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Asia Society is the leading global and pan-Asian organization working to strengthen relationships and promote understanding among the people, leaders, and institutions of the United States and Asia. We seek to increase knowledge and enhance dialogue, encourage creative expression, and generate new ideas across the fields of policy, business, education, arts, and culture. Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd. Initially established to promote greater knowledge of Asia in the US, the Society today is a global institution—with offices throughout the US and Asia—that fulfills its educational mandate through a wide range of cross-disciplinary programming. As economies and cultures have become more interconnected, the Society's programs have expanded to address Asian American issues, the effects of globalization, and pressing concerns in Asia including human rights, the status of women, and environmental and global health issues such as HIV/AIDS. In celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2006, Asia Society announced a dramatic expansion of its network that includes the building of major new facilities in Hong Kong and Houston. To learn more visit the Asia Society website at http://www.asiasociety.org

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  • Chuck Hagel on US Foreign Policy Towards a Rising Asia

    Mon, Dec 8, 2008
    During this time of global financial uncertainty and political change in the United States, America can capitalize on its opportunities in the rising Asia-Pacific region. United States Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) will discuss these opportunities in this region and how the US can proceed. Senator Hagel has served as senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as a US Senator for two terms. He is also the author of America: Our Next Chapter, which outlines proposals for the country’s greatest challenges of the 21st century. This event was held by The Asia Society.
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  • Can Asia Weather the Storm of the Global Financial Crisis?

    Fri, Nov 7, 2008
    In light of the current financial crisis, Asia’s economy is suffering too. Haruhiko Kuroda, Asian Development Bank President, discusses Asia’s economic development in light of the current financial crisis, fluctuations in commodity prices, and the environmental challenges that the region currently faces. Prior to his appointment as President of the Asian Development Bank, Haruhiko Kuroda was Special Advisor to the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a professor at the graduate school of economics at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, and Director-General of the International Bureau (Ministry of Finance). Between 1997 and 2003, Mr. Kuroda helped to design and implement the US $30 billion Miyazawa Initiative, which was Japan’s response to Asian economies hit by the 1997-1998 financial crisis. This event was held by the Asia Society.
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  • Iran Foreign Minister: US Must Change Policy to Improve Ties

    Thu, Oct 2, 2008
    The Iran Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki invites the future US administration to reach out to the Middle East and accept his country’s nuclear program. Ambassador Frank G. Wisner, Vice Chairman of External Affairs at the American International Group moderates this conversation with the Iran Foreign Minister on finding a new approach to their troubled relationship. Mr. Mottaki discusses his belief that the new president must improve foreign policy, including in the Middle East. This event was held at the Asia Society.
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  • The Future of Pakistan

    Mon, Jan 28, 2008
    Imran Khan, Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) Party, spoke at the Asia Society about the need to pave the way for democratic governance in Pakistan.
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  • The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis

    Thu, Aug 7, 2008
    When George Bush took office in 2001, North Korea’s nuclear program was frozen. Kim Jong-Il had signaled to the outgoing Clinton administration he was ready to negotiate an end to his missile program. Today, North Korea has become a full-fledged nuclear power, with enough fissile material to stage an underground test in 2006 and manufacture as many as ten more warheads. How did the United States fail to prevent a long-standing adversary like North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons? Join this conversation with longtime CNN correspondent and North Korea expert Mike Chinoy as he discusses his new book Meltdown: The Inside Story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis In conversation with John Delury—Associate Director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society—Chinoy explains why North Korea remains a danger today and why it didn’t have to be this way. This event was held at the Asia Society.
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