East-West Center expertise and research findings are published by the East-West Center and by presses and collaborating organizations throughout the region and the world. Publications address a range of critical issues in the Asia Pacific region.
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Takemasa Sekine Associate Professor at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, explains that “Most countries have shifted their interest and resources to negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) directly with trade partners,...
Dina Poma-Barnes former East-West Center Asia-Pacific Leadership Program Fellow, explains that “Despite the bilateral agreement to significantly decrease US military forces on Okinawa, the base relocation was strongly opposed by the...
Dr. David Scott explains that “An independence vote would have left a small south Pacific state open to Chinese economic blandishments, and weakened France’s position to deploy into the South China Sea.”
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Riaz Khokhar, Research Officer at Center for International Strategic Studies, Islamabad, explains that “The Pakistani government believes it will play a constructive role [in Afghanistan], including using its influence over the Taliban.”...
In an annual China Town Hall event held at the East-West Center, analyst Matt Sheehan listed three important questions from the early phases of China’s relationship with Silicon Valley that have been turned on their heads: “How will the global...
China’s astonishing rise over the past few decades, both in terms of economic growth and international influence, represents the most fundamental shift in the global balance of power in more than a century. How the United States—and the rest of the...
Anna Saberon, Faculty Member at Ateneo de Naga University in the Philippines, explains that “The new defense cooperation between the Philippines and Russia represents a wake-up call for the United States.”
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The rapid growth of many East and Southeast Asian economies has been fueled primarily by exports to the United States and other economies outside the region, but the financial crises of 1997 and 2008 ushered in a broader concept of regional economic...
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Korea Matters for America/America Matters for Korea covers US relations with the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in areas such as trade and investment, security, travel and tourism,...
What happens to local farmers in the highlands of Southeast Asia as the land they cultivated for centuries is transformed into rubber plantations? In China, Thailand, and Vietnam, many have been able to grow rubber, and some have become wealthy. In...
Northern Myanmar's Kachin State, which borders China, has been splintered for decades by fighting between ethnic-based armed rebel groups and the national military. Over the past 10 years, the government has increased control over the region by...
Cleo Paskal, Associate Fellow, Chatham House and Director at The Oceania Research Project (protorp.org) curates a special series of Asia Pacific Bulletins regarding key issues facing Oceania in 2018.
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Standard measures of economic activity leave out one extremely important component of production and consumption―the unpaid care and household services most often provided by women. Unpaid services―such as cooking, cleaning, and caring for...
The Arctic in World Affairs: A North Pacific Dialogue on Building Capacity for a Sustainable Arctic in a Changing Global Order addresses five major themes relating to the Arctic: the impacts of a changing global order; responsible economic...
Japan’s dramatic transformation from economic success to economic stagnation offers important policy lessons to advanced countries everywhere that are struggling with stagnation. The term 'Japanization' is often used by economists to describe...
The United States benefits from international trade, and Asia and the United States have a mutually beneficial and deepening economic relationship. A byproduct of that deepening economic integration, however, is a tendency toward increased...
Research demonstrates as much as $28 trillion could be added to the global economy by 2025 if all countries bridged the gender gap—a magnitude equivalent to the combined US and China economies today. As Asia-Pacific G20 members represent close to...
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The United States and China have followed nearly parallel paths as providers of foreign aid over the past seven decades. Although both programs were ostensibly aimed at Third World economic development...
When Continental Air Micronesia inaugurated regular jet air service to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in the late 1960s, it created new links between the Islands and both the US mainland and East Asia. The new flight service opened...
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Published during the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and the 40th anniversary of US-ASEAN dialogue partnership, ASEAN Matters for America/America Matters for ASEAN covers US relations with the 10...
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India Matters for America/America Matters for India covers US relations with India in areas such as trade and investment, security, travel and tourism, education exchanges, and sister...
