Government

TRIP Asia 2004

From Connecticut College to Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul and Back

CC students on a visit to Kamakura

On May 30, 2004 eight Connecticut College students and Professor Alex Hybel left from New York City on a three-week trip to Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul. The trip, funded by a generous grant from the Freeman Foundation, had one overall objective: to broaden the students’ understanding of the international challenges faced by three critical Asian states.

Each of the eight students selected for the trip had just completed an introductory course in international politics. Throughout the semester they had focused on a number of subjects, ranging from security to economics, human rights and environmental issues, and learned about the alternative theories scholars rely on to explain the action initiated by world actors, be they states or nongovernmental organizations.

View the TRIP Asia 2004 slide show.