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January 2017: Monthly newsletter with news, highlights and events from Shorenstein APARC
News
Karen Eggleston named deputy director of Shorenstein APARC Karen Eggleston, FSI senior fellow and director of the Asia Health Policy Program, has been appointed deputy director of the center, effective Jan. 9, 2017.
Colloquia put India into focus  A new Shorenstein APARC seminar series led by Kathleen Stephens, former chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy New Delhi, explores the country's growth and efforts to revitalize its foreign relations.
In Beijing, experts discuss institutional contexts of highly ranked universities Thirty scholars, university presidents and other thought leaders from 11 countries met in Beijing last November to examine the building blocks of "world-class" universities.
Video: The New U.S. President, Korea and East Asia Three experts - Thomas Byrne, Walter "Skip" Sharp and Kathleen Stephens - offered perspectives on the incoming U.S. president and approaches to North and South Korea, and East Asia.
Publications
Aid as Transnational Social Capital: Korea's Official Development Assistance in Higher Education by Gi-Wook Shin and Rennie J. Moon (Pacific Affairs) explores a new framework for higher education official development assistance (ODA) with a focus on the transnational bridging benefits of social capital.
A Silk Road for the 21st Century? A Good Idea, Blown out of Proportion by Thomas Fingar (Center for Strategic and International Studies) examines the geopolitical, economic and developmental considerations of Xi Jinping's call for China and Central Asia to build a modern day "Silk Road."
Upcoming Events
January 20
Information Session for Stanford Scholars: JSPS Fellowships for Research in Japan

January 23
U.S.-People's Republic of China-Taiwan Relations under the Trump Administration

January 24
Manufacturing in California: What Lies Ahead

January 26
Impeachment and After: What Does the Future Hold for Korea's Politics?

January 27
Are Refugees Making ASEAN Rethink Human Rights?

January 31
Universal Long-term Care Insurance Program: South Korea's Experience

February 1
A "Comprehensive and Cooperative Partnership"?: Assessing China's Role in Latin America
Annual Overview
Download our center overview "Challenges to Globalization" for a look back on our 2015-16 research and outreach activities.
Opportunities

Fellowships
Lee Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellowship on Contemporary Southeast Asia

Student opportunities
Global Policy Internships for Stanford undergraduate students
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