January and February 2004
For further information contact:
Susan Kreifels
(808) 944-7176
e-mail: kreifels@EastWestCenter.org
COMING UP IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2004
Asia Pacific Leadership Program Field Study
Remaking Asia: Americanization and Japanization
Working Group on Macroeconomic Aspects of Intergenerational Transfers
2004 International Graduate Student Conference
3rd Asia Pacific Executive Forum
Internal Conflicts in Asia: III
EWC Washington . . .
New Publications
IN THE ARTS . . .
LOOKING AHEAD . . .
Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) Field Study
January 1 - 18
APLP participants will travel to Thailand (Bangkok and Khon Kaen) and Washington, D.C. to explore issues, leadership dynamics and regions studied during the fall semester. Field schedules are coordinated by the Office of International Agriculture, Khon Kaen University and East-West Center Washington.
EWC coordinator: Terance Bigalke
EWC contact: Glenn Yamashita (808) 944-7762, E-mail: yamashig@EastWestCenter.org
Planning Workshop: Remaking Asia: Americanization and Japanization
East-West Center
January 8 - 9
The EWC is contributing to the development of a book on Japan in Asia, co-directed by Peter Katzenstein of Cornell University and Takashi Shiraishi of Kyoto University and the Japanese government’s Research Institute on the Economy, Trade and Industry.
EWC contact: Dieter Ernst (808)944-7321, E-mail: ernstd@EastWestCenter.org
Working Group on Macroeconomic Aspects of Intergenerational Transfers University of California, Berkeley
January 16 -17
The Working Group on Macroeconomic Aspects of Intergenerational Transfers is aimed at developing new methods for measuring aggregate intergenerational transfers; and will construct historical estimates and projections of intergenerational transfers in varying social, economic, and policy contexts; analyze the inter-relationships between public policy, familial support systems, and economic conditions; and analyze the macroeconomic and generational effects of public policy. The system of accounts will be estimated for seven economies, the United States, France, Brazil, Chile, Japan, Taiwan, and Indonesia. The meeting will be attended by one or more individuals from each of the country teams participating in the project. The meeting is co-sponsored by the Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging, UC-Berkeley (CEDA) and EWC.
EWC contact: Andrew Mason (808)944-7455, E-mail: amason@hawaii.edu
International Graduate Student Conference: Addressing Development Issues in Asia Pacific
East-West Center
February 19 - 21
3rd East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference. The East-West Center has invited graduate students to submit papers for its 3rd International Graduate Student Conference taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii on 19-21 February 2004. This year’s theme is Addressing Development Issues in Asia-Pacific. Papers from all disciplines focusing on the broad range of topics relating to development in Asia-Pacific, and U.S.-Asia/Pacific relations are encouraged.
E-mail contact: studentconference@EastWestCenter.org
3rd Asia Pacific Executive Forum
New Delhi, India
February 22-24
The \"3rd Asia Pacific Executive Forum (APEF): India in a Global and Regional Context\" will address critical issues and challenges facing India from the impact of on-going disinvestment and liberalization in the key market sectors of IT, energy, manufacturing, agribusiness and financial services. India’s competitive positioning vis a vis key Asian and global markets will be examined against the backdrop of the current economic and political scenario, with special emphasis on the state of policy initiatives affecting businesses and corporate governance. The APEF is expected to draw a regional audience of senior decision makers from key corporate and policy making groups, as well as leaders from the Indian corporate world as speakers.
The 3rd APEF is co-organized by the East-West Center and the Confederation of Indian Industry. It also enjoys the support of the U.S. Commercial Services Office, U.S.-India Business Council, American Chamber of Commerce of India, Pacific Basin Economic Council and Asia Monitor. The 3rd APEF is open to a registering audience.
EWC contact: Sheree Groves (808)944-7615, E-mail: grovess@EastWestCenter.org
Internal Conflicts in Asia: III
Part of a multiyear project investigating the domestic, transnational, and international dynamics of internal conflicts in the Asia Pacific.
Washington, D.C.
February 27 - March 2
The 3rd Study Group Meeting will bring all the study groups together (Aceh, Papua, Southern Philippines, Xinjiang, and Tibet) to discuss prepared policy papers. Based on the discussion and an external review, authors will produce a final version of their papers, which will be subsequently published by the East-West Center Washington, in the policy paper series. For further information, please see the
EWC Washington project page.
EWC Coordinator: Muthiah Alagappa
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi
(808) 944-7510
E-mail: EguchiC@EastWestCenter.org
EWC Washington . . .
January 12 –18: Asia Pacific Leadership Program: Participants in D.C.
Congressional Breakfast: U.S. Representative Doug Bereuter (R-NE)
Date: January TBD
USAPC Members Luncheon: Ambassador Han Sung-Joo
Date: January TBD
February 27 - March 2
Management of Internal Conflicts in Asia: Third Study Group Meetings in D.C.
(Sessions are closed)
For more information, please e-mail Washington@EastWestCenter.org
New Publications:
JUST PUBLISHED. . . the sixth title in the East-West Center\'s book series, Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific, published by Stanford University Press
Beyond Bilateralism: The U.S.-Japan Relationship in the New Asia-Pacific, edited by Ellis Krauss and T. J. Pempel. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004. xxii, 448 pp. Cloth, $65.00; paper, $27.95. Available online from Stanford University Press at www.sup.org or from University of Chicago Press Distribution Center, (800)621‑2736.
Beyond Bilateralismanalyzes how, and to what extent, crucial global and regional security, finance, and trade transformations have altered the U.S.-Japan relationship and how that bilateral relationship has in turn influenced those global and regional trends. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the ways in which changes in the geopolitical context have altered the nature of the long-stable U.S.-Japan relationship: much of what had once been a bilateral and relatively exclusive relationship has been transformed in the past two decades. The authors present eleven case studies of important domains-ranging from increased flows of private capital to international security concerns to the growing importance of multilateral organizations-in which the relationship has been altered to a greater or lesser degree.
Individual chapters present new ways of understanding international financial flows, U.S.-Japan trade relations, and U.S.-Japan manufacturing rivalry. Others present very cogent synthetic analyses of the changing context of U.S.-Japan relations. Together they provide an account of the bilateral, regional, and global institutions-political, military, and financial-that dominate the geopolitics of U.S.-Asia relations. Although written to a consistently high intellectual level, the chapters in this timely volume are intended for a nonspecialist audience and will be useful to practitioners in business and government, as well as to students and teachers.
Political Parties and Political Engineering in the Asia Pacific Region
by Benjamin Reilly
Asia Pacific Issues No. 71, December 2003
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Summary: Democracies need both strength and flexibility—enough structure to transform a kaleidoscope of public opinion into coherent debate and effective policy, but enough openness to protect individual rights. Finding this balance is a particular challenge in ethnically diverse emerging democracies. Political parties usually serve a country best when they are limited in number, strong, and broad-based. Their evolution was once left mainly to chance; today, governments often seek to influence the process. Among those attempting reforms are Papua New Guinea, home to hundreds of languages; Indonesia, with its separatist movements; the Philippines, experimenting with ways to balance party interests with other social concerns; and Thailand, whose once fragmented political scene seems headed toward domination by one party. Their strategies for encouraging stable party systems range from minimum-vote thresholds to efforts to stiffen internal party discipline. Much can be learned from these Asia Pacific efforts at political engineering—including the need for a cautious approach that minimizes unforeseen consequences and costs.
NEW Policy Studies series launched by East-West Center Washington
The Aceh Peace Process: Why it Failed
by Edward Aspinall and Harold Crouch
Policy Studies No. 1, 2003
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This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the history and dynamics of Aceh\'s abortive peace process conducted between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian government. After surveying the origins and progress of the negotiations, the paper examines the roles played by the main players, the problems encountered along the way, and the achievements that were registered. Currently the peace process has broken down because the two parties have been unable to agree on the fundamental issue dividing them: whether Aceh would become an independent nation or remain an integral part of the Indonesian state. This essay explains the reasons for the failure of the process with the hope that the lessons learned may be of relevance to policymakers, analysts, and others with an interest in the long-term resolution of the Aceh conflict as well as other internal disputes in the region and beyond. It also suggests that the Indonesian government\'s current resort to a military solution is not only unlikely to resolve the conflict but may ultimately be counterproductive. Eventually a return to negotiations – not necessarily with GAM alone – will be necessary.
In the Arts . . .
EWC Traveling Exhibition: Bamboo in Japanese Culture
Kauai Museum, 4428 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai
October 8, 2003-January 23, 2004
This impressive exhibition, curated by Nancy Moore Bess, demonstrates the beauty and versatility of bamboo as used in Japanese daily life. The exhibition premiered in the EWC Gallery, traveled to the U.S. mainland, and, following Kauai, will move to the Lyman Museum in Hilo, February 13 - April 1, 2004. Telephone for Lyman Museum is (808) 935-5021 for hours, admission fee and further information
Telephone (808) 245-6931 for hours, admission fee, and further information.
Exhibition: \"Yunnan: Enchanting Region of Ethnic Diversity\"
EWC Gallery, John A. Burns Hall
December 16, 2003-February 26, 2004
The Province of Yunnan, in Southwest China, is home to many of China’s minority-nationalities, which results in a complex and beautiful array of cultures. Those featured in this exhibition are Yi, Bai, Naxi, Lisu, Mosuo, and Miao. Co-curated by EWC alumnus Sam Mitchell and Lu Yuan, who reside and teach in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, and EWC’s Benji Bennington, the exhibition includes stunning photography by Mitchell, augmented by fabrics and other artworks and cultural artifacts. Public forums and educational performance-demonstrations will be presented late January-early February in connection with the exhibition.
Arts Forum
\"Naxi Culture and Arts\" by EWC Visiting Artist Xuan Ke, from Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China.
2:00-3:00 p.m. Sunday, February 1, followed by a reception, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Exhibition walk-through (in the EWC Gallery), with Visiting Artist Xuan Ke and
Co-curators of the Yunnan exhibition, Dr. Sam Mitchell and Lu Yuan:
Tuesday, February 3, 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 8, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Seminar (lecture with slides): \"Peoples of Northwest Yunnan\"by Dr. Sam Mitchell, EWC alumnus and Co-Director, China Yunnan Study Abroad, a project of the School for International Training in Vermont. Dr. Mitchell is co-curator of the EWC Yunnan exhibition.
Thursday, February 5, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. Burns Hall, room TBA
Performance on Thursday, February 12:
Huun Huur Tu: Throat Singers of Tuva, Mongolia
7:30 p.m.
Cosponsored with UHM Outreach College
Keoni Auditorium, Imin Center-Jefferson Hall
Tickets: $20 general; $15 for students, seniors, and FEWC members, EWC and UH faculty and staff.
For further information, please call 956-8246.
Perhaps the best known practitioners of this amazing vocal art, the celebrated throat singers of Tuva offer a cultural and musical journey unequalled in its beauty and style. Accompanying themselves on traditional instruments, the group creates a sound that has been called \"as compelling as a wild gallop across the steppes.\" (The Oregonian)
Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday Noon-4 p.m. Closed Saturdays and holidays. Admission is free. Visitor parking on the adjacent UH campus is $3 and is usually easily available on the upper campus after 4 p.m. weekdays; Sunday parking is normally free and ample.
LOOKING AHEAD . . .
2004
March 1 – 5
Conference of Heads of Reproductive Health Programs in Developing Countries (EWC)
EWC contact: Robert Retherford, E-mail: retherfr@EastWestCenter.org
March 1 – 6
Workshop on Climate Change and Health (Suva, Fiji)EWC contact: Nancy Lewis
E-mail: lewisn@EastWestCenter.org
Mid-March (Tentative)
1st Building the Foundation Issues Forum for Pacific Islands Fisheries Managers
(Auckland, New Zealand)
EWC contact: Meril Dobrin-Fujiki
E-mail: fujikim@EastWestCenter.org
March 16-31
Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships (EWC, Hong Kong, China)
EWC contact: Marilyn Li
E-mail: lim@EastWestCenter.org
March 25-28
ASDP Mainland Outreach Workshop (Atlanta, Georgia)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
E-mail: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org
April (TBD)
Asia Pacific Executive Forum Luncheon Workshops
(four US mainland cities to be determined)
EWC contact: Abigail Sines
E-mail: sinesa@EastWestCenter.org
April 1 – 4
ASDP Mainland Outreach Workshop (Chicago, Illinois)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
April 12 – 16
The Domestic Politics of the U.S. Military Presence in the Asia Pacific:Okinawa Workshop
EWC contact: Carolyn Eguchi
E-mail: eguchic@EastWestCenter.org
April 15-17
2004 ASDP National Conference (Overland Park, Kansas)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock and Elizabeth Buck
E-mail: bucke@EastWestCenter.org
May 2- 5
George Chaplin Fellowship (EWC)
EWC contact: Dennis Donahue
E-mail: donahued@EastWestCenter.org
May 2-29
Spring 2004 Jefferson Fellowships (EWC, US mainland, Asia)
EWC contacts: Dennis Donahue and Ann Hartman
E-mail: hartmana@EastWestCenter.org
May 10 – 12
3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Emerging Technologies (Seoul)
EWC contacts: Sheree Groves and Marilyn Li
E-mails: grovess@EastWestCenter.org or lim@EastWestCenter.org
May 16 – June 6
2004 China’s Contending Metropolitan Regions (Hong Kong/Shanghai)
Hong Kong and Shanghai Seminar/Field Study
EWC contact: Elizabeth Buck
May 24 – June 21
2004 Institute on Korean Culture and Society (EWC, Korea)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
May 26 – June 6
Hong Kong/Shanghai Field Seminar
EWC contact: Elizabeth Buck and Peter Hershock
June 1 – 7
Pacific Disaster Center External Committee Meeting
EWC contact: Allen Clark
E-mail: clarka@EastWestCenter.org
June 1 – 30
35th Summer Seminar on Population (EWC)
EWC contact: Peter Xenos
E-mail: xenosp@EastWestCenter.org
June 7 – July 9
2004 NEH Summer Institute on Religion and Politics in India (EWC)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
June 20 - July 17
2004 AsiaPacificEd Travel Seminar (EWC, Southeast Asia: Vietnam and Thailand)
EWC contact: Donna Lee
E-mail: leed@EastWestCenter.org
June 27 – July 19
2004 Institute on Teaching About China and the United States
(Beijing, Shanghai, Washington, D.C., Ohio, EWC)EWC contact: Siegfried Ramler
E-mail: ramlers@EastWestCenter.org
June 27 – August 2
2004 Malaysia and Indonesia Field Seminar (Malaysia, Indonesia)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
July 8 – 31
2nd Building the Foundation Training Workshop: Pacific Islands Water and Wastewater
Managers (EWC)
EWC contact: Meril Dobrin-Fujiki
E-mail: fujikim@EastWestCenter.org
July 11-21
3rd Changing Faces: Women’s Leadership Program (EWC)
EWC contact: Abigail Sines
E-mail: sinesa@EastWestCenter.org
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Mark your calendar for An International Affair, the EWC Foundation\'s annual dinner, on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. The event will celebrate the culture of the Philippines. The evening\'s festivities will feature a silent auction. Proceeds from the auction will benefit student scholarships to the East-West Center.EWC contact: Stephanie Handa, E-mail: handas@EastWestCenter.org
July 18 - 31
2004 AsiaPacificEd Institute on Teaching about Southeast Asia (EWC)
EWC contact: Donna Lee
E-mail: leed@EastWestCenter.org
July 19 – August 6
2004 ASDP Institute on Infusing East Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum (EWC)
EWC contact: Peter Hershock
E-mail: hershocp@EastWestCenter.org
August (Tentative)
U.S.-Pacific Island Journalists Exchange (3 weeks)
EWC contact: Meril Dobrin-Fujiki
August 1–4
EWC/EWCA 2004 International Alumni Conference in Tokyo EWC contact: Gordon Ring
E-mail: ringg@EastWestCenter.org
August 1 - 7
NEH Landmarks of American History Workshop on Pearl Harbor (EWC)
EWC contacts: Namji Steinemann and Geoffrey White
E-mail: SteinemN@EastWestCenter.org, or white@hawaii.edu
August 15-18
6th Senior Policy Seminar (EWC)
EWC contact: Sheree Groves
E-mail: grovess@EastWestCenter.org
August 28-31
14th New Generation Seminar (EWC, two US mainland cities)EWC contact: Ann Hartman
E-mail: hartmana@EastWestCenter.org
September 1 – 12
14th New Generation Seminar (CONTINUED from August)
September 1 – 5
In-Country Workshop: Korea (Seoul, Korea)
EWC contact: Sheila Smith
E-mail: smiths@EastWestCenter.org
September 1 – 7
Islands of Globalization (EWC)
EWC contact: Gerard Finin
E-mail: fining@EastWestCenter.org
September 1 – 7
Solomon Islands Futures Workshop (EWC)
EWC contact: Tarcisius Kabutaulaka
E-mail: kabutaut@EastWestCenter.org
September 1 – 7
Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN) Information Technology Exposition
EWC contact: Allen Clark
E-mail: clarka@EastWestCenter.org
September 1 – 7
U.S. Pacific Island Nations Joint Commercial Commission Working Group (EWC)
EWC contact: Scott Kroeker
E-mail: kroekers@EastWestCenter.org
September 1 – 7
Fiji Futures Workshop (EWC)
EWC contact: Sitiveni Halapua
E-mail: halapuas@EastWestCenter.org
September 1 – 7
Talanoa Subcommittee Meetings (Fiji)
EWC contact: Sitiveni Halapua
September 8 – 11 (Tentative)
2nd Muslim Initiative: Senior Journalists’ Seminar (EWC)
EWC contact: Dennis Donahue
E-mail: donahued@EastWestCenter.org
October 3 - 30
Fall 2004 Jefferson Fellowships (EWC, US mainland, Asia)
EWC contacts: Dennis Donahue and Ann Hartman
October 7 – 8
Workshop on U.S. Military in Asia
EWC contact: Sheila Smith
E-mail: smiths@EastWestCenter.org
2006
July 10 – 14
EWC/EWCA 2006 International Alumni Conference in Taipei
EWC contact: Gordon Ring
E-mail: ringg@EastWestCenter.org
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