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Securing borders is a key challenge for the Afghan State. Border security is inseparable from the larger war effort, as insurgents take advantage of porous borders to seek refuge in neighboring countries. Cross-border trade is also vital to the Afghan economy. Customs duties are the most important single source of government revenue, yet considerab… Read more

The Asia Foundation renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Nay Pyi Taw on September 2, 2019, to support the country’s democratic transition and efforts to address its development challenges. Permanent Secretary and Director-General at the Political Department of the Ministry of For… Read more

The Asia Foundation, Myanmar’s Ministry of Information, the Myanmar Library Association, and local children’s book publisher Third Story Project came together today to announce the launch of Let’s Read in Myanmar. Let’s Read is the Foundation’s collaborative approach to overcoming children’s book scarcity in Asia. Already present in nine countries… Read more

Foreign Policy features data from our 2018 Survey of the Afghan People in an analysis on the future of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

East Asia Forum features an article written by Myanmar Country Representative Matthew Arnold on the state’s reforms of the General Administration Department. With its ubiquitous presence, expansive mandate and long history within the military-led Ministry of Home Affairs, the General Administration Department (GAD) has been Myanmar’s paramount gove… Read more

On September 10 in San Francisco, The Asia Foundation will present Dr. Oyun Sanjaasuren, former President of the United Nations Environment Assembly, with the Chang-Lin Tien Distinguished Leadership Award in recognition of her extraordinary leadership and advocacy for civil and social rights, including water security. The Honorable George P. Shultz… Read more

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm  U.C. Berkeley Campus, Doe Library, Room 180 Han Sung-Joo, former Asia Foundation grantee, ambassador to the United States and Korean foreign minister will speak at The University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of East Asia Studies on September 12. After the failure of Hanoi U.S.-North Korea summit held in February this… Read more

The Asia Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2020 Asia Foundation Development Fellows: Emerging Leadership for Asia’s Future program. The 2020 fellowship class will be the seventh cohort of this prestigious program, launched in 2014 to engage and empower a dynamic community of emerging leaders from across Asia. Applications will be acc… Read more

Asia Foundation Trustee Emeritus Theodore L. Eliot, Jr. passed away on August 8 at the age of 91. Theodore Lyman Eliot Jr. was born Jan. 24, 1928, part of the prominent Boston Eliot family, which included several college presidents and one Nobel Prize winner. He graduated from Harvard University in 1948 and married Pat Peters in 1951, in Sri Lanka,… Read more

The Asia Foundation, in partnership with RTI International, SIL LEAD, and Florida State University, is implementing the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Advancing Basic Education in the Philippines project (ABC+). The ABC+ project is designed to improve education outcomes and access to quality education for children in B… Read more