Meridian Beat:

Meridian 180 interviews members on current events in order to stimulate further discussion on pressing issues in the Pacific-Rim.

Judicial Reform in China
Interview with Xu Xin

The Meridian staff interviewed Professor Xu Xin about optimizing judicial reform in China. Currently, these reforms are seen as trivial and shallow due to a long history of inefficiency and failure. Professor Xin proposes a solution: the top-level design. This framework directs judicial reforms to succeed through the right planning and management. He discusses this design’s importance and a realistic vision of its implementation. (Read More)

The Korean Peninsula -- 60 Years Later
Interview with Soo-Hyuck Lee

Meridian 180 spoke with Professor Soo-Hyuck Lee about the meaning of the Korean War and the recent developments on the Peninsula.  Professor Lee (Dankook University) has served as the Head of the South Korean Delegation to the Six-Party Talks (2003-2004), First Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service, and as the Ambassador to Germany and Yugoslavia. (read more)
 

2013 Upper House Election in Japan
Interview with Shigeki Uno

Meridian 180 spoke with Professor Shigeki Uno about the significance of Liberal Democratic Party's landslide victory in the 2013 Upper House election in Japan and what this means to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's domestic and foreign policies going forward. (read more)