The East-West Center in Washington enhances US engagement and dialogue with the Asia-Pacific region through access to the programs and expertise of the Center and policy relevant research, publications and outreach activities, including those of the US Asia-Pacific Council.
Launch: New Website Offers Graphical Data on U.S.-Asia Connections
Nov. 10 – It’s well known that Asia has key relationships with the United States, but less widely understood is the importance these relationships hold for individual U.S. states and even congressional districts. Now this information is readily available in user-friendly graphic formats at AsiaMattersforAmerica.org, a new, interactive website that provides an online hub for viewers to explore the importance of Asia to specific U.S. areas. Read more...
Event: U.S. Engagement in the Asia Pacific: The Decision to Join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership
October 30 - The Asia Pacific region is one of growing economic importance to the United States. Recent trade and economic developments in the region have created new opportunities and challenges for the United States as it seeks to deepen its engagement with this commercially and strategically significant area of the world. In an East-West Center event, Barbara Weisel, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, focused on these developments and the decision by the United States to launch negotiations to join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement with Singapore, Brunei, New Zealand, and Chile. Read more...
October 28 – Focusing excessively on Chinese nationalism as an explanation for China’s domestic or foreign policy behavior may distort the actual condition of identity politics in China. At an East-West Center event, Dr. Allen Carlson of Cornell University argued that few proponents of the view that Chinese nationalism is increasing can support their claims with empirical evidence and that by focusing on only the loudest voices in the discussion of Chinese identity, analysts overlook the diversity in the debate over what it means to be Chinese. Read more...
October 24 – Vietnam is not holding itself hostage to the fluctuations in Sino-American regional interest but actively seeking to define its position in Southeast Asia as well as its interactions with world powers. In a seminar at the East-West Center in Washington, Nam Duong Nguyen described the triangular relationship between Vietnam, the United States, and China, and painted a picture of the strategies used by Vietnam to engage with the two countries. Read more...
Event: Challenges and Opportunities in U.S.-Asia Relations: The View from the McCain Camp
October 7 – Regardless of who wins the U.S. presidential elections on November 4, 2008, Asia will present the new American president with on-going and new challenges and opportunities. At a seminar here, Michael Green, adviser to the McCain campaign and former Senior Director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council (NSC), explained how a McCain administration will address the challenges and opportunities to the United States posed by an increasingly important Asia region. Read more...
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EWC in Washington Activities Include:
- The United States Asia Pacific Council, comprising American citizens who have made outstanding contributions to US-Asia Pacific relations. The Council serves as a vehicle for enhanced US engagement with the region through multilateral organizations, conferences, and policy related initiatives.
- Publications that analyze key contemporary issues and problems of regional significance to clarify debates in the scholarly and policy communities and advance new research and policy directions.
- Collaborative research on key domestic and international political and security issues and problems in and affecting the Asia Pacific with a view to reducing tension and conflict, and promoting peaceful change.
- Events including Congressional Study Groups to inform and stimulate discussion of key issues in US-Asia relations in the nation's capital and Forums for the presentation of viewpoints on significant issues in US-Asia Pacific relations
- Visiting Fellows from Asia Pacific countries and the United States who conduct research and publish on relevant issues and provide perspectives on key issues in US-Asia Pacific relations.
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