

East-West Center in the News



(2011-08-11) -- Also appears in: States News Service, US Fed News




(2011-08-17) -- Also appears in: KHON2

(2011-08-16) "Civilian women and children are often the most vulnerable victims of violence and exploitation in times of conflict and humanitarian crises," said David Cohen, director of the Asian International Justice Initiative, or AIJI – a collaboration between the East-West Center and the University of California-Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center. "We are especially gratified that our Summer Institute this year was able to provide critical training in contemporary policies and practices to promote and protect the rights of women and children." -- Also appears in: ISRIA (registration), Zamboanga Times


(2011-08-20) -- Also appears in: BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific, ISRIA, Thai Press Reports


(2011-08-23) -- Also appears in: Negros Chronicle


(2011-08-25) Click HERE to listen to audio




(2011-08-26) "Several former students of Kyosuke Suzuki were interested to present him in the U.S.," said Eric Chang, an East-West Center arts program assistant. "We wanted to show people that there are many facets of Japanese percussion and related arts, not just modern Kumidaiko [ensemble drumming]."

(2011-08-24) -- Also appears in: States News Service, Targeted News Service, US Fed News

(2011-08-23) -- Also appears in: US Fed News

(2011-08-28) (Access by subscription only. EWC and University of Hawaii Manoa users who cannot access article by clicking on the title may contact a librarian for help at ris@eastwestcenter.org or 808-944-7345)

(2011-08-31) Eric Harwit, an adjunct fellow at the East-West Center in Hawaii, tells VOA that Beijing also may be genuinely concerned about the spread of misinformation.
"In some cases, I think there are people who do want to incite action or opposition to the government and to propagate information that isn't exactly correlated with reality," he said. "The statement by the government may be rather strong and might stifle online discussion, but I think the government does sense that there are rumors that could be harmful to society and to stability." -- Also appears in: Chosun Ilbo, Middle East North Africa Financial Network, States News Service, Thai Press Reports, TMC Net

(2011-09-01) -- Also appears in: US-China Institute



