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EWC in Washington Visiting Scholar Charles Dunst writes for NPR that “the Biden administration and its partners must quietly engage with and convince the military to, in effect, leverage its coup to secure more power in an NLD-led government. This is far from an ideal or even democratic solution … but it is, for now, the only one that avoids reversing the last decade of progress and plunging Myanmar into even greater civil war and deprivation.” ...more...

The US State Department has appointed five new members to East-West Center’s Board of Governors. The three-year appointments, made by former Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo before leaving office, are: Recent Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Academic Programs Caroline Casagrande; Recent Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Kelley E. Currie; Recent Ambassador to India Kenneth I. Juster; Recent Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David R. Stilwell; and Hawai‘i State Rep. Gene Ward. ...more...

Hotter weather, stronger typhoons, coral reef death, and human health risks are among the challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in the Marianas Islands, one of a series of new reports by the Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment consortium, or PIRCA. ...more...

EWC’s Arts Program will partner with UH Mānoa’s American Studies Dept. on an NEH-funded summer institute for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islands museum professionals. Learn more.
Image: Detail of Ke ‘Ea Ekolu O Ke Kanaka (Three Souls of Man) by Rocky Jensen, from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts collection and on loan to EWC.