East-West Center in the News

(2011-12-07) -- Also appears in: CBS News, Washington Post, CTV News, OfficialWire, New Jersey Herald, TODAYOnline, Omaha World- Herald, KTAR.com

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(2011-12-18) East-West Centre Research Fellow Dr Sumeet Saksena stated that there is no clear definition of peri-urban and urged for a definition that will enable stakeholders to take care of citizens in these areas. -- Also appears in: Islamabad Dateline, South Asian Media Network

(2011-12-20) -- Also appears in: China Daily

(2011-12-22) Este verano (boreal), Dieter Ernst, un investigador del East-West Center, dijo que los chinos habían superado a Corea del Sur y a Europa en total de patentes y estaban alcanzando a EE.UU. y a Japón. China, además, es ahora el segundo mayor mercado de capital de riesgo del mundo, terreno en el que creció a 7.600 millones de dólares cuando en 2005 estaba en apenas 2.200 millones. -- Also appears in: Nezavisne Novine, SEEbiz

(2011-12-23) Green said he expects that the new leadership will flex its muscles starting as early as the spring or summer. ... "I think what we know about their program suggests pretty strongly that they are preparing for a third nuclear test and maybe missile tests," Green said at the forum earlier this week. "The North Koreans have a game plan to demonstrate then to the world and their people their full nuclear weapons capability." -- Also appears in: Korea Herald

(2011-12-23) Several factors have caused the pricing disparity between Asia and the rest of the world, including the fact that Japan has increased its fuel oil imports after curtailing its nuclear energy production in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami there in March, said Kang Wu, a senior fellow at the East-West Center. High economic growth rates in Asia, led by China, also have put upward pressure on oil prices in the region, he said. -- Also appears in: Middle East North Africa Financial Network

(2011-12-26) Green said the U.S.should step up coordination with South Korea and Japan on scenarios in case of a North Korean collapse. Such planning has been "fairly advanced with South Korea, but that is not true with Japan, and China doesn't want to talk about it at all," he said. "We need to push harder with these discussions - there's a lot we haven't talked about in terms of what to do if this place unravels." Ambassador Ray Burghardt, director of the EWC's East-West Seminars program ... , said that a topic of constant debate in U.S. policy toward North Korea has been whether to try to force change, or whether maintaining stability in Northeast Asia is the main priority. -- Also appears in: PeaceMedia

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