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2022 has gone by in a flash, and the East-West Center in Washington actively worked to put on stellar programs with the resumption of in-person events this year. To make sure you didn't miss anything, we've put together this 2022 Year in Review for our projects & programs. Read on for some of the East-West Center in Washington's program highlights from 2022!
Asia Matters for America:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Taiwanese Pres. Tsai Ing-Wen (middle), AIT director Sandra Oudkirk (left), and AmCham Taiwan chairperson Vincent Shih (right) pose with a copy of Taiwan Matters for America in March.
Middle: EWCW staff at the Hill launch event for Taiwan Matters for America in September.
Bottom left: H.E. Gerald M. Zackios (left), Dr. Mary Therese Hattori (middle), and Robert Underwood (right) attend the Pacific Islands Matter for America publication launch on Capitol Hill in March.
In 2022, the East-West Center in Washington launched a record-breaking 5 new Asia Matters for America/America Matters for Asia (AMA) publications, with 3 publications covering completely new countries:
as well as a a brand-new Asia Matters Poll Report and a new, updated edition of the titular Asia Matters for America. All Asia Matters for America publications are available on the AsiaMattersForAmerica.org website, along with interactive data visualizations.
Stay tuned in 2023 for more releases in the Asia Matters series!
Asia Pacific Bulletin & Publications:
2022 Year in Review
This year, we released 44 total Asia Pacific Bulletin (APB) policy briefs, in addition to 4 special publication series. These series included:
- Philippine Perspectives on the 75th Anniversary of US-Philippines Bilateral Relations
- Special Series on Pacific Island Countries and Territories
- Special Series on US-Korea Relations
- Taiwan Matters for America Special Series
In June, we released our aforementioned Asia Matters for America: Public & Elite Opinion Poll Report, which compared US public and elite opinions of America's interactions with the Indo-Pacific region at the state and local levels. Questions addressed issues pertaining to economy, security, politics, people-to-people connections, as well as to what extent Americans believe Asia matters for the United States.
In September, we released New Opportunities for the United States-Kingdom of Thailand Alliance in the Indo-Pacific in collaboration with the Royal Thai Embassy DC. This report is a summary of a two-day seminar in which experts from Thailand and the US hailing from government, military, academic, think tank, and private sector backgrounds discussed issues and opportunities for the US-Thai alliance.
Stay tuned for more great publications in 2023!
Young Professionals Program:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Fall semester Young Professionals posing with EWCW Visiting Fellow Dr. Nasir Uddin after attending his lecture.
Middle: EWCW staff with spring semester Young Professionals.
Bottom left: Photo of summer semester cohort of Young Professionals.
With 3 cohorts in 2022, we welcomed 26 Young Professionals representing 8 nationalities. These Young Professionals wrote the vast majority of the 110+ articles published to the AsiaMattersForAmerica.org website this year, providing crucial analysis and updates on US-Asia local connections.
Some of our most-viewed articles this year include:
- China's Fufeng Group Plans to Build its First US Plant in North Dakota's Grand Forks by Mimi MacKilligan
- Scholarship Programs Allow Burmese Students to Pursue American Higher Education Post-Coup by Meghan Murphy
- Lunar New Year An Official Holiday in California by Niles Rodgers
- Zomi Community Across the United States Gather in Tulsa For Conference by Su Myat Noe
- Before K-pop, There Was Taekwondo: How Korea’s Oldest Successful Cultural Export Became Massive in the West by Kimery Lynch
Click here to learn more about our Young Professionals Program. We look forward to welcoming more cohorts in 2023!
Visiting Fellows Programs:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Asia Studies Visiting Fellow Dr. Nasir Uddin, giving a seminar at the East-West Center in Washington.
Bottom left: US-Philippines Alliance Visiting Fellow Renato Acosta giving a seminar at the East-West Center in Washington.
After the pandemic paused our Visiting Fellow programs for two years, we were excited to welcome our first three visiting fellows to the DC office. From our Asia Studies Visiting Fellowship we welcomed Dr. Lami Kim (USA) and Dr. Nasir Uddin (Bangladesh), and from our US-Philippines Alliance Fellowship we welcomed Renato Acosta (Philippines).
View the seminars/publications from our past fellows by clicking here.
Click here to learn more about our Visiting Fellows Programs. We look forward to hosting more fellows in 2023!
Seminars, Conferences, and Dialogues:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Dr. Satu Limaye of the East-West Center (left), Erin Murphy of CSIS (center), and Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun of Parami University (right), talk at the East-West Center Washington seminar "Crisis in Myanmar: US Policy Engagement and Options."
Middle: Dr. Satu Limaye (left) Dr. Aynne Kokas (left center), Dr. Ryo Sahashi (right center), and Dewardric McNeal (right) speak at the seminar "Responding to Data Trafficking by Promoting Good Governance."
Bottom left: Dr. Jagannath P. Panda answers a question from a Young Professional at his lecture on "India and the Sino-Russian Reorder in Eurasia" at the East-West Center Washington.
In total, the East-West Center in Washington held 29 public events this year. Of these events, 20 were virtual and 9 were in-person—including our first in-person program in over 2 years! We also held 2 launch events on Capitol Hill for the release of our Pacific Islands Matter for America and Taiwan Matters for America publications.
This year, EWCW held season 2 of our North Korea in the World webinar series with the National Committee on North Korea. Together, we jointly hosted 6 webinars focusing on North Korea's relations with Europe.
Click here to view all of our past seminars with recordings. We look forward to more great events, both hybrid and in-person in 2023!
Congressional Staff Programs:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Logo for the Congressional Program on US-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific.
Bottom left: Logo for the Congressional Staff Program on the Pacific.
Bottom right: Tomoaki Ishigaki of the Japanese Embassy and Satu Limaye pose with copies of the Pacific Islands Matter for America in the Capitol building after a session on allies in the Pacific at the Congressional Staff Program on the Pacific in May.
In 2022, the East-West Center in Washington held 2 Congressional Staff Programs with a total of 25 Congressional Staffers participating in 15 educational lunch seminars on US-Indo-Pacific relations on Capitol Hill. The programs included the newly-launched Congressional Staff Program on the Pacific held from April-May, and the Congressional Program on US-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific, which was held in partnership with Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA from February-March.
Click here to learn more about our Congressional Staff Programs. We are excited to kick off 2023 with another cohort of the Congressional Program on US-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific!
Other Highlights:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: A Young Professional gives a lei to First Lady of Hawai'i Dawn Amano-Ige as she visits the EWC Washington office in September.
Bottom: Students pose for a photo as they take part in the US Indo-Pacific Statecraft Matters for South and Southeast Asia (UMSS) diplomacy summit in Kolkata, India in June.
In September, East-West Center President Suzanne Vares-Lum moderated and VP Satu Limaye attended the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit lunch and discussion hosted by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the Department of State. This event also marked the release of the official US Pacific Partnership Strategy, which mentioned the East-West Center by name on page 15. Read the strategy.
In September, First Lady of Hawai'i Dawn Amano-Ige visited the EWC Washington office. EWCW welcomed a number of visitors from Hawai'i this year, including program participants from the Honolulu EWC office for journalism exchanges and professional fellows visiting Washington, DC.
US Indo-Pacific Statecraft Matters for South and Southeast Asia (UMSS) was an extra-curricular, leadership and educational program funded by the US Consulate in Kolkata. Roughly 10-20 graduate students from each of the participating universities in India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the United States participated in two diplomacy summits which included mock diplomatic exercises. The EWC in Washington created an online virtual training toolkit and curriculum for this program.
With all the wonderful achievements and programs in 2022, we're excited to launch even more projects, programs, and publications in 2023. Stay tuned for more updates, and have a wonderful new year!
2022 has gone by in a flash, and the East-West Center in Washington actively worked to put on stellar programs with the resumption of in-person events this year. To make sure you didn't miss anything, we've put together this 2022 Year in Review for our projects & programs. Read on for some of the East-West Center in Washington's program highlights from 2022!
Asia Matters for America:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Taiwanese Pres. Tsai Ing-Wen (middle), AIT director Sandra Oudkirk (left), and AmCham Taiwan chairperson Vincent Shih (right) pose with a copy of Taiwan Matters for America in March.
Middle: EWCW staff at the Hill launch event for Taiwan Matters for America in September.
Bottom left: H.E. Gerald M. Zackios (left), Dr. Mary Therese Hattori (middle), and Robert Underwood (right) attend the Pacific Islands Matter for America publication launch on Capitol Hill in March.
In 2022, the East-West Center in Washington launched a record-breaking 5 new Asia Matters for America/America Matters for Asia (AMA) publications, with 3 publications covering completely new countries:
as well as a a brand-new Asia Matters Poll Report and a new, updated edition of the titular Asia Matters for America. All Asia Matters for America publications are available on the AsiaMattersForAmerica.org website, along with interactive data visualizations.
Stay tuned in 2023 for more releases in the Asia Matters series!
Asia Pacific Bulletin & Publications:
2022 Year in Review
This year, we released 44 total Asia Pacific Bulletin (APB) policy briefs, in addition to 4 special publication series. These series included:
- Philippine Perspectives on the 75th Anniversary of US-Philippines Bilateral Relations
- Special Series on Pacific Island Countries and Territories
- Special Series on US-Korea Relations
- Taiwan Matters for America Special Series
In June, we released our aforementioned Asia Matters for America: Public & Elite Opinion Poll Report, which compared US public and elite opinions of America's interactions with the Indo-Pacific region at the state and local levels. Questions addressed issues pertaining to economy, security, politics, people-to-people connections, as well as to what extent Americans believe Asia matters for the United States.
In September, we released New Opportunities for the United States-Kingdom of Thailand Alliance in the Indo-Pacific in collaboration with the Royal Thai Embassy DC. This report is a summary of a two-day seminar in which experts from Thailand and the US hailing from government, military, academic, think tank, and private sector backgrounds discussed issues and opportunities for the US-Thai alliance.
Stay tuned for more great publications in 2023!
Young Professionals Program:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Fall semester Young Professionals posing with EWCW Visiting Fellow Dr. Nasir Uddin after attending his lecture.
Middle: EWCW staff with spring semester Young Professionals.
Bottom left: Photo of summer semester cohort of Young Professionals.
With 3 cohorts in 2022, we welcomed 26 Young Professionals representing 8 nationalities. These Young Professionals wrote the vast majority of the 110+ articles published to the AsiaMattersForAmerica.org website this year, providing crucial analysis and updates on US-Asia local connections.
Some of our most-viewed articles this year include:
- China's Fufeng Group Plans to Build its First US Plant in North Dakota's Grand Forks by Mimi MacKilligan
- Scholarship Programs Allow Burmese Students to Pursue American Higher Education Post-Coup by Meghan Murphy
- Lunar New Year An Official Holiday in California by Niles Rodgers
- Zomi Community Across the United States Gather in Tulsa For Conference by Su Myat Noe
- Before K-pop, There Was Taekwondo: How Korea’s Oldest Successful Cultural Export Became Massive in the West by Kimery Lynch
Click here to learn more about our Young Professionals Program. We look forward to welcoming more cohorts in 2023!
Visiting Fellows Programs:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Asia Studies Visiting Fellow Dr. Nasir Uddin, giving a seminar at the East-West Center in Washington.
Bottom left: US-Philippines Alliance Visiting Fellow Renato Acosta giving a seminar at the East-West Center in Washington.
After the pandemic paused our Visiting Fellow programs for two years, we were excited to welcome our first three visiting fellows to the DC office. From our Asia Studies Visiting Fellowship we welcomed Dr. Lami Kim (USA) and Dr. Nasir Uddin (Bangladesh), and from our US-Philippines Alliance Fellowship we welcomed Renato Acosta (Philippines).
View the seminars/publications from our past fellows by clicking here.
Click here to learn more about our Visiting Fellows Programs. We look forward to hosting more fellows in 2023!
Seminars, Conferences, and Dialogues:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Dr. Satu Limaye of the East-West Center (left), Erin Murphy of CSIS (center), and Dr. Kyaw Moe Tun of Parami University (right), talk at the East-West Center Washington seminar "Crisis in Myanmar: US Policy Engagement and Options."
Middle: Dr. Satu Limaye (left) Dr. Aynne Kokas (left center), Dr. Ryo Sahashi (right center), and Dewardric McNeal (right) speak at the seminar "Responding to Data Trafficking by Promoting Good Governance."
Bottom left: Dr. Jagannath P. Panda answers a question from a Young Professional at his lecture on "India and the Sino-Russian Reorder in Eurasia" at the East-West Center Washington.
In total, the East-West Center in Washington held 29 public events this year. Of these events, 20 were virtual and 9 were in-person—including our first in-person program in over 2 years! We also held 2 launch events on Capitol Hill for the release of our Pacific Islands Matter for America and Taiwan Matters for America publications.
This year, EWCW held season 2 of our North Korea in the World webinar series with the National Committee on North Korea. Together, we jointly hosted 6 webinars focusing on North Korea's relations with Europe.
Click here to view all of our past seminars with recordings. We look forward to more great events, both hybrid and in-person in 2023!
Congressional Staff Programs:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: Logo for the Congressional Program on US-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific.
Bottom left: Logo for the Congressional Staff Program on the Pacific.
Bottom right: Tomoaki Ishigaki of the Japanese Embassy and Satu Limaye pose with copies of the Pacific Islands Matter for America in the Capitol building after a session on allies in the Pacific at the Congressional Staff Program on the Pacific in May.
In 2022, the East-West Center in Washington held 2 Congressional Staff Programs with a total of 25 Congressional Staffers participating in 15 educational lunch seminars on US-Indo-Pacific relations on Capitol Hill. The programs included the newly-launched Congressional Staff Program on the Pacific held from April-May, and the Congressional Program on US-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific, which was held in partnership with Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA from February-March.
Click here to learn more about our Congressional Staff Programs. We are excited to kick off 2023 with another cohort of the Congressional Program on US-Japan Relations and the Indo-Pacific!
Other Highlights:
2022 Year in Review
Top right: A Young Professional gives a lei to First Lady of Hawai'i Dawn Amano-Ige as she visits the EWC Washington office in September.
Bottom: Students pose for a photo as they take part in the US Indo-Pacific Statecraft Matters for South and Southeast Asia (UMSS) diplomacy summit in Kolkata, India in June.
In September, East-West Center President Suzanne Vares-Lum moderated and VP Satu Limaye attended the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit lunch and discussion hosted by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the Department of State. This event also marked the release of the official US Pacific Partnership Strategy, which mentioned the East-West Center by name on page 15. Read the strategy.
In September, First Lady of Hawai'i Dawn Amano-Ige visited the EWC Washington office. EWCW welcomed a number of visitors from Hawai'i this year, including program participants from the Honolulu EWC office for journalism exchanges and professional fellows visiting Washington, DC.
US Indo-Pacific Statecraft Matters for South and Southeast Asia (UMSS) was an extra-curricular, leadership and educational program funded by the US Consulate in Kolkata. Roughly 10-20 graduate students from each of the participating universities in India, Indonesia, Nepal, and the United States participated in two diplomacy summits which included mock diplomatic exercises. The EWC in Washington created an online virtual training toolkit and curriculum for this program.
With all the wonderful achievements and programs in 2022, we're excited to launch even more projects, programs, and publications in 2023. Stay tuned for more updates, and have a wonderful new year!
