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  • Jakarta Flooding Prompts Plan to Relocate Indonesia’s Capital
    But will the risky move really bring improvement? Quick take: Jakarta’s frequent flooding and other environmental issues have prompted Indonesian leaders to plan a move to build a new capital amid the jungle of Borneo. Officials have high economic...
  • Expert: Ukraine War Not Detracting from Enhanced US Engagement in Indo-Pacific
    In some ways, the crisis in Europe has strengthened US relationships in Asia and the Pacific, says East-West Center VP Satu Limaye Quick Take: Key regional meetings and initiatives continue with Asia and the Pacific. The Ukraine invasion has...
  • Risking Everything to Report on Myanmar’s Military Repression
    Determined journalists draw comparisons with Ukraine Quick take: Reporters and resistance groups in Myanmar say their struggle for democracy deserves the world’s attention just as Ukraine’s does, while they watch and learn from Ukraine’s strong...
  • US-China Relations: Is There a Way Out of the Abyss?
    Panelists debate approaches to reducing tensions between Washington and Beijing Quick take: It appears there is little room for common ground as the US and China remain stalemated on many issues. To address this, the US is working on building “...
  • Guam Governor Urges Women to Lead for Change
    Quick take: As the US territory’s first female governor, ‘Lou’ Leon Guerrero says she was strongly influenced by her upbringing in the matrilineal Chamoru culture. While critics decried her imposition of strict COVID restrictions on the island, she...
  • Women in Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
    Athletes discuss the gender imbalance in sports and how to make a difference HONOLULU (March 24, 2022) — From pay and sponsorship deals to media coverage and leadership opportunities, gender inequities continue to afflict the sports industry,...
  • A Year Later, Struggle for Democracy Continues in Myanmar Amid Deepening Violence and Humanitarian Crisis
    By Miemie Winn Byrd, Karen Knudsen, and Charles E. Morrison Quick take: While international attention is focused on Ukraine, another struggle against totalitarianism continues in Myanmar. The military junta’s response to popular resistance has been...
  • Yoon’s Presidential Victory in South Korea May Also Be a Win for Washington
    By Denny Roy Quick Take: President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will likely seek to bring South Korea’s foreign policy into closer alignment with US preferences in such areas as relations with China and Japan, as well as North Korean denuclearization....
  • The Price of Paramount Power
    As he consolidates absolute control, China’s Xi Jinping will also have to answer for a host of crises By Richard Hornik Quick Take: Xi Jinping seems set to become China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, but the complex challenges he faces...
  • Calling Beijing Out on Xinjiang Abuses
    Beyond symbolic Olympics snub, China’s market muscle brings ʻmassive challenges’ to imposing effective sanctions, experts write Quick Take: Global recognition of China’s human rights abuses is growing, but its economic, military and diplomatic...
  • Learning from Climate Impacts on Health and Migration in the Marshall Islands
    An East-West Center paper cites conditions and responses in the Marshalls in considering potential Pacific-wide strategies Quick take: While extreme weather events and sea-level rise pose the most visible threats to low-lying Pacific atolls,...
  • South Korea and the US: Collaborating to Aid Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia
    Part 1 of a 2-part series on US-South Korea cooperation in Southeast Asia. Read part 2: “China Looms Large Over US-Korea Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia.” Quick take: Global partnerships are critical to pandemic recovery efforts in...
  • China Looms Large Over US-Korea Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia
    Region hoping for multilateral engagement on key issues Part 2 of a 2-part series on US-South Korea cooperation in Southeast Asia. Read part 1: “South Korea and the US: Collaborating to Aid Economic Recovery in Southeast Asia.” President Joe Biden...
  • Engagement with China Is Not an End in Itself
    Former top US diplomat for Asia David Stilwell cautions against one-sided overtures to Beijing Part 2 of a series on the pros and cons of reengagement with China. Read part 1, ‘Situational Engagement’  Quick take: With US-China relations at a...
  • ‘Situational Engagement’
    Legal scholar Pitman Potter espouses engagement with China on issues of mutual interest, while reserving the ability to respond on disagreements Part 1 of a series on the pros and cons of reengagement with China. Read part 2, Engagement with China...
  • Inaugural China-Pacific Foreign Ministers' Meeting Sheds Light on Beijing’s Pacific Islands Strategy
    By Lili Song OTAGO, New Zealand (Dec. 3, 2021) – Recently, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met via video link with high-ranking officials from nine Pacific island countries and the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum in the first-ever...
  • Predicting Allies’ Choices in an Era of US-China Competition
    Quick take: America’s allies are increasingly faced with competing demands for allegiance by Beijing and Washington on a range of security and economic issues. As competition intensifies, hedging—an attractive choice for many countries—becomes less...
  • Bridging the Digital Divide
    A Hawai‘i collective works to ease technological inequities that have worsened in the pandemic Quick take: The COVID-19 pandemic has widened an already existing digital divide in Hawai‘i. Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, lower income...
  • Afghanistan’s Women ‘At Grave Risk’
    Weighing the hurdles Afghan women now face, and how the international community can respond Quick take: Speakers in a recent East-West Center panel agreed that the well-being of women in Afghanistan is at grave risk. It is imperative that the...
  • Illegal Fishing Becoming Top Maritime Security Risk
    Experts highlight the scope of the threat in the Indo-Pacific region Part 1 of a 2-part series. Read part 2: The Global Battle Against Illicit Fishing Quick take: Research suggests that up to one in five fish is caught and sold illegally worldwide...

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