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shawn mchale edward mccord Young-Key Kim-renaud Gregg Brazinsky
Sigur Center Director shawn mchale received a
Fulbright-Hays award for his research on Vietnam.
During 2006-2007, the Sigur Center received
many gifts and grants to support its work. The
George Washington University named it a center
for academic excellence and provided funding
to support scholarly research and travel, student
scholarships and research, and study abroad for both
graduate and undergraduate students. The Sigur
Center also received flas awards from the u.s.
department of education to underwrite graduate
study of Asian languages. Funding from the Korean
steel company Posco supported a major conference
on the impact of Korean NGOs. The henry
luce foundation supported a conference, co-hosted
with the Woodrow Wilson Center, on “Globalization,
Migration and the State: East Asia’s Evolving
Landscape of Labor.” The Memory and Reconciliation
in the Asian-Pacific Program, co-directed by mike
The siGur cenTer’s research and PolicY ProGrams
The china Policy Program (cPP), directed by
david shambaugh, co-hosted three international
conferences on China. With the German Council
on Foreign Relations and the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences, CPP convened a conference on
China and Europe. Fifteen of the papers presented
at the conference will be published in a book.
With funding from the German marshall fund,
CPP co-sponsored a dialogue on U.S.-Europe-
China with the Asia Centre at Elliott School
partner Sciences Po, Paris. CPP also sponsored
a delegation of Elliott School faculty members
martha finnemore, amb. Karl inderfurth, cynthia
mcclintock, amb. david shinn and david
shambaugh to Beijing for a dialogue with the Chinese
Foreign Ministry’s think tank. Elliott School
alumnus christopher fussner (BA’79) has been a
generous supporter of the China Policy Program.
mochizuki and daqing Yang, received support from
the Japan-u.s. friendship commission for a project
on “The Tokyo Trial: Legacy and Reassessment
at Sixty.” A grant from the Taipei economic and
cultural representative office funded a conference
on East Asian security and Taiwan, and a roundtable
on transnational collaboration and Taiwan’s challenges.
amb. James lilley (MA’69), former U.S. ambassador
to China and Korea and director of the American
Institute in Taiwan, addressed the conference.
siGur faculTY PromoTe dialoGue
on asia
The Sigur Center hosted more than 70 events during
the past academic year to promote understanding of
this rapidly changing region. The center introduced
two new lecture series—Transnational asia and
subnational asia—and a new india initiative.
The Taiwan education and research Program
(TerP) works with the Taiwan resource center
at GW’s Gelman Library to provide a comprehensive
and specialized collection of materials for advanced
study and research on Taiwan’s resources
for those seeking to understand Taiwan’s history,
politics, economy and international relations. In
2007, TERP Director edward mccord established
the Taiwan forum, which brings together visiting
scholars, academics, journalists, students and
members of the policy community for discussions
about Taiwan’s current affairs. The forum hosted
seven presentations by Taiwan experts as part of
a Taiwan Democracy and Security Seminar Series,
with support from the Taiwan foundation for
democracy. Topics included “The U.S.-Taiwan
Two-Step: Democracy and National interest” and
“U.S.-China Relations and Taiwan’s Role.”
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The u.s.-Japan legislative exchange Program,
led by henry nau, conducted two legislative
exchange programs last year, one between the
U.S. Congress and Japanese Diet and another
that included South Korean National Assembly
members. The exchange program brings high-level
leaders together to foster better understanding.
The Japan-united states friendship commission
has funded the program since 1989. The Korea
foundation in Seoul also provided additional
funding for the trilateral exchange program
in 2006-07. The participants cultivate strong
professional and social ties, enabling them to
debate controversial political issues. There are no
lectures or written presentations. Members lead
and sustain the conversations on their own.