The East-West Center sponsors or publishes several series, from short papers to books, addressing current issues in the Asia Pacific region. These publications reflect rigorous and critical analysis of key regional issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the U.S.
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Asia Pacific Bulletin
The Asia Pacific Bulletin (APB), produced by the East-West Center in Washington, is always two pages or less, designed for the busy professional or policymaker to capture the essence of dialogue and debate on issues of concern in US-Asia relations.
AsiaPacific Issues
Papers in the AsiaPacific Issues series address topics of broad interest and significant impact relevant to current and emerging policy debates. These eight-page, peer-reviewed papers are accessible to readers outside the author’s discipline.
Pacific Islands Brief
The Pacific Islands Brief series seeks to stimulate discussion by providing concise overviews of contemporary issues in the Pacific Islands region. It is available exclusively in electronic format.
Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific
This book series focuses on issues of contemporary significance in the Asia Pacific region, most notably political, social, cultural, and economic change. The Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific book series is published by Stanford University Press.
Policy Studies
Policy Studies presents scholarly analysis of key contemporary domestic and international political, economic, and strategic issues affecting Asia in a policy relevant manner. Written for the policy community, academics, journalists, and the informed public, the peer-reviewed publications in this series provide new policy insights and perspectives based on extensive fieldwork and rigorous scholarship.
Pacific Islands Policy
Pacific Islands Policy examines critical issues, problems, and opportunities that are relevant to the Pacific Islands region. The series is intended to influence the policy process, affect how people understand a range of contemporary Pacific issues, and help fashion solutions. A central aim of the series is to encourage scholarly analysis of economic, political, social, and cultural issues in a manner that will advance common understanding of current challenges and policy responses.
East-West Center Working Papers
The prepublication works of the East-West Center Working Papers series are written by EWC staff and Visiting Fellows. These papers are published in subseries such as Economics; Politics, Governance, and Security; Environmental Change, Vulnerability, and Governance; Population and Health; Pacific Islands Development; and the EWC in Washington Working Papers series.
