East Asia Young Scholars Association

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Fredrick Foo Chien, is a Taiwanese diplomat and politician who served as the President of the Republic of China Control Yuan from 1999 to 2005. After graduating from Yale University, he assumed a series of governmental positions include Director-General of the Government Information Office from 1972 to 1975, Republic of China Representative to the United States from 1982 to 1988, Chairman of the Council for Economic Planning and Development from 1988 to 1990, and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1996. He was also the Speaker of the National Assembly between 1996 and 1999. [Event Details]

An unexpected result in recent years of globalization has been the advancement of regionalization. Set against the backdrop of increasing economic interdependence in Asia, “Regionalization” is also prospected in internationalization of higher education in the region. This presentation attempts to survey the progress of regionalization in higher education in Asia, focusing on trends and responses of governments and international organizations, and tries to theoretically discuss them. [Event Details]

How do INGOs inuence the processes and outcomes of a civil society working group, and what implications does this inuence have on the understanding and practice of a global civil society agenda? I address this question by focusing on the case of a Protection of Civilians (PoC) agenda. Interpersonal communication between INGO focal persons in NGO working groups serve as an e ective tool in semi-informal advocacy platforms. As a form of ‘NGO diplomacy’, it provides INGOs with the opportunity toinject speci c issues into a collective agenda. I argue, however, that despite the small size of a working group, these dynamics can lead to actors accepting a broad, collective agenda instead of a concentrated discourse on PoC.The ndingsareprimarily based on qualitative interviews with UN advocacy or PoC focal persons for INGOs that jointly signed o on the 2021 Civil Society Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. [Event Details]

Explore the unfolding political crisis in South Korea with Dr. Jeong-In Yun, a research professor at the Korea University and expert in Korean constitutional law. [Event Details]