The East-West Center has announced its 2014 International Media Conference, which will be held March 10-12 in Yangon, Myanmar. Amid ongoing change in the country (also known as Burma), several hundred journalists and media experts from more than 20 countries are expected to discuss the conference theme, “Challenges of a Free Press,” with perspectives from Asia, the Pacific and the U.S. …more…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 11, 2013) -- The East-West Center has announced the appointment of three scholars to the 2013 Japan Studies Fellowship at the East-West Center in Washington: Sean Connell, Ian Rinehart and Rikako Watai. Made possible by the Center for Global Partnership at the Japan Foundation, the fellowship provides residence of three or six months at the East-West Center in Washington to fellows who will conduct research on key issues of relevance to the U.S.-Japan partnership, including in the diplomatic, security and economic fields.
Economists Marcus Noland, Donghyun Park and Gemma B. Estrada write in a recent AsiaPacific Issues policy brief that for Asia's economic growth to continue, the focus for expansion and improvement must move from export manufacturing to the services sector--primarily to cross-border trade in such modern services as finance, information and communication, and professional business services.
HONOLULU (May 22, 2013) -- The East-West Center has received $108,000 from the Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy to study how local governance mechanisms can be enhanced to address natural disasters more effectively. The grant will fund a collaborative research project to be conducted with partner institutions in Bangladesh and China. ...more...
EWC Emeritus Scholar Lee-Jay Cho has been awarded Japan’s prestigious Order of the Rising Sun (Gold Rays with Rosette), for his contributions to “the enhancement of economic relations between Asian countries, including Japan, and the U.S., and the promotion of research exchanges in the field of demography." ...more...
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