Tag: Asia & Oceania
211 Articles
- Dialogues
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank with Joachim von Amsberg
GJIA: What is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s mission? JA: Our mandate is to promote economic development in Asia through investments in infrastructure. We were born…
October 26, 2017
- Business & Economics
Launching Private Non-Profit eHealth Micro Insurance for Migrants in Thailand
Outside of refugee camps, many economic migrants have also been seeking better job and life opportunities. Legal migrants can receive free health care in public hospitals if they…
October 11, 2017
- Society & Culture
The Road to Multiculturalism in South Korea
The skeptics have a point, but they are also shortsighted. They are shortsighted, in large part, because they fail to recognize that the transition to a multicultural society is…
October 10, 2017
- Conflict & Security
Indo-U.S. Relations: Mapping the Contours
India-U.S. relations have made significant strides in the post-Cold War era, leaving the infamous tag of “estranged democracies” behind. In fact, the two countries…
October 4, 2017
- Business & Economics
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: More Questions than Answers for Chile?
The TPP negotiations began in 2010 with twelve countries at the helm: the United States, Chile, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, Japan, New Zealand, Peru,…
November 24, 2015
- Society & Culture
The Failure of Polio Eradication: Blame Geopolitics, Not Religion
Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria are all states where Islamist extremists operate, interrupting processes of governance and challenging or blocking polio vaccination programs.…
April 16, 2015
- Global Governance
Prime Minister Abe’s Diplomatic Agenda
Last month, the ruling coalition in Japan won a resounding electoral victory in the Upper House elections, giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and…
August 13, 2013
- Business & Economics
Bangladesh’s Lessons for Enlightened Corporate Interest
In the wake of the factory collapse, customers, the public, shareholders, and the media have all made clear their collective disgust at deplorable working conditions in the…
August 5, 2013
- Global Governance
Generational Divide Could Endanger Long-Term Australia-U.S. Relations
As expected, most Australian foreign policy specialists agreed with one another that the Australia-U.S. strategic alliance remains a strong one. In fact, they pointed to signs…
August 2, 2013
- Online Archive
The ASEAN Synthesis: Human Rights, Non-Intervention, and the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration
The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration (AHRD) has been welcomed as the most impressive commitment to protecting human rights within ASEAN ever created. At the same time, others have…
July 26, 2013