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This article examines how international students can play a strategic role in “rebalancing” national talent portfolios in countries with strong ethnonational identities facing demographic decline. In Japan and South Korea, “brain linkage” facilitated through international students’ transnational social capital offers a pathway to leverage foreign talent without requiring immediate, large-scale immigration reforms.
Oded Ailam examines Hamas, Iran, and shifting Middle East alliances in an Israel Insights webinar hosted by the Jan Koum Israel Studies Program.
SHP's Maria Polyakova and Victoria Udalova compare physician income in the United States, Canada, Sweden and the Netherlands. U.S. doctors earn significantly more than their foreign counterparts—but that's largely because Americans across the board earn more.
Economist Yuli Xu, APARC Asia Health Policy Postdoctoral Fellow, examines how patients in China value continuity with physicians in a healthcare system where switching doctors is relatively easy.
Associate Professor Hannah Chapman explores how the rise of crises affects authoritarian regimes’ ability to gather information from their citizens in the context of Russia.
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
At a seminar hosted by APARC's Taiwan Program, University of Minnesota scholar Honghong Tinn, a historian of information technology, discussed her recent book, which explores how Taiwanese technologists turned tinkering into world-class computer manufacturing.
CDDRL Visiting Scholar Oliver Kaplan explores how stigma shapes hiring decisions for ex-combatants in Colombia and identifies ways education, reconciliation efforts, and employer incentives can reduce discrimination.
Satellite imagery revealed signs that the Rapid Support Forces razed at least 41 rural agricultural communities
CDDRL Research-in-Brief [3.5-minute read]
In this STAT opinion piece, SHP's Marcella Alsan writes we can stop mental illness and addiction before they start—with proper funding.
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Economist Jun Akabane, APARC visiting scholar and professor at Chuo University, examines the validity of Japan's ongoing semiconductor industry revitalization strategy under the banner of economic security, presenting a comparative analysis of the different outcomes of two major projects: TSMC Kumamoto and Rapidus.
The "State of the World" event series brings together leading scholars from the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies to analyze the forces shaping global affairs—and what they mean for our future.
Exploring U.S. foreign policy and the path to studying how major international decisions are made with Professor James Goldgeier.
On the World Class podcast, Abbas Milani and Ori Rabinowitz join host Colin Kahl to discuss the events unfolding in Iran from an Iranian, Israeli, and American perspective.
Georgetown scholar Laia Balcells's research finds that museums commemorating past atrocities can shift political attitudes — but the extent of that shift depends on context.
As Nuclear Threats Resurge, Documentary Chronicles Multigenerational Human Toll of Atomic Bombings
The documentary Atomic Echoes captures the voices and untold stories of the last remaining American atomic veterans and Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, bearing witness to the enduring psychological and physical trauma of nuclear warfare.
Scholars convened by the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law’s Program on Arab Reform and Development identify six ways the conflict is testing the limits of Arab states' alliances, economic ambitions, and prospects for reform.
Scholars from FSI offer insights into the war between Iran and U.S.-Israel forces, and the risk of the conflict expanding beyond the Middle East.
At Stanford University, APARC’s Japan Program convened industry leaders, creators, and heritage-based family business successors to examine how Japan’s film, anime, music, and traditional crafts industries sustain global relevance and expand their international appeal through innovation, localization, and intergenerational continuity.
UCLA scholar reflects on history, legitimacy, and the prospects for two states at the Jan Koum Israel Studies Program’s annual Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture.
Adrienne LeBas explores whether social intermediaries with strong state capacity can help build tax revenue.
Dr. Okimoto served for decades as the Principal Investigator and speaker for multiple U.S.–Japan-focused projects for SPICE.