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As dam-building projects continue to proliferate along Southeast Asia’s vital Mekong River, experts in a recent online discussion panel agreed that the area is fast becoming overloaded with them, dredging up far-reaching issues ranging from international friction and industry “water grabs” to widespread ecological disasters and the growing impacts of climate change. ...more...

In an AsiaPacific Issues report on Legal Identity and Statelessness in Southeast Asia, human rights scholar Christoph Sperfeldt explores why millions of stateless people across the region lack legal citizenship—the majority of them members of minority populations living in the country of their birth. ...more...

A new series of 'Voices of the Future' web essays by six emerging Fellows from the fall 2020 virtual North Pacific Arctic Conference examines critical emerging policy issues on the horizon of Arctic affairs, ranging from security issues and climate impacts to indigenous engagement and cooperative research.

EWC President Vuylsteke and Hawai‘i Green Growth Local2030 Hub Executive Director Celeste Connors have signed an agreement for the organizations to share facilities and collaborate on culturally appropriate sustainable development programs in Hawai‘i and the Pacific. ...more...

As part of EWC's ongoing professional development programs for media professionals in the Pacific Islands, new partnerships and support from the State Department are helping improve University of the South Pacific journalism programs and the distribution of New York Times content to local media outlets. ...more...