sia Conference: Managing Climate Risks in Asian Coastal Cities By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 10:24:26 +0000 HONOLULU (April 8, 2011) -- Climate change experts will gather in Taipei, Taiwan, April 11-13 for an international conference on managing climate change risk in Asian coastal cities. Conference registration is open to the media and members of the public. For more information, click here . The Second International Conference on Cities at Risk: Building Adaptive Capacities for Managing Climate Change Risks in Asian Coastal Cities (CAR II), will be held at Taipei’s Academy of Sciences. The conference is a part of an ongoing multi-year effort titled “Cities at Risk,” which aims to reduce risks and vulnerabilities of Asian coastal cities due to climate change and urban growth. Among the topics to be addressed are: Full Article
sia 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
sia Asia Pacific Scholars, Officials and Business Leaders to Gather at EWC Conference in Beijing By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:09:34 +0000 HONOLULU (Aug. 28, 2012) – A group of scholars, officials, educators and business leaders from more than 20 areas all over Asia, the Pacific and the U.S. will gather at Peking University in Beijing Sept. 1-3 for an East-West Center international conference on the theme of "Community Building and Leadership in Asia Pacific." The conference will feature more than 75 substantive presentations and panels on current regional topics, including international relations, economics, environment, education, arts and culture, health, and much more. The Honorable Hao Ping, an East-West Center alumnus and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China, will offer a welcoming address at the conference’s opening ceremony, and the Honorable Gary Locke, United States Ambassador to the PRC, will give a keynote address. Full Article
sia EWC to Coordinate 5-State Community College Initiative on Asian Studies By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:07:09 +0000 HONOLULU (March 1, 2012) -- The East-West Center has received a $360,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a collaborative project to work with 15 community colleges in five states on developing Asian studies curricula. Full Article
sia 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
sia Application Deadline Approaching for Asia Pacific Leadership Program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:36:24 +0000 HONOLULU (Nov. 14, 2012) – The priority application deadline for the East-West Center's 2013-14 Asia Pacific Leadership Program – considered the premier leadership education program in the Asia Pacific region – is Dec 1, 2012. From August – December 2013, up to APLP 40 Fellows from around the globe will join regional specialists and leadership educators in a dynamic learning community at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii for this graduate certificate program combining the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership capacity. All participants receive a fee-waiver fellowship valued at approximately $15,000. Full Article
sia East-West Center Awarded $750,000 for NASA-Funded Project on Changing Land Use in Southeast Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 02:04:42 +0000 HONOLULU (Feb 11, 2014) – The East-West Center has been awarded a three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study land-cover and land-use change in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Over the past half-century these countries have witnessed a major shift from subsistence agrarian economies to commercialized agriculture and, in the case of Thailand and Vietnam, industrialized societies. The project will study transitions in forests, boom crops and urban areas using remote sensing data sources and socioeconomic databases for the 2000-2012 period. The project’s aim is to enhance the conceptual underpinnings of land change science by integrating aspects of global markets, land use and political ecology to explicitly link land changes to local, national and international drivers. Full Article
sia East-West Center Announces 2014 Asia Studies Fellows By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 00:36:16 +0000 WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 9, 2014) -- The East-West Center has announced the appointment of four 2014 Asia Studies Fellows at the East-West Center in Washington. The fellowship provides residence of three or six months at the East-West Center in Washington to scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing on key issues of relevance to the U.S.-Asia relationship, including in the diplomatic, politico-security, economic, social and international fields. Mendee Jargalsaikhan is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia. He will conduct research on “The U.S.-Mongolia's Comprehensive Partnership: How to Maintain Momentum.” Full Article
sia President Obama Meets With EWC Southeast Asian Leadership Participants By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 04 Jun 2015 01:14:55 +0000 Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy Full Article
sia EWC in Washington Announces 2015 Asia Studies Fellows By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:49:20 +0000 WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 10, 2015) -- The East-West Center has announced the appointment of six 2015 Asia Studies Fellows at the East-West Center in Washington. The fellowship provides residence of three or six months at the East-West Center in Washington to scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing on topics of relevance to contemporary US-Asia policy, including diplomatic, politico-security, and economic issues. The following fellows will be in three month-residencies between June and December of this year: Full Article
sia East-West Center Launches Asia Reacts ‘tracker’ of Asia’s Reactions to the U.S. Presidential Election and Foreign Policy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 11 May 2016 23:27:05 +0000 WASHINGTON, D.C.(May 11, 2016) - The Asia Matters for America initiative of the East-West Center today launched a new online resource, Asia Reacts, which tracks Asia’s reactions to important developments in U.S.–Asia relations during and after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The effort will monitor responses of Asian governments, media, and experts. Full Article
sia EWC Announces Asia Lecture Program for Congressional Staff By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 22:01:21 +0000 WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 20, 2016) -- The East-West Center in Washington, cooperating with Sasakawa USA, is launching a new Congressional Staff Program on Asia that provides Capitol Hill staff members with an opportunity to engage U.S. officials and leading experts on a range of contemporary, policy-relevant topics in U.S.-Asia relations. The EWC-Sasakawa USA Congressional Staff Program on Asia is a bipartisan educational certificate program that will cover issues with implications for Congressional consideration and action and for U.S.-Japan relations Full Article
sia East-West Center in Washington Kicks Off Inaugural Congressional Staff Program on Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 10 Sep 2016 10:21:36 +0000 WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 6, 2016) -- The East-West Center in Washington will hold the first session of the EWC-Sasakawa USA Congressional Staff Program on Asia (CSPA), this week on Capitol Hill. This bipartisan educational certificate program for Congressional staff members will cover a range of contemporary, policy-relevant topics in U.S.-Asia relations over a series of weekly sessions, featuring speakers and discussions with U.S. officials and leading experts. Full Article
sia East-West Center in Washington Concludes 2017 Congressional Staff Program on Asia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 02:46:24 +0000 WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 9, 2017) –Congressional staff from Senate and House member offices and key committees wrapped up the 2017 EWC-Sasakawa USA Congressional Staff Program on Asia (CSPA) last week on Capitol Hill. This bipartisan educational certificate program for Congressional staff members covered a range of contemporary, policy-relevant U.S.-Asia topics during weekly sessions between June and August. Full Article
sia East-West Center Publishes Report on Inaugural Asia Pacific Dialogue of Women20 for the G20 Process By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 01:08:23 +0000 HONOLULU (January 19, 2018) – The East-West Center in Honolulu Hawai‘i has just published a report on the findings of the inaugural Women20 for the G20 Asia Pacific Dialogue, which was held at the Center in June. The 20-page report expands on initial policy recommendations that the participants released soon after the meeting to help the G20 address several of the most pressing areas of ongoing disparity in women’s economic status throughout the Asia Pacific region and the world. Findings from the report will be highlighted at several upcoming international meetings on women’s empowerment: Full Article
sia East-West Center Launches Updated 'Asia Matters for America' Publications and Website By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 02:15:51 +0000 Launch Event on Sidelines of Last Week's East Asia Summit in Singapore Marks 'Asia Matters' Data Initiative's 10th Anniversary SINGAPORE (November 20, 2018) – At a conference on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit in Singapore last week, the East-West Center and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, with the support of the US Department of State, launched the East-West Center’s newly updated Asia Matters for America/America Matters for Asia publication, website, and one-page state summaries highlighting the mutual business, diplomatic, security, and cultural engagement between the US and the Indo-Pacific region. Full Article
sia EWC Alumni Featured in Forbes’ '30 Under 30' List of Rising Asia Entrepreneurs By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 21:20:12 +0000 HONOLULU (April 10, 2019) -- Several former participants in East-West Center programs have been featured in recent editions of Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list for young entrepreneurs in Asia who are “leveraging business tools to solve the region's problems.” Full Article
sia East-West Center Alum David Stilwell Confirmed as Top U.S. Diplomat for Asia Pacific By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:19:55 +0000 HONOLULU (June 13, 2019) -- East-West Center alumnus David R. Stilwell was confirmed by 94-3 vote of the U.S. Senate today as the new U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Stilwell, a retired Air Force Brigadier General, received his master’s degree in Asian studies as an EWC grantee in the 1980s and later was an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Center. Full Article
sia East-West Center Hosts Inaugural Micronesian Conference of Leaders By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 01:42:40 +0000 Delegations from the Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palauhelp chart course for a new era of the Pacific Islands Development Program Full Article
sia Coronavirus - FAQs on employment law - Tunisia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-02 We are here for you Considering the development of the pandemic COVID-19, our highly experienced team of fee earners and counsels remains committed to providing continued services for our clients during this period. Therefore, the use of communicati... Full Article
sia The Russian Supreme Court brings clarifications to the relationship between co-owners of intellectual property By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2019-07-09 ... Full Article
sia Coronavirus Functioning of courts: impact of COVID-19 on procedural time limits and functioning of courts in the Russian Federation - Russia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-14 By Decree No. 206 On Declaring Non-Working Days in the Russian Federation dated 25 March 2020 ("Decree No. 206") the President of the Russian Federation announced that from 30 March 2020 until 3 April 2020 would be considered non-working days in the... Full Article
sia An Asia Pacific Guide to Force Majeure By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-23 The current COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a range of medical, social and economic consequences around the world. The effects on commerce have already been dramatic and for those of us who advise on global trade, supply chain issues and contractual... Full Article
sia Indonesia Summons Ambassador over Deaths on Chinese Fishing Boats By www.rfa.org Published On :: 2020-05-07T23:17:35Z The foreign minister asks why the bodies of three Indonesians were thrown overboard. Full Article Story
sia Cybersecurity Firm Links Chinese Group to Cyber Espionage in Southeast Asia By www.rfa.org Published On :: 2020-05-09T00:44:12Z Hackers used Aria-body, an intrusive new tool, to attack computers in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar and Brunei, report says. Full Article Story
sia Comments on ruling No. 821 of the Presidiums of the Russian Supreme Court and Council of Judges of 8 April 2020 (as amended on 29 April 2020) By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-05 On 28 April 2020, the Russian President issued Decree No. 294 On Prolonging Measures To Ensure Sanitary and Epidemiological Wellbeing of the Population in the Russian Federation due to the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The following da... Full Article
sia Interpreting American Public Opinion on International Trade: How Should Asia Respond? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:38:03 +0000 By Marcus Noland HONOLULU (August 23, 2019)—For three generations, the United States championed a rules-based multilateral trading system. That stance was overturned by the election of an avowed protectionist, Donald Trump, as president. It would be understandable for Asians to wonder if this shift amounts to a permanent change in U.S. trade policy, and if so, how to proceed. Trump’s presidential campaign was notable in that it emphasized two issues—immigration and trade—that had seldom been in the forefront of U.S. presidential campaigns. But public opinion polls revealed that these issues were of growing importance to a sizeable number of voters whose preferences mirrored Trump’s protectionist positions. This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more. Full Article
sia HIV/AIDS in Asia: We Need to Keep the Focus on Key Population Groups By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:50:25 +0000 By Tim Brown and Wiwat Peerapatanapokin HONOLULU (September 17, 2019)—In 2018, roughly 6 million people were living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific, and 310,000 were newly infected, according to UNAIDS estimates. Despite these troubling numbers, financial support for the fight against AIDS is stagnant, and international resources for HIV programs in the region are declining. Given the continued HIV infection levels and limited funds for halting the epidemic, it is more important than ever for prevention efforts to achieve maximum impact with the resources available. This means that programs need to target the key populations most at risk of contracting HIV. In Asia, these key populations are female sex workers and their clients, people who inject drugs, and men who have sex with men.... This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more. Full Article
sia Can Technology Offset the Effects of Population Aging on Economic Growth? New Report from the Asian Development Bank By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 02:59:47 +0000 By East-West Center HONOLULU (March 27, 2020)—Population aging is affecting countries all across Asia. This ongoing demographic transition will leave many of the region’s economies increasingly dependent on an aging, and eventually a shrinking, workforce. Economists disagree, however, on whether population aging will necessarily lead to a slowdown in economic growth. This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more. Full Article
sia The Impact of AI on Nuclear Deterrence: China, Russia, and the United States By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 02:47:58 +0000 By Lora Saalman HONOLULU (14 April 2020)—Artificial intelligence (AI) is an increasingly important component of weapons systems, with both positive and negative implications for nuclear deterrence. Integration of AI into military platforms has the potential to allow weaker nuclear-armed states to reset the imbalance of power, but at the same time it exacerbates fears that stronger states may further solidify their dominance and engage in more provocative actions. This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more. Full Article
sia An Aging Population in Asia Creates Economic Challenges By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 21:54:26 +0000 By Andrew Mason, Sang-Hyop Lee, and Donghyun Park HONOLULU (8 May 2020)—Elderly populations in Asia are expanding more quickly than other age groups. Low fertility rates result in fewer children and eventually fewer working-age adults, while elderly populations are living longer. This is a summary only. Click the title for the full article, or visit www.EastWestCenter.org/Research-Wire for more. Full Article
sia Coronavirus Tax support for businesses Russia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-06 The main support measures proposed by the government that affect the payment of taxes, fines and penalties On March 31, 2020, the State Duma and the Federation Council of the Russian Federation approved the Draft of Federal Law No. 862653-7, which i... Full Article
sia Coronavirus Changes in the customs regulation and the EAEU Russia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-05-01 Due to COVID-19 pandemic, Russia and the EAEU1 have adopted a number of customs regulation measures aimed at stimulating the importation of necessary goods to Russia and the EAEU, mainly through tariff regulation measures as well as restricting the ... Full Article
sia Tunisia during Covid-19: Economical digital transformation or law enforcement? By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2020-04-29 Attempts at digital transformation, which have sometimes been slow in Tunisia, are now forced and obliged to succeed in order to guarantee continuity of work, economy and even life during the country's lockdown. The digital transformation is a stron... Full Article
sia Export control and sanctions update: EU restrictive measures against Russia By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-08-04 On 31 July 2014, the Council of the European Union (the “Council’) adopted Regulation (EU) No 833/2014 which implements Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP... Full Article
sia EU implements further sanctions against Russia despite cease-fire in Ukraine By www.eversheds.com Published On :: 2014-09-12 The EU has today published further sanctions against Russia, following agreement between the EU and the US that additional measures were required to respond to, what the EU and US view as, Russia’s continued efforts to destabilise the Ukraine.... Full Article
sia Cristo: La cabeza sobre la iglesia By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
sia Cristo: La cabeza sobre la iglesia B By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
sia El ataque de Satanás contra la iglesia llena del Espíritu (incluye Ap. 2-3) By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
sia El ataque de Satanás contra la iglesia llena del Espíritu (incluye Ap. 2-3) B By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
sia Gratitud por una iglesia fiel By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
sia La vida de la iglesia By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
sia La vida de la iglesia B By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
sia Bendiciones de vida en la iglesia By feeds.gracia.org Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 PST La enseñanza bíblica en profundidad de John MacArthur lleva la verdad transformadora de la Palabra de Dios a millones de personas cada día. Full Article
sia LG International Expands Its Palm Oil Capacity in Indonesia By english.hankyung.com Published On :: 2017-08-22 07:52 LG International will expand its palm oil operations in Indonesia for the first time in six years. This is a move for the trading company to focus more on the food resource business. The company recently broke the ground for the palm oil plant. It plans to complete the construction by the end of the first half of next year and start producing 110,000 tons of palm oil a year. This is an increase of 30,000 tons from the current capacity. Back in 2009, LG International jumped into the food re... Full Article
sia Kumho Asiana Chairman to Sell 3 Kumho Tire Plants in China By english.hankyung.com Published On :: 2017-09-12 09:22 Park Sam-koo, chairman of Kumho Asiana Group, will submit a self-rescue plan for Kumho Tire that includes the sell-off of Chinese plants to the creditors by September 12. In addition, he will sell off a 4.4-percent stake in Daewoo Engineering & Construction worth 130 billion won while asking executives to return their pays as part of the restructuring measures. An industry official familiar with the matter said on September 11, "Kumho Asiana will soon deliver to the creditors a high-inten... Full Article
sia The Week In Russia: Up In The Air -- The Future’s Uncertain And So Is The Past By www.rferl.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:20:09 +0000 As Russia prepared for scaled-down Victory Day ceremonies, coronavirus infections rose fast and Moscow's mayor suggested the real numbers may be much higher than the official count. Full Article Steve Gutterman's Week In Russia Russia Picks Blogs Steve Gutterman's Week In Russia
sia Discussion: A New Time Of Troubles In Putin's Russia? By www.rferl.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:21:44 +0000 Together with the German Marshall Fund and its Frontlines of Democracy Initiative, RFE/RL experts spoke about the amplified challenges now facing Putin and the Kremlin and the potential consequences for Russia’s future. Full Article Steve Gutterman's Week In Russia Russia Picks Blogs Steve Gutterman's Week In Russia
sia Russia's New Coronavirus Cases Top 10,000 For Sixth Straight Day By www.rferl.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:26:09 +0000 Russia registered more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for the sixth day in a row -- an indication the spread of the virus inside the country remains serious despite a stringent lockdown-- as the Communist party leader called for the release of non-violent criminals from prison . Full Article Russia News Russia
sia Putin Leads Scaled-Back Russian Events To Mark 75th Anniversary Of Victory Day By www.rferl.org Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 03:52:03 +0000 President Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day calling for unity and a dignified honoring of those killed during World War II, even as the coronavirus pandemic curtailed the pomp the Kremlin had planned for Russia’s most important secular holiday. Full Article Russia News Russia Picks
