Panel #3 - Governance in Asia: Emerging Political Elites
Asia's Global Influence: How Is It Exercised? What Does It Mean?
Wen-hsin Yeh, University of California-Berkeley
Presentations:
Political Stability and Reform in China
Susan Shirk, University of California-San Diego
Japan's New Asianism: Threat or Opportunity?
Daniel Sneider, Stanford University
Discussant:
Peter Lorentzen, University of California-Berkeley
Panel #4 - Natural Resource Trends in Asia
Asia's Global Influence: How Is It Exercised? What Does It Mean?
Moderator:
Robert Hathaway, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Presentations:
Energy Resources and China's Economic Growth
David Roland-Holst, University of California-Berkeley
Energy Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Se Hyun Ahn, University of Seoul
Closing remarks and acknowledgements:
Robert Hathaway, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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President Fred Young
President Earl Danieley
Stephen Futrell, associate professor of music
Connie Book, associate provost
Jana Lynn Patterson, assistant vice president for student life
Michael Williams, director of campus center operations
Jim Donathan, associate director of academic advising
Bob Anderson (narrator), associate professor of political science
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