http://aparc.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from Shorenstein APARCen-usPublic domainhttp://aparc.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://aparc.stanford.edu/60http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1779The Asia Health Policy Program has launched a new working paper series on health and demographic change in Asia with a working paper on informal caregiving for the elderly in South Korea.]]>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1779http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1777On December 4, Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima was the last of four films to be screened at the Cubberley Auditorium as part of the Shorenstein APARC Divided Lenses: Film and War Memories in Asia series. Eastwood discussed the film following the screening.]]>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1777http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1771Demographic change and long-term care in Japan, chronic non-communicable disease in China, national health insurance in South Korea, TB control in North Korea, pharmaceutical policy in the region and global safety in drug supply chains -- these are some of the topics explored in a new Stanford course, "Health and Healthcare Systems in East Asia."]]>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1771http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1770Forbes magazine spoke with SPRIE co-director William Miller, one of seven "graybeard entrepreneurs" consulted for perspectives on the financial crisis.]]>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1770http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1757South Korea's new president, Lee Myung-bak, has taken a hardline approach in his dealings with North Korea, effectively signaling the end of former president Kim Dae Jung's once-vaunted "Sunshine Policy." Relations between the two nations have desintegrated in recent months. But North Korea experts suggest the the DPRK's growing belligerence toward the South actually follows a consistent pattern that may even help the United States in future negotiations.]]>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1757http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1761In an interview with National Public Radio, Shorenstein APARC Associate Director %people1% discussed the advantages and disadvantages of seeking a grand bargain with North Korea to end its nuclear weapons ambitions.]]>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1761http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1747David Straub, the acting director of Korean Studies Program, argues that Obama administration will finally give diplomacy a chance to deal with the North Korean nuclear problem. He stresses that Senator Obama understands the difficulties of dealing with North Korea and will proceed carefully. If North Korea does not respond to this more nuanced American approach, he concludes, the international community is likely to be more supportive of U.S. efforts to constrain North Korean behavior.]]>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1747http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1744"With the current affairs such as the financial crisis and the Iraq War," %people1%, the director of Shorenstein APARC, says "the new Obama administration may not have the North Korea issues on its priority list for a while. Lee Myung-bak administration, meanwhile, is urged to revisit the workable policies of the past as well as to initiate the pragmatic diplomacy towards the collaboration between South Korea and the U.S."]]>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1744http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1743Professor Phillip Lipscy discusses the current international financial crisis and provides insight for future reforms. "The IMF and World Bank should be reformed to better reflect the interests and concerns of rising economic powers. Voting shares need to be further redistributed to reflect underlying economic realities. Decisionmaking rules should be modified to give greater weight or agenda-setting authority to regional actors - the US may have a strong interest in loans to Mexico, but Japan may have a greater stake in Indonesia. Assignment of the top positions should be made truly competitive. Core functions should be decentralized - both institutions are headquartered in Washington, impeding employment of top talent from Asia and limiting intellectual exchange."]]>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1743http://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1742An international conference on "Divided Memories and Reconciliation: History Text Books and War" was held on September 29, at Northeast Asia History Foundation in Korea. The first part of Divided Memories Project, a three-year joint project of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and the Northeast Asia History Foundation, is to study and analyze how high school history text books in Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and US describe the violent history between the 1931 Manchurian Incident to the 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty, as the textbooks serve as the master narrative that composes the historical memory of a nation.]]>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/news/1742http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5532Open to Stanford faculty, students, staff, and visiting scholars (RSVP required)
Marcus Mietzner, Lecturer in Indonesian Studies, Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University]]>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:36:25 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5532http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5522Open to the public
Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, Harvard University]]>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:01:15 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5522http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5550Open to the public (RSVP required)
HYUG BAEG IM, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:26 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5550http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5551Open to the public (RSVP required)
Linda Yuen-Ching Lim, Professor of Strategy, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan]]>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:40:34 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5551http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5510Open to the public (RSVP required)
Charla Griffy-Brown, Associate Professor and Discipline Lead of Information Systems, Pepperdine University]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:18:50 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5510http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5465RSVP Required (RSVP required)
Birger Carl Forsberg, MD, Private Sector Program in Health Coordinator, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden]]>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:55:04 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5465http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5528Open to the public
Mary E. Gallagher, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:05:26 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5528http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5524Open to the public
Bruce Dickson, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, The Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:07:46 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5524http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5533Open to the public (RSVP required)
Donald W. Keyser, Pantech Fellow, Shorenstein Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University]]>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:16:16 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5533http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5529Open to the public
Jean C. Oi; Scott Rozelle]]>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:06:22 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/events/5529http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22369Asia Health Policy Program working paper #2, 2008
This study investigates one mechanism for constraining healthcare spending: the role of the primary care physician as a gatekeeper (e.g., monitoring patients use of specialist physicians).]]>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:52:33 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22369http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22368Health Economics vol. 17, 2008
The "true" effect of ownership appears to depend on institutional context, including differences across regions, markets, and over time.]]>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:08:53 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22368http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22334Brown Journal of World Affairs vol. 15, Fall/Winter 2008
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This study provides evidence to inform elderly long-term care policy in South Korea.]]>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:55:32 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22332http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22319The Oriental Economist, November 2008
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This paper applies comparative and historical institutional analysis to explore why China's health system incentives evolved the way they did.]]>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:50:20 PSThttp://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22317http://aparc.stanford.edu/publications/22314Shorenstein APARC, distributed by the Brookings Institition Press, November 2008
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