Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University

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 is a research center within the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies , a division of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., is one of the world's leading and most prestigious graduate schools devoted to the study of international affairs, economics, diplomacy, and policy research and...

 (SAIS). The center supports the research and study of transpacific and intra-Asian relations. The mission of the center is to advance mutual understanding between Northeast Asia and the United States.

History

RIJS established as the Japan Institute in 1984 in honor of The first Japanese-born and Japanese-speaking U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Edwin Reischauer.

From 1984 through 1990, Prof. Reischauer was the Honorary Chair of the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at SAIS. After his death in, Haru Reischauer accepted the same role, and this continued until her death in 1998.

Selected works

The Center's published works encompass 51 works in 83 publications in 1 language and 410 library holdings.

• A Retrospective of eighty years of the U.S.-Japanese relationship (1985)
• Can history inform policy-making on East Asia?: Two historians offer lessons on the complex U.S.-China-Japan triangle (1997)

Annual Briefing Books

• The United States and Japan in 1986: Can the Partnership Work (1986)
• The United States and Japan in 1987: Conciliation or Confrontation (1987)
• The United States and Japan in 1988: a Time of Transition (1988)
• The United States and Japan in 1989: Managing Interdependence (1989)
• The United States and Japan in 1990: a New World Environment (1990)
• The United States and Japan in 1991: Discord or Dialogue (1991)
• The United States and Japan in 1992: a Quest for New Roles (1992)
• The United States and Japan in 1993: Impact of Domestic change (1993)
• The United States and Japan in 1994: Uncertain Prospects
• The United States and Japan in 1995: a Search for Balance (1995)
• The United States and Japan in 1996: Redefining the Partnership (1996)
• The United States and Japan in 1997: the Partnership Still Matters (1997)
• The United States and Japan in 1998: Adapting to a New Era (1998)
• The United States and Japan in 1999: Coping with Crisis (1999)
• The United States and Japan in 2000: Seeking Focus (2000)
• The United States and Japan in 2001: Expectations and Reality (2001)
• The United States and Japan in 2002: a Turning Point? (2002)
• The United States and Japan in 2003: Navigating Uncharted Waters (2003)

External links

• Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies web site