Past Tsai Lectures
September 25, 2024
Rethinking Multilateral Governance: Securing Our Future
Dr. Noeleen Heyzer
social scientist and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
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April 15, 2024
Redefining Three Moments of “Necessary Trouble” in the Philippines
A Three-part Lecture Series
Professor Ed Garcia
Filipino Peace Practitioner; Framer of the 1987 Philippine Constitution
Watch the videos: Day One, Day Two, and, Day Three.
March 8, 2023
Journey of an Exile Tibetan Leader: From Harvard to Dharamsala
Lobsang Sangay
Former Sikyong (President), Central Tibetan Administration; Senior Visiting Fellow, East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School
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May 20, 2022
The Future of the Philippines in a Post-Duterte Era
Maria Ressa
CEO of Rappler, Journalist, Author, Freedom Advocate, and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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November 7, 2019
The U.S. and Korea: Unfinished Story
The Honorable Kathleen Stephens
Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, 2008-2011; President and CEO, Korea Economics Institute of America (KEI)
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November 27, 2018
Reflections on My Time as Ambassador
The Honorable Caroline Kennedy
Attorney, Author/Editor; Former United States Ambassador to Japan (2013-2017); Former Vice Chairwoman, Fund for Public Schools
April 13, 2018
China's Worldview Under Xi Jinping
The Honorable Kevin Rudd
President, Asia Society Policy Institute; former Prime Minister of Australia (2007-2010, 2013) and former Foreign Minister (2010-2012)
October 12, 2017
ASEAN@50: Past Accomplishments and Future Opportunities
Dr. Surin Pitsuwan
Former Secretary-General, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations); Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
March 8, 2017
Works and Humanitarian Activities
Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban Architects, Tokyo, Japan; 2014 Winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
March 4, 2015
Pakistan: From Crisis to Crisis
Asma Jahangir
Advocate, Supreme Court of Pakistan; Partner, AGHS Law Associates; former President, Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan; former Chairperson, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
October 16, 2014
Network Asia: Globalization and Regional Studies
Professor Prasenjit Duara
Raffles Professor of Humanities and Director, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
May 3, 2013
The World Bank Group in Asia
Dr. Jim Yong Kim
President, The World Bank Group; former President, Dartmouth College
March 7, 2012
Changing Tides: Re-Emergence of China and India on the Global Stage
George Yeo
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore; Vice-Chairman, Kerry Group, Hong Kong; Visiting Scholar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
November 7, 2011
India's Growth Prospects: The Challenge of Realizing Potential
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India; Previously first Director, Independent Evaluation Office, International Monetary Fund
April 23, 2010
Between Conflict Prevention and Building Peace: Evaluating International Responses
Dr. Sadako Ogata
President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
April 21, 2009
Sea of Poppies: The Literary and Archival Lineages of a Historical Novel
Amitav Ghosh
Author of Sea of Poppies, The Hungry Tide, The Glass Palace, The Shadow Lines, and In An Antique Land, among others
May 1, 2008
Asian Priorities for a New U.S. Administration
J. Stapleton Roy
Former Ambassador to Singapore, the People's Republic of China, and Indonesia, and Managing Director of Kissinger Associates, Inc.
October 24, 2006
Reflections on the Acehnese Peace Process
Dr. Hafid Abbas
Director for Research, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Republic of Indonesia, and Former Director General for Human Rights Protection, Republic of Indonesia
May 5, 2006
Tianxia & Empire: External Chinese Perspectives
Wang Gungwu
Director of the East Asian Institute and Faculty Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore; Chairman of the Boards of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore; Emeritus Professor, the Australian National University, Canberra