Inauguration of President Lai Ching-te: The Future Prospects of East Asia

Commentator
Yoshiyuki Ogasawara
Emeritus Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Host
Naoko Eto
Head of China Group, Institute of Geoeconomics


Visiting Senior Fellow
ETO Naoko is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Gakushuin University. Her main research interests include contemporary Chinese politics, Japan-China relations and East Asian affairs. Before taking up her current position, she was an associate senior research fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) and a research fellow at the Center for Area Studies, National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU). She was also a visiting research fellow at the School of International Studies, Peking University and the East Asian Institute, Singapore National University. She holds an MA in international policy studies from Stanford University and a PhD in political science from Keio University. [Concurrent Position] Professor, Department of Political Science, Gakushuin University
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