Updates from Washington DC

 

Updates from Washington, DC: The Asia Foundation November and December 2023

December 21, 2023

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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 new partnership with Stanford HAI on AI and the new APAC cybersecurity fund, an InAsia blog post about the Foundation’s 30th anniversary in Mon… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: October 2023 Newsletter

October 22, 2023

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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 critical minerals and global supply chains, an InAsia podcast episode about the Foundation’s programming in Indonesia, InAsia blog posts about care impera… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: September 2023 Newsletter

September 22, 2023

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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 story in the Foundation’s new 70 at 70 series, an InAsia podcast episode about the LeadNext Fellowship, an InAsia blog post about Bangladeshi migrant work… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: July and August 2023 Newsletter

August 22, 2023

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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 of Lao PDR, InAsia blog posts on the human rights sector in the Philippines and the rise in civic peacebuiliding across Asia, an InAsia podc… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: June 2023 Newsletter

June 22, 2023

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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 journey to going carbon neutral, evidence-based policymaking in Nepal, and the Foundation’s Skills2Work program, as well as recent publications on wome… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: May 2023 Newsletter

May 9, 2023

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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 Asi… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: April 2023 Newsletter

April 9, 2023

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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 defen… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: March 2023 Newsletter

March 9, 2023

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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-L… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: January 2023 Newsletter

February 2, 2023

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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 publica… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: October/November 2022 Newsletter

January 2, 2023

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Welcome to The Asia Foundation’s Washington, D.C. October and November newsletter. This issue includes our recent event on the rise of environmental, social, and governance work in South Korea, the Foundation’s new Congressional Fellow, the most recent InAsia podcast episode about Rappler, the latest blog posts about vaccination campaigns across As… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: September 2022 Newsletter

September 28, 2022

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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, the latest InAsia blog posts about technology in Southeast Asia and data-driven policymaking in Cambodia, and The Asia Foundation’s two most recent G… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: June/July 2022

July 23, 2022

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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 Asia; Vietnam: Protecting Domestic Workers with the Blockchain; Young Asian Diplomats: Building U.S. – Asia Bonds; Transforming the… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: February/March 2022

March 25, 2022

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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 in Southeast Asia: A Deeper Look at the Women’s Workforce in Thailand and Malaysia; Book Launch: Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN: Chal… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: January 2022

January 29, 2022

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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 Consolidations, Pacific Islands: In Pacific Island Kitchens, the Revolution Is Being Televised, Afghanistan: A Cold Winter of Hunger Unfol… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: December 2021

December 31, 2021

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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, Nepal: Assessment of Trade and Competitiveness Barriers to Nepal’s Export Sector, Timor-Leste: Covid-19 Survey Round 7… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: October 2021

December 1, 2021

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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 Mongolia’s Pandemic Hotline Project; Is Asia Ready for a Feminist Foreign Policy?; Myanmar: Covid-19 and Complex Conflicts: The Pandemic in Myanmar’s Unsettl… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: Summer/Fall 2021

November 2, 2021

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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, and Debt; Bangladesh: Cyber-Safe and Cyber-Positive Teens; InAsia Podcast: Political; Unrest Unsettles Myanmar’s Borderlands; InAsia Podcast: The Pursuit of Democr… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: June 2021

June 21, 2021

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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 the Pacific Islands: Disinformation, Climate and Gender, Vietnam: Flying Blind: Vietnam’s Decision to Join ASEAN, Advancing Pea… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: May 2021

May 30, 2021

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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 and Gender, Philippines: A Data-Driven Peace Dividend for the Bangsamoro, Bangladesh: Women Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh: Barely Staying Afloat, Nep… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: April 2021

April 29, 2021

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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 of Civic Space in Southeast Asia, Nepal: Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Employment in Middle-Order Cities of Nepal, Paci… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: February 2021

March 1, 2021

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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 Lanka: Pioneering Program Addresses Trauma Head-On; A Thai Family Reunion Bridges Communal Divides; Vietnam: How Gender-Smart Investing I… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: January 2021

February 1, 2021

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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. – Southeast Asia Relations for 2021 Enduring the Pandemic: Survey on the Impact of Covid-19 in Cambodia Asia Foundation Expert Predictions for 2021, Following… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: December 2020

January 1, 2021

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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 in STEM 2020 Program Highlights 2020; Covid-19 Program Response 2020 Thought Leadership

 

Updates from Washington, DC: November 2020

November 27, 2020

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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 Asia: Violent Conflict, Tech Companies, and Social Media Malaysia: Herizal Hazri to Lead Malaysian Institute of Strategic and International Studies Sri Lanka… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: September/October 2020

November 17, 2020

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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: A Virtual Trilateral Event; Rivers of Iron: Railroads and Chinese Power in Southeast Asia; Thailand: How to Sell an Avocado on Facebook;… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: August 2020

September 8, 2020

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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 Violence; Bangladesh: Citizen Perception Survey; Timor-Leste: Covid-19 Survey; Myanmar: Covid and Conflict Bangladesh: #LetsReadHerStori… Read more

 

Updates from Washington, DC: July 2020

August 6, 2020

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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; Let’s Read

 

Updates from Washington, DC: May 2020

May 29, 2020

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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.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: April 2020

April 29, 2020

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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

 

Updates from Washington, DC: March 2020

March 30, 2020

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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

 

Updates from Washington, DC: February 2020

February 28, 2020

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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 Actors, and Vietnam

 

Updates from Washington, DC: January 2020

February 2, 2020

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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

 

Updates from Washington, DC: November 2019

November 30, 2019

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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 Myanmar, Battling Violence Against Women on Timor-Leste’s Airwaves, Bangladesh, and Trade in the Sulu Archipelago

 

Updates from Washington, DC: October 2019

October 24, 2019

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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 Cross-Border Trade, and Global Trading Identity Project in Vietnam

 

Updates from Washington, DC: Summer 2019

July 18, 2019

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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

 

Updates from Washington, DC: May 2019

May 31, 2019

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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.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: April 2019

April 30, 2019

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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, Myanmar’s Energy Sector, and Shifting to Planned Urbanization in Asia

 

Updates from Washington, DC: March 2019

March 28, 2019

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In this issue: Advanced Middle-Income Countries, Let’s Read! Initiative, Cambodia, China, 2019 Lotus Leadership Awards Gala, and the Philippines

 

Updates from Washington, DC: February 2019

February 27, 2019

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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 Philippines

 

Updates from Washington, DC: January 2019

January 31, 2019

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In this issue: Myanmar’s Transition, Environment, Technology, Data for Development in Nepal Program, India, Mindanao Referendum, Mongolia, and Female Employment Stagnation in Bangladesh

 

Updates from Washington, DC: December 2018

December 15, 2018

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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

 

Updates from Washington, DC: November 2018

November 30, 2018

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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 Inclusive Growth in Bangladesh

 

Updates from Washington, DC: October 2018

October 25, 2018

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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

 

Updates from Washington, DC: Fall 2018

October 4, 2018

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In this issue: Philippine Faultlines, Women’s Entrepreneurship, Community Mediation in Asia, Bangladesh, ASEAN Centrality, Asia Foundation Development Fellows, Advancing Gender Equality in Asia, India, and Thai-U.S. Relations

 

Updates from Washington, DC: July 2018

July 31, 2018

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In this issue: Community Mediation, Bangladesh, Post-2018 Elections in Timor-Leste, 200 Years of US-Thailand Relations, Let’s Read! Initiative, Pakistan, Women in Afghanistan’s Legal Sector, Seventh World Peace Forum in Beijing, Women Empowerment, and Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia

 

Updates from Washington, DC: June 2018

June 27, 2018

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In this issue: Timor-Leste, Gender Justice in Sri Lanka, 2018 APEC App Challenge, Women’s Entrepreneurship in Mongolia, Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding, Elections in Timor-Leste, Indonesia, and City Life Survey in Myanmar

 

Updates from Washington, DC: May 2018

May 29, 2018

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In this issue: Gender Justice in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, 2018 Development Fellows, Technology and Development, Disaster Management in China, Empowering Women, ASEAN Cybersecurity Cooperation, and Policymaking in Myanmar

 

Updates from Washington, DC: April 2018

April 29, 2018

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In this issue: Thailand, Leadership Development & Exchange, Launch of the Partnership for Online Platforms & Sustainable Development (POPS), Asian Views on America’s Role in Asia, Protecting Women and Girls in Pakistan, and Myanmar

 

Updates from Washington, DC: March 2018

March 29, 2018

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In this issue: Empowering Women, Ending Violence Against Women and Girls, Open Data in Nepal, Strengthening Governance, 2018 Australasian Aid Conference, Supporting Myanmar’s Transition, and Mongolia

 

Updates from Washington, DC: February 2018

February 28, 2018

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In this issue: Lotus Leadership Awards, Gender-Based Violence, Afghanistan, 2018 Development Fellows, Protecting Pakistan’s Children, the Philippines, and Countering Violent Extremism

 

Updates from Washington, DC: January 2018

January 29, 2018

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In this issue: Philippines, Technology, China, Women’s participation, Nepal Elections, Afghanistan, and Timor-Leste

 

Updates from Washington, DC: December 2017

December 29, 2017

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In this issue: 2017 Survey of the Afghan People, Women’s Empowerment, Technology and Development, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Strengthening Governance, Development and Aid Effectiveness, China

 

Updates from Washington, DC: Fall 2017

November 29, 2017

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In this issue: 2017 Survey of the Afghan People, Technology, Lotus Circle, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

 

Updates from Washington, DC: June and July 2017

July 1, 2017

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In this issue: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Women’s Empowerment Program, Technology, The Philippines, Mongolia, Elections, and Timor-Leste.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: May 2017

May 31, 2017

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In this issue: Malaysia, Nepal, Young Lotus Circle, Women’s Empowerment, Elections, Cambodia, Laos, Environment, India, and the Philippines.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: March and April 2017

April 23, 2017

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In this issue: China, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Cambodia, Books for Asia, South Korea, Technology and Development, Gender-Based Violence, Bangladesh, Women’s Empowerment, Disaster Relief, and Myanmar.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: February 2017

February 23, 2017

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In this issue: Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, China, Goverance and Law, Nepal, Mongolia, Afghanistan, Regional Cooperation, Timor-Leste, and Myanmar.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: January 2017

January 23, 2017

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In this issue: Survey of the Afghan People, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, Community Policing, Sri Lanka, and Timor-Leste.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: December 2016

December 23, 2016

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Happy Holidays from The Asia Foundation! In this issue: Thailand, America’s Role in Asia, the Philippines, Survey of the Afghan People, Afghanistan, Cambodia, Books for Asia, Myanmar, and Mongolia.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: November 2016

November 23, 2016

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In this issue: Vietnam, Women’s Empowerment Program, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, America’s Role in Asia, Survey of the Afghan People, China, and Indonesia.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: September 2016

September 23, 2016

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In this issue: Asian Approaches to Development Cooperation, Development and Aid Effectiveness, Vietnam, Women’s Empowerment Program, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Working Politically in Practice Series.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: August 2016

August 23, 2016

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In this issue: Asian Approaches to Development Cooperation, Development and Aid Effectiveness, Vietnam, Mongolia, Nepal, Indonesia, Philippines, Timor-Leste, and Violence Monitoring Systems.

 

Updates from Washington, DC: Summer 2016

July 25, 2016

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In this issue: Indonesia, Women’s Empowerment Program, Afghanistan, Environment, Sri Lanka, Asian Perspectives, Thailand, Nepal, and Vietnam

 

Updates from Washington, DC: May 2016

May 25, 2016

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In this issue: Women’s Empowerment Program, Lotus Leadership Awards, Environment, Sri Lanka, LankaCorps, Asian Perspectives, Indonesia, the Philippines, Regional Cooperation, and Working Politically in Practice paper series.