The 60 Minutes for the EWC 60^th Anniversary Alumni Seminar Series is a special seminar series commemorating 60 years since the East-West Center’s establishment by the US Congress in 1960.

This series of one-hour virtual public webinars explored the future of the Indo-Pacific region in light of current events in US-Asia relations, featuring policy experts from around the world who have participated in East-West Center in Washington fellowships, internships, dialogues, and conference programs. 

“As the East-West Center marks its 60^th anniversary of continuous U.S.-Asia partnership through education, research, and exchange and during these uncertain times, bringing the perspectives of experts who have participated in our programs has never been more vital. Now more than ever we need to draw on the networks we have developed to share perspectives, deepen thought and dialogue, and seek solutions to policy challenges.”

Satu Limaye, Vice President of the East-West Center and Director of the EWC in Washington -

Past Seminars

• June 23: 70th Anniversary of the Korean War: Inter-Korean Relations at a Crossroads

Featuring Dr. Seong-ho Sheen of Seoul National University (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2010)

• June 29: When Does China's “Scaring the Monkeys” Strategy Work?

Featuring Dr. Ja Ian Chong of the National University of Singapore (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2012)

• July 10: Full Circle: Duterte's South China Sea Policy Four Years Later (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Jay L. Batongbacal of the University of the Philippines (EWCW Fulbright Fellow, 2014-2015)

• July 16: Cambodia-US Relations: Retrospect and Prospect (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Chheang Vannarith of the Asian Vision Institute (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2010)

• July 17: Comparing South Korea’s COVID-19 Tracking with Europe: Implications for ROK-EU Relations and Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

Featuring Dr. June Park of the National Research Foundation of Korea (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2015)

With discussant Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo of the Free University of Brussels-VUB and King's College London

• July 21: Institutionalizing the Indo Pacific: Whither Asian Security Challenges? (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Kai He of Griffith University, Australia (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2012)

• July 23: Getting the Balance Right: Southeast Asia in the Shadow of Sino-US Rivalry (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Joseph Chinyong Liow of Nanyang Technological University (EWCW Southeast Asia Visiting Fellow, 2005)

• July 29: Mongolia’s Response to Increasing U.S.-China-Russia Rivalry in Asia

Featuring Dr. Alicia Campi of The Mongolia Society (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2012)

With discussant H.E. Dr. Otgonbayar Yondon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the United States of America

• August 18 at 12 p.m. EDT: The National Security and Regional Implications of Japan’s Rapidly Aging Society

Featuring Dr. Andrew L. Oros of Washington College, Maryland (EWCW Northeast Asia Visiting Fellow, 2005 / Adjunct Fellow, 2014)

• August 20 at 10 a.m. EDT: The Promises and Pitfalls of American INF-Range Missile Deployments in Asia

Featuring Mr. Eric Gomez of the Cato Institute (EWCW Young Professional, 2012)

• August 24 at 9 a.m. EDT: Transforming the Philippine-U.S. Alliance into a Security Partnership?

​Featuring Dr. Renato Cruz de Castro of De La Salle University, Philippines (EWCW Fulbright Fellow, 2016)

With discussant H.E. Thomas C. Hubbard of McLarty Associates, former US Ambassador to the Philippines

• August 27 at 10 a.m. EDT: New Challenges for the China-Israel-US Triangle in 2020 (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Yoram Evron of the University of Haifa, Israel (EWCW American Jewish Committee Fellow, 2016)

• September 22 at 6 p.m. EDT: Building Strategic Leverage in the Indian Ocean Region (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Arzan Tarapore of Stanford University (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2016)

With discussant Ms. Nilanthi Samaranayake of the Center for Naval Analyses

• September 29 at 6 p.m. EDT: East Asia's Great Powers and the Future Regional Order: Four Scenarios (off-the-record)

Featuring Professor Evelyn Goh of The Australian National University (EWCW Southeast Asia Visiting Fellow, 2004)

• October 20 at 4 p.m. EDT: The Benefits of Strategic Trade Control Implementation for Southeast Asia (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Crystal D. Pryor of the Pacific Forum (EWCW Japan Studies Visiting Fellow, 2012)

• October 23 at 1 p.m. EDT: Japan's Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia Pacific

Featuring Dr. Saori N. Katada of the University of Southern California (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2015)

With discussant Dr. Ellen L. Frost of the East-West Center

Participation Information

Each seminar takes place on Zoom via its Webinar platform. Unless indicated as “off-the-record,” seminars will also be live streamed to YouTube and recordings will be made available after the seminar on Vimeo, YouTube, and SoundCloud. 

Upon registering for each seminar, our team will first approve your registration and you will then receive a confirmation email. If you do not, please check your Spam folder. If you still do not see the email within 24 hours or have other questions, please email Mrs. Sarah Wang at wangs@eastwestcenter.org. The confirmation email will provide you with a unique link to join the seminar. Do not share this with anyone else.

As an Attendee in a Zoom Webinar, your microphone will be muted and video turned off from the start of the presentation to cut down on noise interference and to maintain security. The Q&A session will occur at the end of the webinar presentation. You are more than welcome to type your questions into the Q&A box throughout the presentation or flag a specific point for the panelists in the Chat feature. We will address questions in the order that they are asked. NOTE: If you are planning to call in on a phone without smart capabilities, you will not be able to participate in the Q&A session. If you have a question, please email Mrs. Sarah Wang at wangs@eastwestcenter.org.

The 60 Minutes for the EWC 60^th Anniversary Alumni Seminar Series is a special seminar series commemorating 60 years since the East-West Center’s establishment by the US Congress in 1960.

This series of one-hour virtual public webinars explored the future of the Indo-Pacific region in light of current events in US-Asia relations, featuring policy experts from around the world who have participated in East-West Center in Washington fellowships, internships, dialogues, and conference programs. 

“As the East-West Center marks its 60^th anniversary of continuous U.S.-Asia partnership through education, research, and exchange and during these uncertain times, bringing the perspectives of experts who have participated in our programs has never been more vital. Now more than ever we need to draw on the networks we have developed to share perspectives, deepen thought and dialogue, and seek solutions to policy challenges.”

Satu Limaye, Vice President of the East-West Center and Director of the EWC in Washington -

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Past Seminars

• June 23: 70th Anniversary of the Korean War: Inter-Korean Relations at a Crossroads

Featuring Dr. Seong-ho Sheen of Seoul National University (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2010)

• June 29: When Does China's “Scaring the Monkeys” Strategy Work?

Featuring Dr. Ja Ian Chong of the National University of Singapore (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2012)

• July 10: Full Circle: Duterte's South China Sea Policy Four Years Later (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Jay L. Batongbacal of the University of the Philippines (EWCW Fulbright Fellow, 2014-2015)

• July 16: Cambodia-US Relations: Retrospect and Prospect (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Chheang Vannarith of the Asian Vision Institute (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2010)

• July 17: Comparing South Korea’s COVID-19 Tracking with Europe: Implications for ROK-EU Relations and Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

Featuring Dr. June Park of the National Research Foundation of Korea (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2015)

With discussant Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo of the Free University of Brussels-VUB and King's College London

• July 21: Institutionalizing the Indo Pacific: Whither Asian Security Challenges? (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Kai He of Griffith University, Australia (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2012)

• July 23: Getting the Balance Right: Southeast Asia in the Shadow of Sino-US Rivalry (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Joseph Chinyong Liow of Nanyang Technological University (EWCW Southeast Asia Visiting Fellow, 2005)

• July 29: Mongolia’s Response to Increasing U.S.-China-Russia Rivalry in Asia

Featuring Dr. Alicia Campi of The Mongolia Society (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2012)

With discussant H.E. Dr. Otgonbayar Yondon, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia to the United States of America

• August 18 at 12 p.m. EDT: The National Security and Regional Implications of Japan’s Rapidly Aging Society

Featuring Dr. Andrew L. Oros of Washington College, Maryland (EWCW Northeast Asia Visiting Fellow, 2005 / Adjunct Fellow, 2014)

• August 20 at 10 a.m. EDT: The Promises and Pitfalls of American INF-Range Missile Deployments in Asia

Featuring Mr. Eric Gomez of the Cato Institute (EWCW Young Professional, 2012)

• August 24 at 9 a.m. EDT: Transforming the Philippine-U.S. Alliance into a Security Partnership?

​Featuring Dr. Renato Cruz de Castro of De La Salle University, Philippines (EWCW Fulbright Fellow, 2016)

With discussant H.E. Thomas C. Hubbard of McLarty Associates, former US Ambassador to the Philippines

• August 27 at 10 a.m. EDT: New Challenges for the China-Israel-US Triangle in 2020 (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Yoram Evron of the University of Haifa, Israel (EWCW American Jewish Committee Fellow, 2016)

• September 22 at 6 p.m. EDT: Building Strategic Leverage in the Indian Ocean Region (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Arzan Tarapore of Stanford University (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2016)

With discussant Ms. Nilanthi Samaranayake of the Center for Naval Analyses

• September 29 at 6 p.m. EDT: East Asia's Great Powers and the Future Regional Order: Four Scenarios (off-the-record)

Featuring Professor Evelyn Goh of The Australian National University (EWCW Southeast Asia Visiting Fellow, 2004)

• October 20 at 4 p.m. EDT: The Benefits of Strategic Trade Control Implementation for Southeast Asia (off-the-record)

Featuring Dr. Crystal D. Pryor of the Pacific Forum (EWCW Japan Studies Visiting Fellow, 2012)

• October 23 at 1 p.m. EDT: Japan's Geoeconomic Strategy in the Asia Pacific

Featuring Dr. Saori N. Katada of the University of Southern California (EWCW Asia Studies Visiting Fellow, 2015)

With discussant Dr. Ellen L. Frost of the East-West Center

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Participation Information

Each seminar takes place on Zoom via its Webinar platform. Unless indicated as “off-the-record,” seminars will also be live streamed to YouTube and recordings will be made available after the seminar on Vimeo, YouTube, and SoundCloud. 

Upon registering for each seminar, our team will first approve your registration and you will then receive a confirmation email. If you do not, please check your Spam folder. If you still do not see the email within 24 hours or have other questions, please email Mrs. Sarah Wang at wangs@eastwestcenter.org. The confirmation email will provide you with a unique link to join the seminar. Do not share this with anyone else.

As an Attendee in a Zoom Webinar, your microphone will be muted and video turned off from the start of the presentation to cut down on noise interference and to maintain security. The Q&A session will occur at the end of the webinar presentation. You are more than welcome to type your questions into the Q&A box throughout the presentation or flag a specific point for the panelists in the Chat feature. We will address questions in the order that they are asked. NOTE: If you are planning to call in on a phone without smart capabilities, you will not be able to participate in the Q&A session. If you have a question, please email Mrs. Sarah Wang at wangs@eastwestcenter.org.