Once again showcasing the finest troupes from Asia and the Pacific, the biennial festival returns to Honolulu July 22-Aug. 4 featuring dances of Malaysia, First Nations (Canada), Hawai'i and Japan.
The East-West Center, in collaboration with the US-ASEAN Business Council and the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, released the 4th edition of the ASEAN Matters for America publication.
Accomplished women from a dozen countries and territories join in annual program that helps build leadership skills and community.
Distinguished speakers on the keynote panel of this year's #galswithLEI women's leadership forum on July 17 discussed systemic, societal, and individual barriers to women's success in science and tech fields, and ways they overcame them. Watch video of the panel.
Congratulations to East-West Center alumnus David Stilwell, who was just confirmed as the new U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Stilwell, a retired Air Force Brigadier General, received his master’s degree in Asian studies as an EWC grantee in the 1980s and later was an Adjunct Senior Fellow. ...more...
The two primary objectives of India’s recent dealings with China, writes expert Jagannath Panda, have been to resist Beijing’s protectionist tendencies and to reform global financial institutions to favor emerging economies. ...more...
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations Dr. Denise Natali spoke at EWC June 6 about her bureau's efforts to stabilize conflict-ridden areas of the world through localized data-driven analysis. Watch video of her talk.
The East-West Center is pleased to welcome Ambassador Karena Lyons, the former New Zealand Ambassador to the nations of Micronesia and Consul General for Hawai‘i, as the Center’s new Vice President and Executive Director of Research. She will also be heading up EWC’s cross-departmental Pacific Islands Initiative. ...more...
Save the date to join old colleagues and new friends in celebrating the East-West Center's 60th Anniversary at next summer's big international alumni conference, June 30-July 2, 2020 in Honolulu. ...more...
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