AUGUST 30: WASHINGTON IN COMPARATIVE CONTEXT
- Kent Calder, Global Political Cities, 1-60 and pp. 91-120.
SEPTEMBER 6: THE WASHINGTON POWER GAME
- Hedrick Smith. The Power Game: How Washington Works, pp. 85-646.
- Hugh Heclo. Government of Strangers, 191-264.
- Thomas Risse-Kappen. Cooperation Among Democracies, pp. 194-226.
- John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib. Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power.
SEPTEMBER 13: MAKING ASIA POLICY
- Stephen Walt. Taming American Power, 13-61.
- Akira Iriye. Across the Pacific, pp.139-168 and 251-270.
- David Halberstam. The Best and the Brightest, 38-63.
- David Halberstam. The Coldest Winter, 87-250.
- Don Oberdorfer. Senator Mansfield, pp. 211-502.
SEPTEMBER 20: ASIA AND THE U.S. CONGRESS
- Mitchell Maki et.al. Achieving the Impossible Dream, 228-242.
- Tom Lewis. A History of Our National City, 377-404.
- Raymond Bauer. American Business and Public Policy, pp. 196-223.
- Carter and Scott. Congress and US Foreign Policy, 37-58.
- Stanley Backrack. The Committee of One Million, pp.152-217.
- Gregg Harper. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Congress, 436-536.
- Aaron L. Connelly, Congress and Asia-Pacific policy: Dysfunction and neglect. (Lowy Institute, Sydney, Australia, September 22, 2015).
- Connor O’Brien and Gavin Bade, “House establishes tough-on-China select committee”, Politico, January 10, 2023.
- Anatol Klass, “The Real Risk of the China Select Committee”, Foreign Policy, March 20, 2023.
- Rohit Sharma, “Indian Americans Lobby the US Congress to End Immigration Limbo”, Indian America Today.com, April 29, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 27: MASS MEDIA AND ASIA POLICY
- David Halberstam. The Powers That Be, pp. ix-xiii.
- Lee Edwards. Mediapolitik, 1-92 and pp. 214-235.
- Cabell Phillips. Dateline: Washington, pp. 227-247.
- Trudy Lieberman. Slanting the Story, Intro and Conclusion.
OCTOBER 4: THINKTANKS AND ASIA POLICY
- Andrew Rich. Think Tanks, Public Policy, and the Politics of Expertise, 1-28 and 104-151.
- Daniel Drezner. The Idea Industry, 3-42.
- David Ricci. The Transformation of American Politics, Intro and Conclusion.
- Kent Calder. Global Political Cities, 11-142.
- Isaac Stone Fish, “Beijing Establishes a D.C. Think Tank, and No One Notices”, Foreign Policy, July 7, 2016.
OCTOBER 11: ASIAN AMERICANS AND ASIA POLICY
- Kent Calder. Asia in Washington, Chapter 5.
- Erika Lee. The Making of Asian America, pp. 59-210; and 283-403.
- Bill O’Neill. The Great Book of Asian American Heroes, pp. 59-77; 97-105; 124-134; 148-158; and 167-177.
OCTOBER 18: JAPAN AND WASHINGTON
- Kent Calder. Asia in Washington, Chapters 6-7.
- Pat Choate. Agents of Influence, pp. 3-207.
- Catherine Luther. Press Images, National Identity, and Foreign Policy: A Case
- Study of U.S.-Japan Relations, 1955-95, 37-56 and 77-190.
- Robert Angel, “The Japan Lobby”, Asian Perspective, Volume 24, No. 4, 2000, pp. 37-58.
- Kent Calder. “A Tale of Two Cities: U.S.-Japan Relations in New York and
- Washington”, Kudan Square, March, 2008.
- Jeff Kingston, “The Japan Lobby and Public Diplomacy”, The Asia-Pacific Journal, May, 2016.
- Cassandra Stimpson and Ben Freeman. Japan’s Influence in America, Nov, 2020.
OCTOBER 25: KOREA AND WASHINGTON
- Kent Calder. Asia in Washington, Chapters 6-7
- John Oh and Bonnie Oh. The Korean Embassy in America, pp.1-6 and 168-195.
- Ilpyong J. Kim. Korean-Americans: Past, Present, and Future,13-37 and 63-97.
- “South Korea was a top lobbyist in Washington under Moon government”, One Korean Network.com, November 11, 2021.
- Kim Yoo-chul, “Korea’s top business lobby seeks more influence in US”, The Korea Times, August 1, 2023.
NOVEMBER 1: CHINA AND WASHINGTON
- Kent Calder. Asia in Washington, Chapters 6-7.
- David Lampton. Same Bed, Different Dreams, pp. 1-14 and 313-378.
- James Mann. About Face, pp. 369-376.
- Joshua Kurlantzick. Beijing’s Global Media Offensive, 1-54.
- Sun Yozhong. New China Lobby: China’s Encounter with the U.S. Congress.
- Lin, Catherine Kai-ping. “Taiwan’s Overseas Opposition Movement and Grassroots Diplomacy in the U.S.”, Journal of Contemporary China, 15, no.46, February 2006, pp. 139-159.
- David Shambaugh, “China’s Soft-Power Push: The Search for Respect”, Foreign Affairs, July/August, 2015.
- Dmitry B. Grafov, “Chinese Lobbyism in the U.S.A.”, Far Eastern Affairs (Moscow), Volume 44, No. 1, 2016, pp. 27-36.
- Lachlan Markay, “China increases spending 500 percent to influence America”, Axios, May 11, 2021.
- Julian Pecquet, “Meet the former US lawmakers lobbying for China, Inc.”, Foreign Lobby Report, May 17, 2017.
- Erin Baggott Carter, “Chinese Government Lobbying in US Politics”. Statement before the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Mar 23, 2023.
NOVEMBER 8: INDIA AND WASHINGTON
- Kent Calder. Asia in Washington, Chapter 8.
- Raja Mohan. Crossing the Rubicon, pp. 83-115.
- Lloyd and Suzanne Rudolph, ed. Making U.S. Foreign Policy Toward South Asia, 77-226.
- Christian Collet and Pei-te Lien, ed. The Transnational Politics of Asian
- Americans, 107-118.
- Adam B. Lerner, “The New Indian Lobby: Are Indian Americans primed to become the next political kingmakers?”, Politico Magazine, December, 2014.
- Aarti Betigeri, “The remarkable political influence of the Indian diaspora in the US”, The Interpreter, April 16, 2019.
- Pawan Dhingra, Life Behind the Lobby: Indian American Motel Owners and the American Dream.
NOVEMBER 15: SOUTHEAST ASIA AND WASHINGTON
- Kent Calder. Asia in Washington, Chapters 9-10.
- Joseph G. Morgan. The Vietnam Lobby, pp. 153-160.
- Christian Collet and Pei-te Lien, ed. The Transnational Politics of Asian Americans, pp. 38-55 and 56-73.
NOVEMBER 29: CONCLUSION – WASHINGTON ON THE GLOBAL STAGE
- Kent Calder. Global Political Cities, 190-210.