The East-West Center is following the State of Hawai'i emergency order currently in effect. Public access to our facilities is supended, and all EWC in-person events have been cancelled or postponed until further notice. EWC housing remains open to current residents. More information and updates here.

In a special message on racial injustice and the current protests, EWC President Richard R. Vuylsteke writes that "recent events in the United States have galvanized people around the world to call for true racial justice. Now we must act." ...more...

EWC has been a primary exchange site for the US State Dept.’s Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) since the program was founded in 2013. The US Senate recently passed a bipartisan resolution, cosponsored by Hawai‘i Sen. Mazie Hirono and others, recognizing the program’s value to US relations.

Press freedom advocates worldwide have expressed dismay at the conviction of Ressa and another journalist from her Rappler news site on what many have called fabricated charges. Ressa, who has chronicled President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs, called the case “a cautionary tale … if you don’t exercise your rights, you will lose them.” …more...

In the latest episode of ‘East-West Center Insights’ on ThinkTech Hawai‘i, linguist and Pōpolo Project Executive Director Akiemi Glenn (pictured) talks with EWC Vice President Karena Lyons about language, diaspora and race in Hawai‘i and the broader Pacific. Watch now.

EWC epidemic tracking expert Tim Brown and colleagues from the University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization write that pre-testing and health screening of incoming vistors are critical to limit spread of the virus as the state reopens. ...more...

A study by EWC researchers on bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam helps shed light on links between urbanization and outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases, especially in the transitional 'peri-urban' areas at the outskirts of cities. Photo: A duck market in Vietnam. ...more...