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Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World

The Sigur Center for Asian Studies and the Woodrow Wilson International Center will host Benjamin Young to launch his new book, Guns, Guerillas, and the Great Leader: North Korea and the Third World as the eighth edition of the Sigur Center's 2021 New Books in Asian Studies series. The webinar begins at 4:00 PM EDT.

2021-22 Walter Roberts Lecture

Amb. Osius will speak about U.S.- Vietnam relations; how a relationship fraught with tensions following a painful war that cost nearly 60,000 American and over two million Vietnamese lives, was able to reach reconciliation after a 20-year journey of daring diplomacy. Amb. Osius was U.S. ambassador to Vietnam during the Obama administration.

Israel's Impossible Coalition

Ofer Zalzberg explores the unprecedented alliance of Arab and Jewish religious conservatives with secular parties that ended Binyamin Netanyahu's 12 years in power. Zalzberg will trace the evolution of cooperation between the current government's diverse factions, its political potential and implications for Israeli society and Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy.

Introducing the Religious Freedom Data Spectrum

Join the Loeb Institute, 21Wilberforce, and Genocide Watch as we introduce the Religious Freedom Data Spectrum, a new initiative that collects, maps, and connects diverse religious freedom data. Demonstrating in one place the diversity of information undermines narratives that religious freedom is the concern of just a single religion or single ideology.

IMF World Economic Outlook: Recovery During a Pandemic - Health Concerns, Supply Disruptions, and Price Pressures"

The global economic recovery is continuing, even as the pandemic resurges. The fault lines opened up by COVID-19 are looking more persistent—near-term divergences are expected to leave lasting imprints on medium-term performance. Vaccine access and early policy support are the principal drivers of the gaps. 

Spirits, Zombies, and Vampires Around the World

We will be discussing different and frightful perspectives on the afterlife in different religions and cultures around the world through the lens of popular fiction, film, and folklore. Please join us for analysis and free candy!

Are Pitcairn Island (UK), China and Taiwan really joining CPTPP?

Please join WITA and the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University as we discuss the potential for the UK and China to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

WITA Webinar Featuring:

Wendy Cutler, Vice President, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Acting Deputy United States Trade Representative

Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine with Rebecca Stein and Imani Cheers

In the last two decades, amid the global spread of smartphones, state killings of civilians have increasingly been captured on the cameras of both bystanders and police. Screen Shots studies this phenomenon from the vantage point of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.

New Books in Asian Studies: South Asian Migrations in Global History

In this upcoming edition of the 2021 New Books in Asian Studies series, the Sigur Center will host a discussion of South Asian Migrations in Global History: Labor, Law, and Wayward Lives, featuring insights from editor Neilesh Bose (University of Victoria) and contributors Daniel Kent Carrasco (UNAM-Mexico City) and Andrea Wright (College of William & Mary), and moderated by Sigur Center Director Be

Politics of Debt: Financial Inclusion in Turkey with Ali Riza Güngen and Shana Marshall

Ali Riza Güngen will discuss financial inclusion in Turkey and the political ramifications of growing household indebtedness. His book Politics of Debt: Financial Inclusion in Turkey traces back the process of policymaking and locates financial inclusion within a shift in the developmental outlook in the 21st century.

Palestine Is Throwing a Party and the Whole World Is Invited: Capital and State Building in the West Bank with Kareem Rabie and Nathan Brown

In 2008, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad invited international investors to the first-ever Palestine Investment Conference, which was designed to jump-start the process of integrating Palestine into the global economy.