pe Leadership Program Virtual Workshop: Leading Hope By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 01:20:19 +0000 Start Date: May 29 2020 - 4:00pmEnd Date: May 29 2020 - 5:00pmTimezone: Hawaii timeDescription: In times of adversity, we all look for signs of hope. But what is hope? Leaders are under pressure to provide hope for others, but how do you do this? We'll explore the power and pitfalls of hope, map personal sources of hope, and identify ways leaders can broker hope responsibly and effectively. This session will be led by Dr. Nick Barker. This session is open to Leadership Program alumni. Location: Zoom meetingContact Name: Christina Monroe Full Article
pe China’s New Aid Agency and Trilateral Aid Cooperation By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 18:14:17 +0000 WebinarStart Date: May 14 2020 - 5:00pmEnd Date: May 14 2020 - 6:00pmTimezone: US Eastern timeDescription: The East-West Center in Washington invites you to an Indo-Pacific Political Economy and Trade Virtual Seminar and Book Discussion: China’s New Aid Agency and Trilateral Aid Cooperation Featuring: Dr. Denghua ZhangResearch Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs,Australian National University Dr. Ellen L. Frost (Discussant)Senior Advisor,East-West Center Dr. Satu P. Limaye (Moderator)Vice President, East-West Center &Director, East West Center in Washington Dr. Zhang will highlight the main features of the China International Development Cooperation Agency established in April 2018, and China’s trilateral aid cooperation which is a new phenomenon in Chinese foreign aid programs. He will reflect on China’s trilateral aid projects in recent years including the China-US-Timor Leste project on food security. Dr. Frost will then offer comments on the feasibility of such collaborative aid for future projects. This discussion draws from Dr. Zhang’s latest book, A Cautious New Approach: China’s Growing Trilateral Aid Cooperation, which is available for free download from Australian National University Press. During his time as an Asia Studies fellow at the East-West Center in Washington in 2018, Dr. Zhang also wrote on this topic for the East-West Center’s AsiaPacific Issues and Asia Pacific Bulletin series. This seminar will take place entirely on Zoom via its Webinar platform. Thursday, May 14 5:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. EST (7:00 A.M. – 8:00 A.M. ACT) This seminar will be off-the-record. To register for this program and receive approval to join, please click here: https://eastwestcenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1DCBpx5AS7iXJaDxKlAO4A Kindly send your reply by 3 P.M. EST on May 14. ZOOM PROTOCOL Upon registering for this webinar, our team will first approve your registration and you will then receive a confirmation email. If you do not, please check your Spam folder. If you still do not see the email within 24 hours or have other questions please email Mrs. Sarah Wang at wangs@eastwestcenter.org The confirmation email will provide you with a unique link to join the seminar. Do not share this with anyone else. As an Attendee in a Zoom Webinar, your microphone will be muted and video turned off from the start of the presentation to cut down on noise interference and to maintain security. The Q&A session will occur at the end of the webinar presentation. You are more than welcome to type your questions into the Q&A box throughout the presentation or flag a specific point for the panelists in the Chat feature. We will address questions in the order that they are asked. NOTE: If you are planning to call in on a phone without smart capabilities, you will not be able to participate in the Q&A session. Speaker Biographies Dr. Denghua Zhang is a research fellow at the Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University. His research focuses largely on Chinese foreign policy, foreign aid, and China in the Pacific. Recently, he has published with journals such as The Pacific Review, Third World Quarterly, The Round Table and Asian Journal of Political Science. His book on Chinese foreign aid especially trilateral aid cooperation in Asia-Pacific was recently published by the Australian National University Press (free to download, https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/pacific-affairs/cautious-new-approach). He was an Asia Studies Visiting Fellow (ASVF) at the East-West Center in Washington in 2018. Dr. Ellen L. Frost is a Senior Advisor and Fellow at the East-West Center and a Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University's Institute of National Strategic Studies. She writes and lectures on Asia-related topics, especially Indo-Pacific political-economic issues and their strategic and security implications. Her most recent book is Asia's New Regionalism. She is also the author of For Richer, For Poorer: The New U.S.-Japan Relationship and Transatlantic Trade: A Strategic Agenda. Dr. Frost previously served in the US government as Counselor to the US Trade Representative (1993–95), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Economic and Technology Affairs (1977-81), a career civil servant in the Treasury Department (1974–77), and a legislative assistant in the US Senate (1972–74). During the 1980s she worked for two multinational corporations. From 1996 to 2014 she was a senior fellow and subsequently a visiting fellow at the Institute for International Economics. Dr. Frost is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and the U.S. Committee of CSCAP (Council on Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific). She received a Ph.D. from the Department of Government at Harvard University, an MA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a BA from Radcliffe College, Harvard University. Satu Limaye is Vice President of the East-West Center and the Director of the East-West Center in Washington where he created and now directs the Asia Matters for America initiative and is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Bulletin. He is also a Senior Advisor at CNA Corp (Center for Naval Analyses) and Senior Fellow on Asia History and Policy at the Foreign Policy Institute at Paul H. Nitze School of International Studies (SAIS). He is a magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Georgetown University and received his doctorate from Oxford University (Magdalen College) where he was a George C. Marshall Scholar. Recent publications include: “America’s ‘Pacific Principle’ in an Indivisible Pacific Islands Region,” (Asia-Pacific Bulletin); “Despite Stumbles, America’s Engagement with Southeast Runs Deep,” (Global Asia); Raging Waters: China, India, Bangladesh, and Brahmaputra Water Politics (Marine Corps University Press); Russia’s Peripheral Relevance to US-Indo Pacific Relations (Center for the National Interest). Location: Zoom WebinarRelated Link: https://eastwestcenter.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1DCBpx5AS7iXJaDxKlAO4AContact Name: Sarah Wang Full Article
pe Eversheds advises Miller Homes on securing key planning permission in Leeds By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2016-06-09 Eversheds has advised Miller Homes on its successful planning appeal for residential development of land at Boston Spa Leeds, granted following a Public Inquiry by the Secretary of State, on 8 June 2016. It is the most important housing appeal decis... Full Article
pe Town and village Greens: They're not always what you expect By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2018-06-01 The risk of inadvertently sterilising the development potential of land As the phrase ‘town or village green’ tends to conjure mental images of a rural idyll with village fetes and cricket matches played on broad expanses of green land i... Full Article
pe England: Making provision for the continued operation of planning and environmental regulation after Brexit By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-04-02 In preparation for the forthcoming withdrawal of the UK from the EU, the Government has been amending legislation and regulations relevant to town and country planning, infrastructure planning, environmental protection, air quality, environmental im... Full Article
pe Scotland: Making provision for the continued operation of planning and environmental regulation after Brexit By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-04-02 In preparation for the forthcoming withdrawal of the UK from the EU, Scottish Ministers have been amending legislation and associated regulations controlling the requirements and processes of town and country planning and environmental matters. The ... Full Article
pe Housing for Older and Disabled People Guides councils in preparing planning policies on housing for older and disabled people By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-06-28 The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published new guidance on 26 June 2019 in relation to housing for older and disabled people. The guidance forms part of National Planning Practice Guidance and will be a material consid... Full Article
pe Selling your property? You have the right to choose your conveyancer By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-09-06 One of the most frequently asked questions in a property purchase is why, if the buyer of a property is paying the conveyancing attorney, the seller has the right to appoint him? Our common law specifically states that a seller is the party entitled... Full Article
pe Penguins chill out, zoo workers suffer By www.shanghaidaily.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 00:00:00 +0800 Save for an absence of gawping crowds, life for the penguins of Ocean Park in Hong Kong has been much the same during the coronavirus pandemic — but their carers have worked long shifts to keep the monochrome Full Article Nation
pe Cultural Considerations in Advocacy: French-Speaking Africa By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-10-22 Wesley Pydiamah, Partner in our Litigation and International Arbitration department and Manuel Tomas, Counsel, recently contributed to the 4th edition of The Guide to Advocacy published by Global Arbitration Review. In the chapter "Cultural Consider... Full Article
pe EWC in Washington and ISEAS Release Special Journal Issue on America’s Re-engagement in Southeast Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:05 +0000 EWC in Washington and ISEAS Release Special Journal Issue on America’s Re-engagement in Southeast Asia WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan.18, 2011) — A collaborative research project between the East-West Center (EWC) and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) has resulted in a special issue of Contemporary Southeast Asia , ISEAS’ internationally refereed journal on the politics, international relations, and security-related issues of Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic environment. The collection of articles by American and Southeast Asian specialists featured in the journal’s recently released December 2010 issue focus on the topic of America Re-engages Southeast Asia . Full Article
pe East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:08 +0000 East-West Center Receives NOAA Funding for Program to Help Pacific Communities Cope with Climate Change HONOLULU (September 24, 2010) -- The East-West Center has been awarded funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to serve as the lead institution in the Pacific Regional Integrated Science and Assessment program, which is designed to help island and coastal communities cope with the effects of climate change. Full Article
pe ASEAN Chief’s Media Conference Speech To Be Streamed Live Online By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:13 +0000 ASEAN Chief’s Media Conference Speech To Be Streamed Live Online Media Contacts: Derek Ferrar East-West Center Hong Kong Mobile: (+852) 6256-5774 Email: ferrard@eastwestcenter.org Ms. Kylie Chan HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre Mobile: + (852) 2219-4416 Email : kyliec@hku.hk Full Article
pe Hannemann, Asian Metro Leaders to Speak on Cities’ Growing International Role By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:14 +0000 Hannemann, Asian Metro Leaders to Speak on Cities’ Growing International Role Free public discussion on March 30 will focus on the rising importance of cities in setting policy on global issues HONOLULU (March 22, 2010) – Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann and four metropolitan leaders from Asia will present a free public forum on the growing global role of cities Tues. March 30 at the East-West Center. The forum, titled “Cities Rising: The International Role of the Metropolis Today,” will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road.) Full Article
pe Hawaii to Host APEC Summit in 2011 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:19 +0000 Hawaii to Host APEC Summit in 2011 HONOLULU (Nov. 14) – President Barack Obama’s selection of Honolulu as the site for the annual APEC Leaders Meeting in November 2011 means that Honolulu will both open the U.S. year of hosting APEC with an agenda-setting conference, as well as close the year with the huge Ministerial and Leaders meetings. President Obama announced Hawai‘i’s winning bid today at this year’s APEC Leaders Meeting, currently being held in Singapore. Honolulu had already been selected to host the first event, an academic and government officials’ conference and an informal senior officials meeting to be held at the East-West Center in December 2010. Several other smaller ministerial and senior official meetings will be held in other U.S. cities. Full Article
pe Time Magazine Calls Weekly Program on Khmer Rouge Trial a ‘Sleeper Hit’ in Cambodia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:21 +0000 Time Magazine Calls Weekly Program on Khmer Rouge Trial a ‘Sleeper Hit’ in Cambodia Click image to view "Dutch on Trial" program. With up to 3 million viewers each week, “Duch on Trial” program provides many with primary source of information on the international tribunal Full Article
pe East-West Center Expert to Discuss Future of Global Energy Markets By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:22 +0000 East-West Center Expert to Discuss Future of Global Energy Markets HONOLULU (Sept. 8) – East-West Center Senior Fellow and energy expert Fereidun Fesharaki will discuss the “Outlook for Global Energy Markets after the Great Recession: With Perspectives on China and Iran” at a public forum co-sponsored by the East-West Center in Washington and the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) on Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 3 PM. Full Article
pe International Development Experts to Discuss Microfinance For Community Development By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:23 +0000 International Development Experts to Discuss Microfinance For Community Development HONOLULU (August 20, 2009) – Many developing nations are now using microfinance as a means to reduce poverty. On Tuesday, September 1, the East-West Center (EWC) will host a public forum on “Microfinance as a Tool for Community Development” in the EWC Gallery featuring presentations by the following international development experts: Full Article
pe Leading Experts To Address Implications of the Global Economic Crisis For The Asia Pacific Region By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:24 +0000 Leading Experts To Address Implications of the Global Economic Crisis For The Asia Pacific Region HONOLULU (July 23, 2009) – The implications of the current global economic crisis for the Asia Pacific region will be the topic of a luncheon forum hosted by the East-West Center on Monday, Aug. 3. The luncheon at the EWC’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall) is open to the public and will feature a panel discussion by leading experts from the Asia Pacific region, including: Barbara Weisel, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Weisel is the lead negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership initiative and the U.S. Free Trade Agreement negotiations with Malaysia and Thailand. Full Article
pe Hiroshima Mayor: 50-Year Sister-City Bond with Honolulu ‘Symbol of Hope’ By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:26 +0000 Hiroshima Mayor: 50-Year Sister-City Bond with Honolulu ‘Symbol of Hope’ Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison and Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba. Full Article
pe Experts Focus on Coastal Inundation at Pacific Hazards Meeting By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:28 +0000 Experts Focus on Coastal Inundation at Pacific Hazards Meeting Flooded houses. Inundated farmland. A collapsed seawall. Mud-filled roads. Contaminated taro patches. These were among the graphic images of devastating high-tide coastal inundation events in the Pacific that were presented at the annual Pacific Partners meeting of the Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana (PRiMO), held in Tumon, Guam, on the 18th and 19th of March, 2009. Full Article
pe EWC Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki Appointed to National Petroleum Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:34 +0000 EWC Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki Appointed to National Petroleum Council HONOLULU (Dec. 23) – East-West Center Senior Fellow Fereidun Fesharaki has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman to serve on the National Petroleum Council (NPC). The Council is a self-funded advisory body to the Secretary of Energy whose members represent all sectors of the oil and natural gas industries and related interests. Full Article
pe East-West Center Awarded $150,000 for Teachers’ Workshop on Pearl Harbor By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:35 +0000 East-West Center Awarded $150,000 for Teachers’ Workshop on Pearl Harbor HONOLULU (Dec. 5) -- The East-West Center’s AsiaPacificEd Program for Schools has been awarded a $150,000 “Landmarks of American History and Culture” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to conduct teachers workshops on “ Pearl Harbor: History, Memory, and Memorial .” These workshops are co-sponsored by the Arizona Memorial Museum Association, the National Park Service, and the Japan American Society and will be held at the East-West Center during the summer of 2009. This is the fifth Landmarks grant that NEH has awarded to the East-West Center for the Pearl Harbor workshops. Full Article
pe Veteran Political Columnist Lou Cannon to Speak on Journalism’s Current Turmoil By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:37 +0000 Veteran Political Columnist Lou Cannon to Speak on Journalism’s Current Turmoil Lou Cannon HONOLULU (Oct. 9) – Longtime Washington Post White House correspondent, nationally syndicated columnist and acclaimed Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon will present a free public lecture in Honolulu on Oct. 20 on the current state of turmoil in America’s news media. Cannon will be delivering his East-West Center address, titled “ Journalism on the Brink? – The Decline of Newspapers, the Rise of the Internet and the Trivialization of Political Coverage,” as the Center’s 2008 George Chaplin Fellow in Distinguished Journalism. Full Article
pe East-West Center President to Speak on “U.S. – Asia Policy in Transition” By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:38 +0000 East-West Center President to Speak on “U.S. – Asia Policy in Transition” HONOLULU (Sept. 29) – East-West Center President Dr. Charles E. Morrison will speak on “U.S.-Asia Policy in Transition” at a luncheon meeting of the Friends of the East-West Center on Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Halekulani Hotel’s Hau Terrace, 2199 Kalia Road. Dr. Morrison will review critical issues, challenges and opportunities in U.S. relations with the Asia-Pacific region as we face an election and new U.S. leadership. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Cost for the luncheon is $36, inclusive of service charge, tax and parking. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., with the luncheon program commencing at noon. To make a reservation, contact (808) 944-7111/ 944-7691, or Friends@eastwestcenter.org . Full Article
pe Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:40 +0000 Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures The East-West Center Arts Program and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art present: Field of Flowers: Mughal Carpets and Treasures Sept. 21-Dec. 31, 2008 East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu Opening reception: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2 p.m. In residence September 21-26: Master carpet weaver Ayyoob Khan and third-generation carpet atelier owner Sanjay Kalra, both from Agra, India, home of the Taj Mahal. Full Article
pe Eminent Journalists to Speak on Post-Olympics China at East-West Center Luncheon By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:40 +0000 Eminent Journalists to Speak on Post-Olympics China at East-West Center Luncheon HONOLULU (Aug. 29) – Four leading China-based journalists will speak on the impact and aftermath of the Olympics on China at an East-West Center luncheon on Friday, Sept. 5., at the Center’s Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road). Speaking at the event will be: Full Article
pe East-West Center President Re-Elected Chairman of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:41 +0000 East-West Center President Re-Elected Chairman of Pacific Economic Cooperation Council Charles E. Morrison HONOLULU (Aug. 18) – East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison was unanimously elected to a second term as chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) at a PECC Standing Committee meeting in Bangkok on July 26. He is the first chair to have served a three-year term and the first American to chair PECC since 1993. PECC also named Mr. Jusuf Wanandi of Indonesia as the Asia co-chair, beginning in 2009. Mr. Wanandi has served on the EWC’s Board of Governors and has chaired its International Advisory Panel. Full Article
pe Asia Pacific Economic Forecast Revised Downward; Inflation Expected to Rise Sharply By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:44 +0000 Asia Pacific Economic Forecast Revised Downward; Inflation Expected to Rise Sharply SINGAPORE (May 30) -- Inflation in the Asia Pacific is set to rise sharply this year in the face of increased oil and commodity prices, contributing to a substantial downward revision in the overall economic growth forecast for the region, according to a report released today by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). Full Article
pe Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:45 +0000 Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 9, 2008 Media contact: Derek Ferrar Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org A faculty of experts in the fields of human-rights advocacy and humanitarian law is slated to provide instruction starting May 11 at an advanced two-week training course in Bangkok, Thailand, on the key processes being used to address human-rights abuses in the Asia Pacific region. Full Article
pe Leadership Symposium to Honor Native Hawaiian Sustainability Expert By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:46 +0000 Leadership Symposium to Honor Native Hawaiian Sustainability Expert FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2008 Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center 808-944-7204 ferrard@eastwestcenter.org Symposium Registration: Stella Kolinski, 944-7583 kolinsks@eastwestcenter.org Native Hawaiian cultural specialist Ramsay Taum will be the recipient of this year’s Transformational Leadership Award at a free symposium on “Transforming Leaders and Sustainability,” to be presented on Saturday by the East-West Center Leadership Certificate Program. Full Article
pe Royal Thai Dancers and Musicians To Perform at East-West Center By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:49 +0000 Royal Thai Dancers and Musicians To Perform at East-West Center Royal Thai dancers perform the impressive Khon mask dance depicting the Ramayana epic story. Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Full Article
pe EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:52 +0000 EWC Board Member Appointed to Lead Korean Presidential Transition Competitiveness Council FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Full Article
pe Derek Ferrar Joins East-West Center As Media Relations Specialist By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:54 +0000 Derek Ferrar Joins East-West Center As Media Relations Specialist Derek Ferrar HONOLULU (Nov. 16) — Derek Ferrar has been named Media Relations Specialist for the East-West Center. As a member of the Office of External Affairs staff, he will be authoring articles for the Center’s news wire and website, handling news releases and media inquiries, connecting journalists with expert sources on Asia Pacific issues and otherwise facilitating the dissemination of East-West Center programs, activities and resources through the media. Full Article
pe Experts in Asia Security Issues, Risk Perception Join East-West Center Research Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:54 +0000 Experts in Asia Security Issues, Risk Perception Join East-West Center Research Program Dr. Denny Roy Dr. Melissa Finucane FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist East-West Center Phone: (808) 944-7204 Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org Full Article
pe Sri Lankan Social Change Leader Speaks At EWC Forum By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:56 +0000 Sri Lankan Social Change Leader Speaks At EWC Forum HONOLULU (Oct.30) – Global leader and founder of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka, Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne will speak about his work in grassroots community development and peace-building at an East-West Center evening forum on Tuesday, November 6. The program is from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., at the East-West Center’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (1777 East-West Road) on the Garden Level. The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Reserve a seat by calling 944-7111 or Email: ewcinfo@eastwestcenter.org . The forum is sponsored by the East-West Center, Pacific and Asian Affairs Council, Friends of the East-West Center, University of Hawai`i at Manoa — Dept. of Philosophy, and Milun (Association for the promotion of South Asian culture). Full Article
pe News Advisory: Hawaii High School Students Speak On Changes In Cambodia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:57 +0000 News Advisory: Hawaii High School Students Speak On Changes In Cambodia For more information, contact: Karen Knudsen, Director Office of External Affairs Phone: Office: (808) 944-7195 Email: KnudsenK@EastWestCenter.org October 19, 2007 WHO: Davin Aoyagi and Maria Walczuk, Hawaii High School Students who analyzed the Khmer Rouge War Crimes Tribunal on a recent EWC program in Cambodia DATE: Sunday, October 21, 2007 TIME: 2:00 - 4:00 PM Full Article
pe EWC Alumnus Leads Nobel Peace Prize Winning Organization By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:57 +0000 EWC Alumnus Leads Nobel Peace Prize Winning Organization HONOLULU (Oct 22) – The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on October 12 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chaired by East-West Center Alumnus Dr. Rajendra Pachauri. This award, jointly shared with former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore, was “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change,” according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Full Article
pe Vietnam Film Experts Speak At EWC Forum By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:58 +0000 Vietnam Film Experts Speak At EWC Forum HONOLULU (October 10) – Leading authors, filmmakers, and scholars of Vietnamese Cinema will speak at an EWC evening forum on Wednesday, October 17. The program is from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., with a reception until 6:00 p.m. followed by the discussion. The venue is the East-West Center’s Art Gallery in Burns Hall (1601 East-West Rd., Honolulu). The forum is open to the public at a cost of $15 per person ($10 for co-sponsor members). RSVP deadline is Monday, October 15. Parking is available on the UH Manoa Campus for a cost of $3. For more information or to make reservations please call (808) 944-7111 or email: ewcinfo@EastWestCenter.org. Full Article
pe New Diplomat-In-Residence With South Asian Experience Joins EWC By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:59 +0000 New Diplomat-In-Residence With South Asian Experience Joins EWC HONOLULU (September 17) – Mary Townswick has taken up her new duties as visiting fellow and diplomat-in-residence at the East-West Center (EWC). Townswick, a 20-year veteran of the U.S Foreign Service, will serve in her new post until July 31, 2008. Townswick replaces Michael Yoder, also a U.S. Foreign Service Officer, as the EWC's diplomat-in-residence. Full Article
pe Beijing Olympics Marketing Guru Speaks at EWC's Sports Summit By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:59 +0000 Beijing Olympics Marketing Guru Speaks at EWC's Sport Summit Honolulu (October 1) – The upcoming inaugural East-West Sports Summit hosted by the East-West Center (EWC) and Sports Marketing Japan on November 7-9 will feature China’s leading sports marketing guru, Bin Yuan. She is the director of marketing for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and previously served as deputy director of international relations for the Olympic Games. Yuan’s keynote address will provide a timely update on China’s progress with the Olympic preparations and marketing efforts. So far they have secured more than 50 commercial sponsors, in addition to the 12 worldwide partners of the International Olympic Committee. Full Article
pe Human Rights Lawyer Speaks on U.N. Courts’ Challenges in Cambodia, Sierra Leone By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:32:59 +0000 Human Rights Lawyer Speaks on U.N. Courts’ Challenges in Cambodia, Sierra Leone at EWC Forum HONOLULU (October 4) – The East-West Center’s (EWC) Asian International Justice Initiative Coordinator, Michelle Staggs, will speak about human rights challenges at U.N./local government partnered courts in Sierra Leone and Cambodia at an EWC evening forum on Wednesday, October 10. She will address the issue of inter-generational accountability 30 years after the Khmer Rouge period, as Cambodia prepares to confront the darkest part of its recent history. Full Article
pe Media Alert: Perceptions and Misperceptions of Asia-U.S. Relations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:33:05 +0000 Media Alert: Perceptions and Misperceptions of Asia-U.S. Relations Satu Limaye, the newly-appointed director of East-West Center Washington, will engage in a dialogue Monday, April 30, on the Perceptions and Misperceptions of Asia-U.S. Relations. The event will get underway at 6 p.m. (registration: 5:30 p.m.) in the East-West Center Gallery located on the ground floor of John A. Burns Hall, 1601 East-West Road (mauka / Kokohead corner of Dole St. and East-West Road). Dr. Limaye will comment on Asian views of the U.S. in light of his recent travels throughout the region, as well as Washington attitudes toward the Asia Pacific region. Full Article
pe Muslim, U.S. Journalists to Speak at EWC Luncheon By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:33:05 +0000 Muslim, U.S. Journalists to Speak at EWC Luncheon HONOLULU (May 14) – Participants in the East-West Center’s Senior Journalists Seminar representing the United States and Asian countries with substantial Muslim populations will speak at noon on Friday, May 25, at the EWC’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road). Cost for the luncheon is $20 for co-sponsor members and $22 for the general public. The seminar program affords senior U.S. and Asian journalists the opportunity to engage their peers on issues that have hurt relations between these Asian countries and the U.S., especially since 9 / 11. The Asian Muslim journalists travel to the U.S. mainland for a slice of American life, while their U.S. counterparts travel to Asia. Full Article
pe Elegant ‘Sala’ Opens Door to Thailand at EWC Exhibition By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:33:09 +0000 Elegant ‘Sala’ Opens Door to Thailand at EWC Exhibition Release Date: 2/14/2007 Full Article
pe Expert Source Available on Pakistan-U.S. Relations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:24:19 +0000 HONOLULU (May 2, 2011) – The U.S. discovery and killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan has resulted in intensified focus on the crucial but troubled relationship between the two nations. East-West Center research fellow Dr. Shabbir Cheema is available to comment on such issues as possible impact of the Bin Laden operation on U.S.-Pakistan relations going forward, as well as reactions within Pakistan itself. Dr. Cheema, who is originally from Pakistan and previously directed governance programs at the United Nations, is an expert on Pakistani political affairs and international relations. His contact information is : Shabbir Cheema , East-West Center Senior Fellow and Director of Asia Pacific Governance and Democracy Initiatives Email : cheemas@eastwestcenter.org Phone : 808 944-7427 Full Article
pe Asian Development Bank President to Speak at APEC Week Business Symposium By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:02:49 +0000 Trade ministers of Australia and New Zealand will also be featured HONOLULU (Nov. 2, 2011) – Asian Development Bank President and Chairman Haruhiko Kuroda has joined the roster of high-level speakers at the Asia-Pacific Business Symposium that will be held at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa during the upcoming APEC Leaders’ Week. Other featured speakers include the trade ministers of Australia and New Zealand, along with numerous business leaders, experts and officials from a broad range of Asia Pacific nations. Full Article
pe East-West Center Launches Cooperative India-Pakistan Research Project By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:41:35 +0000 Funded by the U.S. State Dept., cross-border project focuses on ‘peri-urban’ development issues HONOLULU (Feb. 3, 2012) – East-West Center environmental researchers have launched a new cooperative project with specialists in India and Pakistan to collaborate on studying development issues in critical ‘peri-urban’ areas that lie between cities and the countryside. This project “offers a rare opportunity for Indian and Pakistani researchers to work together on a shared exploration of the challenges and impacts of an issue that deeply affects both nations,” said EWC research fellow Sumeet Saksena, the project’s principal investigator. Full Article
pe East-West Center Launches Revamped Asia Matters for America Website By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:33:14 +0000 HONOLULU (Nov. 13, 2012) -- The East-West Center has launched a new, updated website for its interactive Asia Matters for America initiative, which provides an online hub for viewers to explore user-friendly graphical data on the importance of Asia to specific U.S. areas, and vice versa. The revamped AsiaMattersforAmerica.org site now consolidates the broad-based original Asia Matters project with several regional modules focusing more specifically on U.S. interactions with ASEAN, Australia, Japan and Korea. Modules focusing on China, India, and Taiwan are under development, with preliminary information included on this expanded website. Full Article
pe Revamped Pacific RISA Website Features Integrated Climate Knowledge for Hawai‘i and Pacific Islands By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 02:55:03 +0000 HONOLULU (Nov. 29, 2012) -- The Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments program (Pacific RISA) has launched an updated, interactive website as a focal point for the current state of climate knowledge about Hawai‘i and the U.S-Affiliated Pacific Islands. The improved site at PacificRISA.org serves as a hub of interactive media, publications, and tools produced by researchers at the East-West Center, the University of Hawai‘i, and other partner organizations. Users can explore current knowledge about climate change from Pacific RISA’s interdisciplinary work in areas such as climate projections, hydrological modeling, disaster risk assessment, and legal and policy analysis. Full Article
