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Current East-West Wire

 

  • 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...
  • The Global Battle Against Illicit Fishing
    From high-tech detection to international enforcement treaties, the fight against rogue commercial fishing takes a planet. Part 2 of a 2-part series. Read part 1: Illegal Fishing Becoming Top Maritime Security Risk Quick take: Combating illicit...
  • After the Pullout: The Uncertain New Geopolitics of Afghanistan
    Quick take: Pakistan, which “can’t afford not to engage,” will likely be the only country in the region to recognize Afghanistan’s new Taliban government in the near term. The Taliban’s professed openness to a more inclusive government has been...
  • Taking on the World’s Plastic Footprint
    Plastic waste crisis is impacting more people today than climate change, Asia-based advocate says   Quick take: With only 10 percent of plastic waste currently being recycled, an estimated two billion people are impacted each day by...
  • Partnering for Climate Resiliency in the Pacific
    Speakers at the recent World Conservation Congress in France highlight cooperative efforts Quick take: With the Pacific Islands at the forefront of global climate impacts, speakers highlighted partnerships in the region designed to share resiliency...
  • Valuing Indigenous Voices on the Environment
    Speakers call for greater emphasis on traditional knowledge Quick take: Panelists in a recent East-West Center online forum spoke about the need to apply knowledge amassed by Indigenous people over thousands of years to addressing climate change...
  • For Journalists, Reporting on Cross-Border Disputes Poses Special Challenges and Dangers
    Quick take:     In a recent webinar, journalists who cover long-simmering enmities between neighboring countries discussed facing political pressure, entrenched attitudes of ethnic and religious animosity, lack of access to sources,...
  • Forging a New Ethical Relationship with Artificial Intelligence
    Scholars urge a “revolution in human nature” while we still have a chance Quick take: If current approaches continue, humanity may reach an “ethical singularity,” when the window of opportunity to make ethically informed “course changes” in the...
  • No Country to Call Home
    A new report explores why millions of stateless people across Southeast Asia lack legal citizenship or identity Quick take: While some of Southeast Asia’s many stateless individuals are refugees or migrants, most are minorities in the countries of...
  • Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders Issues Summit Communiqué
    Leaders identify pandemic recovery, climate change, sustainable development as top priorities HONOLULU (June 13, 2021) – The leaders of 11 nations and territories across the Pacific have issued a group communiqué  following a two-day online...
  • ‘Water Grabbing’ on the Mekong
    Exploring the far-reaching impacts of ‘out of control’ dam construction along Southeast Asia’s lifeline A Cambodian man sits where his home used to be, before it was bulldozed to make way for the Sesan 2 dam in the Mekong basin. Photo: Jason...
  • Art and Activism: Writing the Pacific Experience
      HONOLULU (May 26, 2021) -- For Pacific writers Julian Aguon and Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, art and activism are inseparable. But while creative expression can be an act of resistance in itself, both authors also see it as a powerful means of...
  • Envisioning the Arctic Future
     Experts Weigh In on Emerging International Policy Issues Facing the Arctic Region An Inuit man gives his sled dogs a rest while looking over newly melted sea ice exposing the Arctic ocean. Photo: Justin Lewis/Getty Images HONOLULU (May 6, 2021...
  • Panelists: Attacks Against Asians Spurring Political Awakening
    Quick take: Attacks against Asian Americans have been on the rise during the pandemic and may increase further as the country reopens. With close attention to the issue in the Biden administration and Congress, US Rep. Ted Lieu said the community...
  • In China’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ with the Philippines, Both Sides Are Taking Big Risks
    By Jason Hung  Quick take: The Philippines, like many other developing countries, has few choices other than China for access to COVID-19 vaccines as wealthier nations scoop up supplies of more advanced Western vaccines. But this may come with...
  • Power Dynamics, More Than Ideology, Drive US-China Tensions
    By Denny Roy  EWC Senior Fellow  Many commentaries discuss a resurgent ideological struggle between China and the United States. Ideology plays a role in the current downturn in US-China relations, but it is easy to oversimplify or...
  • Biden Administration Faces Daunting Task of Rebuilding US Economic Diplomacy
    By Marcus Noland WASHINGTON, DC (Dec. 9, 2020) -- After four years of “America First,” the incoming Biden administration faces a formidable task in reviving US economic diplomacy to address national and global challenges. But fortunately for...

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