EWC SPECIALISTS ON THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION

US foreign policy and policymaking; Asia Pacific regionalism; Asia Pacific trade and investment policy issues and trends; Pacific Islands economic development

Infectious disease and behaviorial epidemiology, risk behaviors and epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and STDs in Asia and the Pacific; Public policy for HIV/AIDS prevention and care; International collaboration on health issues, children and HIV/AIDS; Modeling of HIV/AIDS transmission and impacts.

Internationalizing American curriculum; Asian and Pacific undergraduate studies; Asian film; Hawaiian history and politics.

Democratic governance for Human Development in Asia and the Pacific; Civil society engagement, and electoral and parliamentary processes; Cross-border governance, civil service reform, and anti-corruption strategies

Measuring and evaluating the health of populations; Infant, child, adult, and senior health and mortality; Immigrant and internal migrant health; Fertility and reproductive health in China; Integrated analysis and advocacy to improve HIV/AIDS responses.

Family and gender issues; Health behavior of adolescents and young adults; Fertility and reproductive health

Disaster management and humanitarian assistance programs; Policy and institutions in support of sustainable national and regional development; Social, cultural and environmental impacts of large-scale resource development

Legal history, international humanitarian law, war crimes trials; human rights.

China’s industrial and innovation policies and their impact on the U.S. economy; Global production networks and R&D internationalization in high-tech industries and Asia’s emerging knowledge economies; Comparative study of intellectual property rights regimes and standardization policies in Asia (especially China) and the United States

Performing and visual arts of Asia and the Pacific Islands; Music in social and cultural context

Energy policy and planning in Asia; OPEC and the global outlook; Oil and gas market analysis and the downstream petroleum sector.

Globalization and sustainable development in the Pacific islands; Policy analysis; Development planning

Cognitive, emotional, and socio-psychological factors affecting human judgment and decision making; Cultural values and the perception of environmental and health risks; Climate change risk perception and communication

Land cover/land-use change in Southeast Asia; Forest fragmentation and degradation; Community-based management of natural resources in South and Southeast Asia

Challenges of climate change for Asian cities; Regional impacts of climate and environmental change and adaptation policies; Population, urbanization and development in Asia

Sustainable development in the Pacific; Development finance, trade and fisheries; Conflict management

China’s political and economic transformation; China’s foreign trade and foreign investment policy; China’s automobile industry development and telecom policy

Education and development in Asia; Higher education reform; Politics of educational planning and practice

Asian content in U.S. college and university curriculum; Cultural and religious resources in the Asia Pacific region; Contemporary issues from Buddhist perspectives

Development, Governance, Natural Resource Development, Conflicts, Conflict Resolution, Post-conflict Development, Solomon Islands.

Integrated climate, land, and hydrological systems simulation; Effects of climate variability on water supply, agriculture, and natural resources; Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of natural systems modeling

Globalization and regionalization; Economic relations in the Asia Pacific region; Electricity and telecommunications cooperation in East Asia.

Labor and human resources; Aging and the elderly labor force; Child education and health

Globalization and the geography of health and disease; Climate change and health; Gender, health and development

Asia Pacific international relations; US-Asia defense and security relations; India’s foreign policy