Current EWC News Releases
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HONOLULU (Mar. 8, 2021) -- Each year, the East-West Center's #galswithLEI event celebrates the Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Inspiration of women business and social entrepreneurs. On March 18, the Center will launch a new online #galswithLEI...
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WASHINGTON, DC (Feb. 26, 2021) – The East-West Center hosted a high-profile event yesterday featuring US and Mekong region government officials to release a new report detailing the findings of the inaugural Indo-Pacific...
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HONOLULU (Feb. 22, 2021) -- The US State Department has awarded the East-West Center a $1 million contract to research, design, and implement a project to heighten awareness of “All of America” efforts—including government, civil society, industry,...
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HONOLULU (Jan 29, 2021) -- The East-West Center has again been ranked #4 in a University of Pennsylvania institute’s annual list of best government-affiliated think tanks worldwide, the same ranking the Center has received for the last several years...
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HONOLULU (Jan. 26, 2021) -- Hotter weather, stronger typhoons, coral reef death, and human health risks are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in the CNMI. Threatened resources include high-value coastal...
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HONOLULU (Jan. 25, 2021) – The US State Department has appointed five new members to East-West Center’s Board of Governors. The three-year appointments, made by former Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo before leaving office, are: Recent Deputy...
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WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 25, 2020) – The East-West Center hosted The United States’ Enhanced & Enduring Commitment to the Pacific Islands Region on Thursday, November 19, 2020, a high-profile event featuring six high-ranking US...
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WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 3, 2020) – The East-West Center, in collaboration with Dr. Robert Sutter of The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, has released a report featuring perspectives from Asia on US Asia...
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HONOLULU (Nov. 9, 2020) -- Hotter weather, risks to freshwater supplies, coral reef death, and stronger typhoons are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in Guam. Threatened resources include high-value coastal...
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HONOLULU (Oct. 27, 2020) -- Higher temperatures, stronger typhoons, coral reef loss, and coastal flooding are among the major challenges detailed in a new report on climate change in the Republic of Palau. Threatened resources include low-lying...
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WASHINGTON, DC (Oct. 16, 2020) – The East-West Center, in partnership with the US Department of State and the Mekong-US Partnership, hosted the Indo-Pacific Virtual Conference on Strengthening Governance of Transboundary Rivers on Thursday,...
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HONOLULU (Sept. 21, 2019) – Jillian Bonnardeaux, a 14-year veteran of the US Foreign Service with a focus on public diplomacy, has joined the East-West Center as Diplomat in Residence. She will be posted at the Center through June 2021. Prior to her...
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HONOLULU (Sept. 2, 2020) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Department of State to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and...
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HONOLULU (Aug. 11, 2020) -- Dr. Tim Brown, an internationally renowned epidemic tracking expert at the East-West Center, has a stark message for Hawai‘i residents. “If you're thinking of going out to eat, don’t,” Brown warns. “If you think you're...
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HONOLULU (July 29, 2020) -- The Pacific Islands Development Program at the East-West Center has partnered with the Asian Development Bank to support the Development Research for Oceania Pipeline, a new pilot project that aims to deepen the pool of...
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HONOLULU (July 14, 2020) -- The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies in partnership with the East-West Center have been awarded a million-dollar grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for programming related to the "...
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HONOLULU (April 30, 2020) – Hawai‘i Governor David Ige has appointed former Governor John Waihe‘e III and communications executive Lynn Miyahira to three-year terms as members of the East-West Center’s Board of Governors. They succeed outgoing Board...
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HONOLULU (Feb 25, 2020) -- The East-West Center has rolled out a major update of its affiliated Pacific Islands Development Program, or PIDP, with the launch yesterday of the program’s new website at PIDP.EastWestCenter.org. The new site highlights...
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HONOLULU (Feb. 7, 2020) – The East-West Center has been awarded a five-year grant totaling $50,000 from the Fish Family Foundation in support of the Center’s Changing Faces Women’s Leadership Seminar and #galswithLEI Forum, which collectively seek...
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Delegations from the Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palauhelp chart course for a new era of the Pacific Islands Development Program From left: Minister in Assistance to the President of the Republic of theMarshall Islands,...