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West Coast International Relations of Asia Conference
This workshop aims to foster discussion among international relations specialists working on Asia at West Coast universities.
When:
February 5, 2010 12:00am to February 6, 2010 12:00am
Space at the workshop is limited to faculty and graduate students. RSVPs are required. Please contact Timothy Lee of the USC Korean Studies Institute if you are interested in attending (lee123@usc.edu).
Sponsored by the USC Korean Studies Institute, U.S.- China Institute, and Center for International Studies
FRIDAY, Feburary 5
Session I: 2-3:15
1. Josh Eisenman, “The Comparative Advantage of Liberalism: How Institutions and Free Speech Influence Chinese and Indian Trade with Africa”
2. Megumi Naoi, “Mobilizing Consumer Support for Agricultural Protectionism: A Legislator Survey Experiment in Japan”
Discussants: Vinnie Aggarwal, Robert Uriu
Session II: Friday 3:30-4:45
3. TaiMing Cheung, “Examining China`s Rise as a Military Technological Giant: The Relationship between security, technology, and national development”
4. Dan Lynch, “Realist Elite Chinese Thinking on the Future of China`s Rise”
Discussants: Alexei Shevchenko, Susan Shirk
5:00: Wine reception and dinner at the Ahn house for all participants
SATURDAY, February 6
Session III: 9:30-10:45
5. Saori Katada, “External pressure and domestic constraints: the logic of fragmented regionalism in East Asia”
6. Phillip Y. Lipscy, “Distributive Conflict in the IMF: Motivations and Consequences for Japan”
Discussants: Miles Kahler, Steph Haggard
Session IV: 11:00-12:15
7. Leif-Eric Easley, “National Identity and Strategic Trust in China-Japan Relations”
8. Saadia Pekkanen, “Sources of Asian Legalization”
Discussants: Pat Morgan, Etel Solingen
12:15-1:30: Lunch at Davidson conference center
Session V: 1:30-2:45
9. Celeste Arrington, “Acquiring Access: State Responsiveness to the Japanese and South Korean Victims of the North Korean Abductions”
10. Jacques Hymans, “The Effects of Institutional Change on Japanese Nuclear Policies"
Discussants: Megumi Naoi, TJ Pempel
Session VI: 3:00-4:00
Roundtable on the future of scholarship on East Asian IR
Deborah Larson, Steph Haggard, Pat Morgan, Saadia Pekkanen (and all other participants!)
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