About APAC
The Asia Pacific Affairs Council (APAC) is a student organization housed within the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and is open to all Columbia University graduate students interested in Northeast, Southeast, and Inner Asian affairs. Founded and run by students, APAC serves the entire University community by organizing social, academic and career-related events and programming, distributing information and news, and building a community for students interested in the region.
For more information about APAC, please contact: [email protected]
APAC Executive Board
The 2025-2026 APAC Executive Board is as follows:
President & Editor in Chief
Ying Yi Tan
Vice President
Jinhyun Aron Park
Event Lead
Subin Moon
Media Lead
Alice Chen
Assistant Editors
Lauren Ashley Kim
Ludovica Duchini
Najiihah Ahmad
Tanya Reddy Sattineni
Ying-Jia Ke
The APAC Journal
The Asia Pacific Affairs Council (APAC) Journal is a periodical published by Columbia University’s APAC student group at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Released annually, the APAC Journal is dedicated to fostering deeper understanding of vital issues through the exchange of professional and personal experiences spanning Northeast, Southeast, and Inner Asia. The multidisciplinary scope of the APAC Journal includes, but is not limited to: Public Policy, Innovation, International Security, Social and Political Sciences, Economics, and Public Administration.
Click on the links below for past editions of the APAC Journal.
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016