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Asia's Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century
An Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Seminar and Book Launch featuring:
Dr. Andrew Yeo
Associate Professor of Politics and Director of Asian Studies,
The Catholic University of America in Washington DC
Dr. Satu P. Limaye (Moderator)
Vice President, East-West Center &
Director, East-West Center in Washington
During the Cold War, the US built a series of alliances with Asian nations to erect a bulwark against the spread of communism and provide security to the region. Despite pressure to end bilateral alliances in the post-Cold War world, they persist to
this day, even as new multilateral institutions have sprung up around them. In this book launch event, Dr. Andrew Yeo discussed whether Asia’s evolving regional architecture, defined by a complex array of overlapping bilateral and multilateral institutions, enhances cooperation or exacerbates existing rivalries in the region. He addressed this question in light of the Trump administration's Asia strategy and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regional ambitions.
Click here to order copies of Dr. Yeo’s latest book, Asia’s Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century.
For more images, please visit the album for this event on the East-West Center's Flickr page.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Andrew Yeo is Associate Professor of Politics and Director of Asian Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington DC. In addition to his most recent book, Asia’s Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century, Dr. Yeo is the author of Activists, Alliances, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests (Cambridge University Press 2011) and co-editor, with Danielle Chubb, North Korean Human Rights: Activists and Networks (Cambridge University Press 2018). His research and teaching interests include international relations theory, East Asian regionalism, Asian security, overseas basing strategy, civil society, Korean politics, and North Korea. Dr. Yeo’s scholarly publications have appeared in International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, Journal of East Asian Studies, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific among others. He contributes to the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog, and has appeared or been quoted in a variety of media outlets including MSNBC, Channel News Asia, CBS radio, Voice of America, RTHK-Hong Kong, The New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He received his Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University, and B.A. in Psychology and International Studies magna cum laude, from Northwestern University.
Satu Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and Director of the East-West Center in Washington where he created and now directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and edits the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses) and Senior Fellow on Asia History and Policy at the Foreign Policy Institute at Paul H. Nitze School of International Studies (SAIS). He is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar. Dr. Limaye publishes and presents on a range of Indo-Pacific issues. Recent publications include: Raging Waters: China, India, Bangladesh and Brahmaputra River Politics (with Nilanthi Samaranayake and Joel Wuthnow); Why ASEAN is Here to Stay and What that Means for the US; The United States-Japan Alliance and Southeast Asia: Meeting Regional Demands; and Weighted West: The Indian Navy’s New Maritime Strategy, Capabilities, and Diplomacy.
Asia's Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century
An Indo-Pacific Foreign Policy and Defense Seminar and Book Launch featuring:
Dr. Andrew Yeo
Associate Professor of Politics and Director of Asian Studies,
The Catholic University of America in Washington DC
Dr. Satu P. Limaye (Moderator)
Vice President, East-West Center &
Director, East-West Center in Washington
During the Cold War, the US built a series of alliances with Asian nations to erect a bulwark against the spread of communism and provide security to the region. Despite pressure to end bilateral alliances in the post-Cold War world, they persist to
this day, even as new multilateral institutions have sprung up around them. In this book launch event, Dr. Andrew Yeo discussed whether Asia’s evolving regional architecture, defined by a complex array of overlapping bilateral and multilateral institutions, enhances cooperation or exacerbates existing rivalries in the region. He addressed this question in light of the Trump administration's Asia strategy and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s regional ambitions.
Click here to order copies of Dr. Yeo’s latest book, Asia’s Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century.
For more images, please visit the album for this event on the East-West Center's Flickr page.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Andrew Yeo is Associate Professor of Politics and Director of Asian Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington DC. In addition to his most recent book, Asia’s Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century, Dr. Yeo is the author of Activists, Alliances, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests (Cambridge University Press 2011) and co-editor, with Danielle Chubb, North Korean Human Rights: Activists and Networks (Cambridge University Press 2018). His research and teaching interests include international relations theory, East Asian regionalism, Asian security, overseas basing strategy, civil society, Korean politics, and North Korea. Dr. Yeo’s scholarly publications have appeared in International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, Journal of East Asian Studies, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific among others. He contributes to the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog, and has appeared or been quoted in a variety of media outlets including MSNBC, Channel News Asia, CBS radio, Voice of America, RTHK-Hong Kong, The New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. He received his Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University, and B.A. in Psychology and International Studies magna cum laude, from Northwestern University.
Satu Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and Director of the East-West Center in Washington where he created and now directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and edits the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses) and Senior Fellow on Asia History and Policy at the Foreign Policy Institute at Paul H. Nitze School of International Studies (SAIS). He is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar. Dr. Limaye publishes and presents on a range of Indo-Pacific issues. Recent publications include: Raging Waters: China, India, Bangladesh and Brahmaputra River Politics (with Nilanthi Samaranayake and Joel Wuthnow); Why ASEAN is Here to Stay and What that Means for the US; The United States-Japan Alliance and Southeast Asia: Meeting Regional Demands; and Weighted West: The Indian Navy’s New Maritime Strategy, Capabilities, and Diplomacy.
