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  • The Asia Foundation Announces New Members of the Board of Trustees

    The Asia Foundation announces three new members to the Board of Trustees effective January 2024. Joining our mission to improve lives and expand opportunities across Asia and the Pacific, these […]
  • 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 […]
  • Asia Foundation Trustee Daniel Feldman Joins Covington & Burling LLP as Senior Counsel

    Asia Foundation trustee Daniel F. Feldman joins Covington & Burling LLP, an international law firm, as a senior counsel in the firm’s Public Policy practice and a member of Global […]
  • The Asia Foundation – 25 Years in Timor-Leste

    The Asia Foundation celebrates 25 years of dedicated work in Timor-Leste. Since 1992, the Foundation has worked alongside partners in the government, civil society, media, academia, and community groups to […]
  • Conversation with Economist Namet Ilahi on Pakistan’s Biggest Challenges, Opportunities

    The Asia Foundation's deputy country representative in Pakistan, Ameena Ilahi, recently spoke with veteran development practitioner and economist, Namet Ilahi, who began his career in the early 1970s as Pakistan's joint secretary in the Planning Commission, and since worked as a lead consultant in over a dozen countries...
  • The United Nations Charter at Seventy

    In 1945, as World War II entered its terrible final months, world leaders were working on a new institution they hoped would prevent the next conflagration, a world forum built on international law, where nations could settle their differences with words instead of warfare. That June, delegations from 50 nations made their way to San Francisco, by ship, by train, and sometimes by misadventure, to forge the agreement that would create the United Nations.
  • A Conversation with Taiwan Women’s Movement Leader Yenlin Ku

    The Asia Foundation's director of Regional Cooperation Programs, John J. Brandon, and Chen-Dong Tso, the Foundation's senior advisor in Taiwan, recently spoke with former Asia Foundation grantee, Professor Yenlin Ku, a leading feminist in Taiwan who established Taiwan's first women's studies center.
  • Former Korea Country Representative David Steinberg Reflects on A Nation in Transition

    The Asia Foundation marked its 60th anniversary with a special day-long event and gala on November 6 in Seoul, Korea, hosted by former Foreign Minister Han Sung-Joo...
  • A Conversation with Pakistani Journalist Wajahat Ali

    The Asia Foundation's deputy country representative in Pakistan, Ameena Ilahi, recently spoke with Pakistani journalist Wajahat Ali, who in 2010 served as an Asia Foundation William P. Fuller Fellow in Conflict Resolution at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. As an accomplished journalist, looking back, what do you consider the highlight or most remarkable moment in your career?
  • Asia Foundation Marks 60th Anniversary in Korea

    On November 6, The Asia Foundation marked its 60th anniversary with a special day-long event and gala in Seoul, Korea, hosted by former South Korean Foreign Minister Han Sung-joo; Chairman, […]
  • A Conversation with Singapore’s Ambassador-at-Large Tommy Koh

    The Asia Foundation's director of Regional Cooperation Programs, John J. Brandon, recently spoke with former Foundation grantee, Tommy Koh, Singapore's ambassador-at-large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former ambassador to the United States.
  • 60th Anniversary – California Senator Dianne Feinstein

    Presented at the 60th anniversary gala in SF, a special video congratulations by California Senator Dianne Feinstein, honorary gala co-chair.

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