The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center

The Asian Studies Center is The Heritage Foundation's oldest research center. It was established in 1983 in Washington, D.C. in recognition of the dynamic Asia-Pacific region’s growing importance to U.S. interests. The center is internationally recognized as one of the world’s preeminent policy think tanks working on Asian issues. Its scholars consistently advocate policies that promote liberty and democracy, economic freedom, the rule of law, and a robust system of security alliances.

Asian Studies Center
Formation1983
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Director
Jeff M. Smith
Parent organization
The Heritage Foundation
Websitehttp://www.heritage.org/about/staff/departments/asian-studies-center

The center hosts the annual B.C. Lee Lecture, which has featured remarks by such notables as Henry Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice; Key Asian Indicators: A 2009 Book of Charts which provides a snapshot in time of how countries in the region fare economically and more.

The Asian Studies Center is heavily engaged with the Asian-Pacific press corps in Washington, D.C., through its one-of-a-kind Washington Roundtable for the Asia Pacific Press(WRAPP).

Jeff M. Smith was appointed as ASC's director in September 2022, succeeding Walter Lohman. [1]

B.C. Lee Lecture

These lectures focus on U.S. Relations with the Asia-Pacific region. They are funded by an endowment from the Samsung group in honor of the late B.C. Lee, the corporation's founder.

YearLecturer
1995Henry Kissinger
1996Jesse Helms
1997Benjamin Gilman
1998Donald Rumsfeld
1999Edwin Meese III
2000Paul Wolfowitz
2001Doug Bereuter
2002Henry Hyde
2003Richard Lugar
2004Colin Powell
2006Condoleezza Rice
2007Henry Paulson
2008Richard V. Allen
2010Stephen J. Hadley
2011Joseph I. Lieberman

The Washington Roundtable for the Asia-Pacific Press (WRAPP)

The Washington Roundtable for the Asia-Pacific Press (WRAPP) is the largest organization of Asian media in the United States. It is currently affiliated with The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center. WRAPP's purpose is to provide Asian journalists greater access to "Inside the Beltway" policy-makers.

Since its inception in 1994, WRAPP has sponsored monthly news briefings tailored to the needs of Asian journalists. Roundtable sessions have included speakers such as Rep. Benjamin Gilman (R-NY), Chairman of the House International Relations Committee, Rep. Doug Bereuter (R-NB), Chairman of the House Asia-Pacific Subcommittee, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. Kurt Campbell. Personalities such as Washington Post syndicated columnist David Broder have also been featured in the Roundtable's "on-the-record" briefings.

WRAPP membership includes nearly all Washington correspondents from Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, and other countries in the region. Also among the Roundtable's 400 members are U.S.-based print and broadcast media - as well as international wire services and news agencies whose Washington bureaus cover Asia-Pacific diplomacy, trade, and security

References
  1. "Heritage Names Jeff Smith New Director of Asian Studies Center". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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