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In a two-part East-West Wire series, remarks by Dr. Pitman Potter and General David Stilwell at their EWC Insights webinars are analyzed. Legal scholar Pitman Potter espouses engagement with China on issues of mutual interest, while reserving the ability to respond on disagreements while Former top US diplomat for Asia David Stilwell cautions against one-sided overtures to Beijing.

America’s allies are increasingly faced with competing demands for allegiance by Beijing and Washington on a range of security and economic issues. At a recent webinar, EWC Fellow Dr. Victor Cha discussed his model for predicting how allied nations would react to these demands based on their degree of investment in the existing world order and faith in the US as protector of that order. ...more...

With the Taliban back in power Afghanistan, the international community must step up to protect women's rights in the country, according to panelists at a recent EWC webinar. ...more...

The Broadband Hui, a statewide coalition of organizations and individuals in Hawaiʻi, has been working to find innovative solutions to ease technological inequities that have worsened in the pandemic. ...more...