a problem: the lowest-income adults receive the least relative health gains. The lesson? Universal health care isn’t enough — equity must be built in.
Spending More, Gaining Less: Lowest-Income Koreans Derive the Least Value
Despite rising health care spending, adults in South Korea’s lowest-income quintile experience the smallest relative improvement in life expectancy and well-being, according to a new study. The…
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December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
South Korea’s health spending is paying off, but a new study, co-authored by @stanford.edu health economist Karen Eggleston, unveils a problem: the lowest-income adults receive the least relative health gains. The lesson? Universal health care isn’t enough — equity must be built in.
☃️ Looking for some winter break reads? 👀
Catch up on expert insights into diverse issues across the Asia-Pacific working & policy papers by APARC's visiting scholars and guests. Explore topics ranging from future pandemic preparedness to Japan's innovation policy & more.
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Catch up on expert insights into diverse issues across the Asia-Pacific working & policy papers by APARC's visiting scholars and guests. Explore topics ranging from future pandemic preparedness to Japan's innovation policy & more.
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Shorenstein APARC Policy and Working Papers
Stanford University
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December 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
☃️ Looking for some winter break reads? 👀
Catch up on expert insights into diverse issues across the Asia-Pacific working & policy papers by APARC's visiting scholars and guests. Explore topics ranging from future pandemic preparedness to Japan's innovation policy & more.
buff.ly/yI1m6dd
Catch up on expert insights into diverse issues across the Asia-Pacific working & policy papers by APARC's visiting scholars and guests. Explore topics ranging from future pandemic preparedness to Japan's innovation policy & more.
buff.ly/yI1m6dd
🌏 Last month, we held the 4th annual Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue in Manila to discuss UN SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The event’s themes moved beyond disaster recovery and fixes, focusing on building urban resilience so cities can thrive amid complex crises.
Envisioning Cities as Sites and Actors for Sustainable Development: Lessons
Held in Manila, Philippines, the fourth annual Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue generated cross-sectoral insights on complex issues faced by cities and human settlements across the region, from…
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December 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
🌏 Last month, we held the 4th annual Trans-Pacific Sustainability Dialogue in Manila to discuss UN SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The event’s themes moved beyond disaster recovery and fixes, focusing on building urban resilience so cities can thrive amid complex crises.
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Jan. 20 | 12pm Pacific
CASBS fellow Wen-Chin Wu speaking @aparc.stanford.edu on Taiwanese public opinion and national security. Is the public willing to defend Taiwan if a cross-Strait war breaks out?
Details & registration:
aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/events/invis...
CASBS fellow Wen-Chin Wu speaking @aparc.stanford.edu on Taiwanese public opinion and national security. Is the public willing to defend Taiwan if a cross-Strait war breaks out?
Details & registration:
aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/events/invis...
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Jan. 20 | 12pm Pacific
CASBS fellow Wen-Chin Wu speaking @aparc.stanford.edu on Taiwanese public opinion and national security. Is the public willing to defend Taiwan if a cross-Strait war breaks out?
Details & registration:
aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/events/invis...
CASBS fellow Wen-Chin Wu speaking @aparc.stanford.edu on Taiwanese public opinion and national security. Is the public willing to defend Taiwan if a cross-Strait war breaks out?
Details & registration:
aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/events/invis...
🗓️ January 7 @ 12 p.m. PT | Join @northeasternu.bsky.social Gavin Shatkin for a deep dive into Southeast Asia’s urban politics. Discover how Cold War-era authoritarian regimes shaped today's urban planning, economic inequality, and social movements. Reserve your spot today ⤵️
Reckoning the Urban: Cold War Legacies and Contemporary Urban Politics in
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December 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🗓️ January 7 @ 12 p.m. PT | Join @northeasternu.bsky.social Gavin Shatkin for a deep dive into Southeast Asia’s urban politics. Discover how Cold War-era authoritarian regimes shaped today's urban planning, economic inequality, and social movements. Reserve your spot today ⤵️
🔖 NEW APARC POLICY PAPER | "From Crisis to Confidence: Building a Pandemic-Ready Asia-Pacific."
The authors outline an actionable path for making the Asia-Pacific region pandemic-ready by embedding preparedness into fiscal and development planning.
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The authors outline an actionable path for making the Asia-Pacific region pandemic-ready by embedding preparedness into fiscal and development planning.
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From Crisis to Confidence
Building a Pandemic-Ready Asia-Pacific
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December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🔖 NEW APARC POLICY PAPER | "From Crisis to Confidence: Building a Pandemic-Ready Asia-Pacific."
The authors outline an actionable path for making the Asia-Pacific region pandemic-ready by embedding preparedness into fiscal and development planning.
🗞️ stanford.io/4ptz3UX
The authors outline an actionable path for making the Asia-Pacific region pandemic-ready by embedding preparedness into fiscal and development planning.
🗞️ stanford.io/4ptz3UX
Although South Korea withstood the political storms following President Yoon's attempt at martial law, the events of the past year have “illustrated a fragile democracy divided against itself." What can be done? Read @thediplomat.com piece by APARC's Gi-Wook Shin and Kerstin Norris
South Korea’s Fractured Democracy: One Year After Martial Law
The country’s political polarization has metastasized. What can be done?
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December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Although South Korea withstood the political storms following President Yoon's attempt at martial law, the events of the past year have “illustrated a fragile democracy divided against itself." What can be done? Read @thediplomat.com piece by APARC's Gi-Wook Shin and Kerstin Norris
The brief martial law bid by South Korea's ousted President Yoon deeply altered Korean politics and society. APARC's Gi-Wook Shin emphasizes the urgency of reforms to address institutional weakness, or else "polarization will remain a defining threat to Korea’s democratic stability."
Martial law’s animosity has outlived decree — and now defines political identity
The martial law declaration by ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 3 lasted only six hours, but a year later, the animosity it unleashed lives on. Those six
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December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The brief martial law bid by South Korea's ousted President Yoon deeply altered Korean politics and society. APARC's Gi-Wook Shin emphasizes the urgency of reforms to address institutional weakness, or else "polarization will remain a defining threat to Korea’s democratic stability."