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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation July and August 2024
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. July and August newsletter. This issue features updates about our recent event on Thai Public Views on International Issues, 70th anniversary impact highlights […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation June 2024 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. June newsletter. This issue celebrates TheAsia Foundation’s 70th anniversary and features a series of anniversary impact highlightson thinking and working politically, Mongolia’s Women’s […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation May 2024
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. May newsletter. This issue features updates about our recent events on Locally Led Approaches for Advancing Women’s Leadership and Gender Equality in Asia, […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation April 2024
This issue features updates about our recent roundtable on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Updates from Asia and the Pacific and Women’s Roles in Peacebuilding: The Power of Women Leading […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation February and March 2024
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C., February and March newsletter. This second issue of the year features recent in-person events on Harnessing Local Knowledge for Conflict Prevention and Development, […]
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Washington, D.C.
The Foundation’s office in Washington organizes substantive meetings with key audiences on policy issues facing the Asia-Pacific. Roundtables, forums, lectures, and dialogues provide policymakers, nongovernmental leaders, journalists, and scholars with opportunities to hear contemporary views from Asia and the Pacific.
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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation January 2024
This year’s first issue of our Updates from Washington, DC newsletter features the recent Indonesian delegation visit, two InAsia pieces, one blog post sharing predictions for the year ahead in Asia […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation November and December 2023
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. November and December newsletter. This final issue of the year features news updates about the Foundation co-hosting the 2023 Australasian Aid Conference, a […]
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Program Assistant, Washington, D.C.
Informed by decades of experience and deep local expertise, our work across the region is focused on good governance, women’s empowerment and gender equality, inclusive economic growth, environment and climate […]
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Director, People and Culture
The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives and expanding opportunities across Asia and the Pacific. Informed by 70 years of experience and deep local […]
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Compensation Manager, San Francisco or Washington, DC
Informed by six decades of experience and deep local expertise, The Asia Foundation addresses critical issues affecting Asia and the Pacific in the 21st century: governance and law, economic development, […]
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What a Clean Energy Future Demands: A Massive Shift in Critical Minerals and Global Supply Chains
Several areas of potential cooperation between the Republic of Korea (ROK), Australia, and the United States need timely attention. These include enhancing collaboration in the security, defense, and diplomatic domains […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: October 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. October newsletter. This issue features the event recordings from a recent event on coalition building across Asia and a virtual report launch on […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: September 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. September newsletter. This issue features announcements for an upcoming virtual report launch as well as a panel on governance in Asia, the first […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: July and August 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. July and August newsletter. This latest issue covers our recent roundtable on ASEAN, a visiting delegation including senior leadership of the National Assembly […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: June 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. June newsletter. This latest issue covers our upcoming in-person roundtable on ASEAN’s role in Southeast Asia, InAsia blog posts on our Lao office’s […]
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Vice President, Programs
The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives and expanding opportunities throughout the Asia and Pacific region. Informed by decades of experience and deep local […]
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John J. Brandon
John J. Brandon is the senior director of The Asia Foundation’s International Relations programs, as well as the associate director of the Washington, DC office, Brandon managed the Foundation’s quadrennial […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: May 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation's Washington, D.C. May newsletter. This latest issue highlights four of our recent events: a roundtable on the Foundation's women's empowerment and gender equality program, a book talk with Ambassador Scot Marciel, a panel showcasing the work of female Indonesian forest defenders, and a panel on conflict trends in Asia. The…
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Updates from Washington, DC: April 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation's Washington, D.C. April newsletter. In honor of Earth Day later this month, this special issue focuses on the work The Asia Foundation and its partners across Asia are doing to address climate challenges. This month's newsletter includes an announcement for our upcoming event on women climate leaders and forest defenders…
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Updates from Washington, DC: March 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation's Washington, D.C. March newsletter. This latest issue includes the Save the Date for our upcoming event with Indonesian Women Forest Defenders, President and CEO David Arnold's exit interview, InAsia blog posts on combating human trafficking in the Pacific Islands, a lack of pro-bono lawyers in Indonesia, and Timor-Leste's digital influencers,…
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Updates from Washington, DC: January 2023 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation's Washington, D.C. January newsletter. This issue includes an introduction to the Foundation's new president, our recent virtual reflection on the Bali Care Economy Dialogue, our country representatives' predictions for Asia and the Pacific in 2023, 2022 highlights from InAsia, and the Foundation's most recent publications on the Accelerate My Business…
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Updates from Washington, DC: September 2022 Newsletter
Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s DC’s September newsletter. This latest issue includes our upcoming event on the Pacific Islands, the most recent InAsia podcast episodes about South Korea and Vietnam, […]
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The Asia Foundation Partners with U.S. Commerce Department to Launch Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity Upskilling Initiative
Private Sector Commitments Will Provide Digital Skills to Seven Million Women and Girls Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) launched the […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: June/July 2022
In this issue: Laos in 2022: Development Challenges and Opportunities; Deepening Ties: Prospects for Trilateral Cooperation between the Republic of Korea, the United States, and Vietnam; Building Climate Resilience in […]
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Young Asian Diplomats: Building U.S.-Asia Bonds
Thirteen mid-career diplomats from Asia and the Pacific have just completed a unique, three-week program of dialogue and exchange in the United States.
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Updates from Washington, DC: February/March 2022
In this issue: Lotus Leadership Awards 2022; Australasian Aid Conference Speaker Series: Debt Prospects and Challenges for Developing Countries in the Continuing Pandemic; The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Businesses […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: January 2022
The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Businesses in Southeast Asia: A Deeper Look at the Women’s Workforce in Thailand and Malaysia, Book Launch: Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN; Challenging Perceptions, Concretizing […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: December 2021
Leaders on the Frontlines Awards, Asia Foundation and APEC Announce Winner of APEC Digital Prosperity Award, Cambodia: Water, Gender, and Poverty Collide in Cambodian Watershed, Mobilizing Climate-Resilient Infrastructure in Asia, […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: October 2021
In this issue: Launch of The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia, 2021: Identity-based Conflict and Extremism; InAsia Podcast: Stories for Children of the Ocean; Mongolia: Five Lessons from […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: Summer/Fall 2021
In this issue: Launch of The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia, 2021: Identity-based Conflict and Extremism; Asian Voices on the Future of U.S.- Asia Relations; Nepal: Covid, Women, […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: June 2021
In this issue: Vietnam: Nothing is Impossible: America’s Reconciliation with Vietnam, Thailand: Revisiting the Pandemic: Surveys on the Impact of Covid-19 on Small Businesses and Workers, Pacific Islands: Challenges Facing […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: May 2021
In this issue: Advancing Peace on the Barren Soil of Strife, Flying Blind: Vietnam’s Decision to Join ASEAN with Ambassador Nguyen Vu Tung, Challenges Facing the Pacific Islands: Disinformation, Climate […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: April 2021
In this issue: 2021 Survey Findings: Afghan Perceptions of Peace, Covid-19, & the Economy, Lotus Leadership Awards, A Post-Pandemic Green Recovery for Asia, Timor-Leste: Devastating Floods Hit Timor-Leste, Shifting Parameters […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: February 2021
In this issue- The Economist’s Technology for Change Week; Asia Don’t Mess with Me: Combating Gender-based Violence in South Asia Through Art and Engagement; Mongolia: Strengthening Mongolia’s Justice System; Sri […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: January 2021
In this issue- Don’t Mess with Me: Combating Gender-based Violence in South Asia Through Art and Engagement Insights from North Korean Refugee Entrepreneurs Problems and Urgent Issues in U.S. – […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: December 2020
In this issue: Problems and Urgent Issues in U.S. – Southeast Asia Relations for 2021; Afghanistan Flash Surveys on Perceptions of Peace, Covid-19, and the Economy; Summit on Women’s Leadership […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: November 2020
In this Issue- Afghanistan: Flash Surveys on Perceptions of Peace, Covid-19, and the Economy Cambodia: Covid-19 and Cambodia Asia: Asian Voices on the Future of U.S. – Asia Relations Southeast […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: September/October 2020
The 2020 Elections in Myanmar: A Conversation with Ambassador Mark McDowell; Webinar Series: Changing Landscape of Development Cooperation Amidst and Beyond Covid-19 in Asia; Summit on Women’s Leadership in STEM: […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: August 2020
In this issue: Enduring the Pandemic in Thailand – Upcoming Virtual Event; Leaders on the Frontlines Virtual Awards – Upcoming Virtual Event; InAsia Podcast: Covid-19 and Urbanization; Cambodia: Resisting Domestic […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: July 2020
In this issue: Orphans in Muslim Mindanao; Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh; Women Entrepreneurs in Mongolia; Coalitions for Change in the Philippines; Mobile Banking in Vietnam Women in India’s Gig Economy; […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: May 2020
In this issue: COVID-19, Gender-Based Violence during Covid-19, InAsia Podcast, ASEAN Microbusinesses, Afghan Disability Survey, Books for Asia in the Pacific, Myanmar, Nepal, and Rohingya Refugees.
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Updates from Washington, DC: April 2020
In this issue: COVID-19, Transportation Services for Women, Lotus Leadership Awards, Let’s Read, Peace and Conflict, Pakistan, Rapid Response Fund, Nepal, and Myanmar
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Updates from Washington, DC: March 2020
In this issue: The Asia Foundation COVID-19 Response, Lotus Leadership Awards Gala, COVIBOOK, Women’s Economic Participation, Australasian AID Conference, Violence and Social Media, Philippines, and ASEAN
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Updates from Washington, DC: February 2020
In this issue: Mitigating Hardship in Refugee Camps; Annual Young Lotus Circle Soiree, Myanmar, YSEALI Ecotourism Workshop, Philippines, Green Entrepreneurship in Pakistan, Advanced Middle-Income Country (AMIC) Initiative, Myanmar’s Economic Governance […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: January 2020
In this issue: 2019 Survey of the Afghan People, Women in Afghanistan, Mongolia, APEC Digital Prosperity Award, 2020 in Asia, Nepal, Pakistan, Combatting Human Trafficking, Afghanistan, and Industrial Revolution 4.0
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Updates from Washington, DC: November 2019
In this issue: Launch of the 2019 Survey of the Afghan People, Role of Women in Afghanistan, Mongolia, Laos, The Myanmar Business Environment Index, Livable Cities Forum, Policy Reform in […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: October 2019
In this issue: The Myanmar Business Environment Index 2019, South Korea, Satellite Broadband Service in the Philippines, Timor-Leste’s Democratic Journey, Green Growth in Pakistan, The Gender Lab Boys Program, Afghanistan-Pakistan […]
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A Tribute to Ted Eliot
Asia Foundation trustee emeritus Ted Eliot, Jr., who left us this fall at the grand age of 91, demonstrated throughout his life that America’s first line of defense is manned […]
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DC Launch of the 2019 Myanmar Business Environment Index
9:30 am – 11:00 am Choate Room, Ground Floor Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Building 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036 Watch the live stream here The government of […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: Summer 2019
In this issue: Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda; Access to Justice in Laos; Read Aloud Challenge; Timor-Leste; Prospects for US-India Burden Sharing; and Thailand’s Inequality
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Updates from Washington, DC: May 2019
In this issue: Federalism in Nepal, India, Lotus Leadership Awards Dinner, Women in ICT, China, Gender Equality in Nepal, Conflict in Border Regions, 2018 Survey of Afghan Returnees, and Myanmar.
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Updates from Washington, DC: April 2019
In this issue: Cambodia, Update on Nepal’s Federalism, Addressing the Gender Divide in India, Lotus Leadership Awards Dinner, Let’s Read Initiative, Indonesian Elections, Pakistani Women in Law, 2019 Development Fellows, […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: March 2019
In this issue: Advanced Middle-Income Countries, Let’s Read! Initiative, Cambodia, China, 2019 Lotus Leadership Awards Gala, and the Philippines
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Updates from Washington, DC: February 2019
In this issue: Advanced Middle-Income Countries, Governance, Environment, Technology and Development, Promote Scholarship for Women, 2019 Asia Foundation Development Fellows, City Life Survey 2018, and Understanding Violent Extremism in the […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: January 2019
In this issue: Myanmar’s Transition, Environment, Technology, Data for Development in Nepal Program, India, Mindanao Referendum, Mongolia, and Female Employment Stagnation in Bangladesh
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Updates from Washington, DC: December 2018
In this issue: Afghanistan in 2018, Gender Equality in Afghanistan, Timor-Leste’s Nabilan Program, Myanmar, Increasing Environmental Resilience in Indonesia, YSEALI Summit, Inclusive Elections in the Philippines
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Updates from Washington, DC: November 2018
In this issue: #GBVchat Tweetchat Relay, Afghanistan in 2018, Gender Findings of the 2018 Afghan Survey, Advancing Property Rights in the Philippines, Pakistan, Women’s Entrepreneurship, 2018 YSEALI Summit, Mongolia, and […]
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Updates from Washington, DC: October 2018
In this issue: Afghanistan in 2018, Afghan Women, Philippine Faultlines, Women’s Entrepreneurship, Myanmar, Science Education in Rural Afghanistan, Indonesia, and Technology and Development in the Philippines
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