2008

Dr. Dmitri Trenin
Deputy Director, Carnegie Moscow Center and Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment
"Russia in the XXI Century - Between East and West"
May 3, 2008

Ruslan Gulidov
Economic Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Far Eastern Branch, Khabarovsk
"Energy and Economic Development in the Russian Far East and Relations with Northeast Asian Countries"
April 17

Dr. Yury Kruchkin
Russian-Mongolian Publishing House “Agiimaa”, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
"Russia-Mongolia Relations: Past, Present, and Future"
April 22

Toru Fujita
Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo
"Japan-South Korea Relations from a Businessperson's Perspective"
March 5

Dr. Zhanna Zayonchkovskaya
Institute for Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
"Russian Migration Challenges and Policy Response: an Asian Dimension"
March 20

Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick
Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
"Energy and Environmental Issues in Sino-Japanese Relations"
March 25

Professor Stephen Snyder
Middlebury College
"Japanese Society through Translation"
January 24, 2008

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Fumihiko Yoshida
Editorial Writer, Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo
"Diplomatic and Security Policies of the Japanese Government"
November 20, 2007

Pavel Minakir
Director, Economic Research Institute,
Russian Academy of Sciences Far Eastern Branch, Khabarovsk
"Economic Developments in the Russsian Far East and Economic Relations with Northeast Asian Countries"
October 25, 2007

Dr. Robert A. Scalapino
Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, UC Berkeley
"Localism, Nationalism, and Internationalism in Northeast Asia"
September 18, 2007

Ambassador Sakutaro Tanino
Former Japanese Ambassador to India, Bhutan, and China
"China and India: How Japan Approaches Asia's Two Giants"
April 10, 2007
Co-sponsored with the Japanese Consulate General, San Francisco

Dr. Philip Saunders
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies
U.S. National Defense University
"China's Global Activism: Strategy, Drivers, and Tools"
April 6, 2007
Co-sponsored with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Professor Andreas Schloenhardt
Senior Lecturer, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
"Chinese Human Smuggling and Trafficking: Contemporary Patterns and Future Challenges"
December 7, 2006

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Masataka Suzuki
Former Member of Japanese Parliament and State Secretary for Defense
"The Recent East Asian Situation and the Deepening U.S.-Japan Alliance: The New Abe Administration and Future Agenda"
October 26, 2006
Co-sponsored with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Shoichi Itoh
Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia, Niigata, Japan
"Can Russia Become a Regional Power in Northeast Asia?"
April 25, 2006

Iwao Peter Sano
Former POW in Siberia, now resident in Palo Alto, California
"My 1000 Days in Siberia,"
April 20, 2006

Dr. Irina Ivakhniouk
Senior Researcher and Deputy Director, Population Department, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University
"Migration Flows between Russia and China: Challenges to National Policies and Security"
April 11, 2006

Professor Tamara Troyakova
Senior Researcher, Institute of History, Archaeology, and Ethnology of the Far Eastern Peoples, Russian Academy of Sciences Far Eastern Branch, Vladivostok, Russia
"The Russian Far East in Asia"
March 31, 2006
Co-sponsored with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Dr. Ramesh Thakur
Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations
"The Role of the United Nations University in International Research and Education"
March 28, 2006

Mr. Yukio Shohtoku
Corporate Advisor, Matsushita Electric, Japan
"China: As We See It At Panasonic"
February 13, 2006

Professor Yan Xuetong
Tsinghua University, Beijing 
"Northeast Asia: A Chinese Perspective"
January 31, 2006

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Dr. Andreas Schloenhardt
Lecturer, T C Beirne School, University of Queensland, Australia
"North Korean Refugees and International Refugee Law"

Mr. Yoshibumi Wakamiya
Chair, Editorial Board, Asahi Shimbun
"60 Years Since WWII: Japan's Complex Relations with China and Korea"

Professor Pan Guang
Director, Institute of Eurasian Studies, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and Director, Center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization Studies
"The Astana Summit and New Developments of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization"
August 11, 2005
Co-sponsored with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies

The Honorable Makoto Yamanaka
Consul General of Japan, San Francisco
"North Korea and Japan"
November 12, 2004

C. Kenneth Quinones
Director, Korean Peninsula Programs, International Action, Washington, D.C. 
"Nuclear Proliferation on the Korean Peninsula: Prospects for the Six Party Talks"
November 1, 2004
Co-sponsored with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies

Sharon Tennison
President, Center for Citizen Initiatives, San Francisco
"Corruption in Russian Business: What Can American NGOs Do about It?"
October 7, 2004

Dr. Zhanna Zaionchkovskaya
Director, Migration Laboratory,
Institute for Economic Forecasting, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
"Demographic and Migration Challenges in Russia" and
"Migration Issues in Russia's Relations with Central Asia"

Dr. Daojiong Zha
Associate Professor, Renmin University of China, Beijing
"Chinese Migrants in Japan"

Dr. Miranda Schreurs
Associate Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
"Environmental Policy Challenges and Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia"

Dr. Pavel Minakir
Director, Economic Research Institute,
Russian Academy of Sciences Far Eastern Branch, Khabarovsk
"Russia and Northeast Asian Economies"

The Honorable Shunji Yanai
Ambassador to the United States
"A New Prime Minister in a New Era"

The Honorable Hiroyasu Ando
Minister, Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.
"U.S.-Japan Security Relationship in the Context of the Northeast Asian Regional Situation"

The Honorable Nobuaki Tanaka
Consul General of Japan, San Francisco
"Japan's Policy toward Russia"

The Honorable Kiyo Nanao
Consul General of Japan, San Francisco
"US-Japan Relations Today"

David Gordon
Executive Director, Pacific Environment and Resources Center,
Sausalito, California
"Sakhalin and Kamchatka: Resource Development and the Environment"

Sergei Leonov
Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute,
Academy of Sciences, Khabarovsk, Russia
"What The Future Holds for the Russian Far East"

Yukio Matsuyama
Professor, Kyoritsu Women's University,
Tokyo and Honorary Chairman,
Editorial Committee, Asahi Shimbun
"Political Landscape in Japan"

Robin Sakoda
Associate, Armitage Associates, Arlington, Virginia and
Former Senior Director for Japan, Asian and Pacific Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense
"U.S.-Japan Security Alliance: Reaffirmation and Beyond"

Ricky Yanagiuchi
Former Vice President of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America
"Managing a Japanese Business in the United States"

The Honorable Tae-hyun Yoo
Consul General of the Republic of Korea, San Francisco
"South Korea at the Dawn of the New Millennium"

Alexei Zagorsky
Section Head, Center for Japanese and Pacific Studies,
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO),
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
"Russian Policy in Northeast Asia: Korea and Beyond"

The Honorable Hur Ri-hoon
Consul General of the Republic of Korea, San Francisco
"Korea: The Financial Crisis and the North-South Conflict"

Dr. Robert A. Scalapino
Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus,
University of California, Berkeley
"Northeast Asia at a Historical Turning Point"

The Honorable Hitoshi Tanaka
Consul General of Japan, San Francisco
"US-Japan Trade & Economic Relations" and
"US-Japan Security Relations"

The Honorable Shigeru Nakamura
Consul General of Japan, San Francisco
"The Korean Peninsula: Crossroads of World Politics"

Yukio Matsuyama
Honorary Chairman, Editorial Committee,
Asahi Shimbun and
Former Professor, Kyoritsu Women's University, Tokyo
"What Is Happening in Japanese Society and Politics?"

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