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ore than 800 alumni and guests from 35 countries Mcelebrated the Center’s contributions to the region over five decades at the EWC/EWCA 50th Anniversary Conference in Honolulu, July 2 to 5. In his opening address, EWC President Charles E. Morrison told the audience, “A few years ago, I had a chance to meet one of today’s wise 800 Alumni men of the East, Manmohan Singh, prime minister of India. He fondly recalled how, as a young economist, from 35 Countries he attended a trade meeting at the East-West Center in 1964, his first Mark EWC’s trip to the United States. And he was most emphatic in saying that what the Center does — its mission 50th Anniversary of building relations and under - standing — is even more important For more information, visit: today than it was in the 1960s.” EastWestCenter.org/ Morrison also spoke of the many contributions EWC hawaii2010 alumni have made toward the dramatic transformation of the region over the past half century. “As the region continued on page 9 Assessing Obama’s Foreign Policy in a Changing Asia

he Obama administration’s hope to build on policies In Japan, former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Tof prior U.S. administrations in Asia has faced some came into office last September with a different view For more information, visit: unexpected turns during the first 18 months of his of the U.S.-Japan alliance and a pledge to re-examine a EastWestCenter.org/go/83 presidency, assessed Michael Green, EWC POSCO previous agreement over the future of the Futenma Fellow, Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and Marine base in Okinawa. The weakened relationship International Studies and an associate professor of with Japan and Wall Street’s financial crisis also altered international relations at Georgetown. China’s view of the U.S., Green said. In public presentations at the East-West Center this China also hasn’t responded the way Washington summer, Green noted that the Obama administration hoped in terms of climate change policy, he added, and came into office with the idea of has been especially critical of a U.S. decision to sell “… the United maintaining continuity in arms to Taiwan this year — including rebuffing U.S. States is finding foreign policy in Asia, as recent Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ request to visit presidents had. That included Beijing in June. itself pushing on carrying on a strong relationship “China was much tougher than I think the an open door in with Japan while continuing to administration expected,” Green said. reach out and engage China on As for North Korea, Obama’s hopes for engage - Southeast Asia.” issues such as climate change. ment dimmed when the country tested missiles and a There also was a hope that more nuclear bomb in the months after he took office. “As a direct talks with North Korea might improve relations. result the Obama administration’s North Korea policy But the situation Obama inherited in Asia was is actually tougher than Bush’s policy in the last two or different than the one his predecessor faced, said Green, three years,” Green said. “They’re not rushing back to who worked at the National Security Council during six-party talks, not rushing for high-level dialogue. Michael Green President George W. Bush’s presidency. continued on page 2 2

Voting on the island of Makira primarily took place in open-air classrooms. Voter turnout was high and people stood in long lines to cast their vote.

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International n cooperation with the On Election Day, observers traveled by air, IUnited Nations and the land and sea to visit more than 150 polling stations Asia Pacific Democracy throughout the country. Additionally, delegates Delegation Monitors Partnership (APDP), the observed the chain of transmission of the ballot boxes East-West Center organized from a number of polling places to the provincial a delegation to observe the tabulation centers and witnessed the early tabulation Solomon Islands national parliamentary process at various sites. election in the Solomon THE APDP delegation issued a preliminary National Election Islands in August. The statement congratulating the people of the Solomons APDP mission, consisting for “an open and spirited electoral process that of 20 observers from eight countries, was one among generated high voter interest.” The APDP delegates several delegations that observed the election. reported that the voting and ballot-counting process Headed by Sandra Sumang Pierantozzi, former was “transparent and appears to be without significant The East-West Center Vice President and former Minister of the State of the irregularities.” However, the delegation did note some Observer Republic of Palau, the delegation was formed in procedural inconsistencies which may merit further is a quarterly newsletter response to an invitation from the Solomon Islands investigation by election officials. In particular, the published by the government and through a grant from the U.S. State delegation either observed or heard reports of a East-West Center, Department. The EWC delegation included Jerry Finin, substantial number of potential voters turned away a public non-profit Deputy Director of the Pacific Islands Development from polling places because their names were not institution established Program, Scott Kroeker, PIDP Project Officer, and included on the rolls. in 1960 to foster mutual Karen Knudsen, Director of External Affairs. As a result, the delegation recommended a understanding and The observers included election specialists, thorough review of voter registration lists to minimize cooperation among government officials, academics and civil society disenfranchisement and the potential for fraud. the governments and representatives from eight countries including Observers also noted concerns over delays in voting peoples of the Asia Pacific Australia, Mongolia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the procedures at some large polling stations. region, including the Philippines, South Korea, Timor-Leste and the United These recommendations are contained in the United States. States. The APDP delegation joined other observation Election Observation Mission’s final report which Volume 14, Number 3 teams from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the will be shared with government officials and non- Summer 2010 Commonwealth and the Pacific Islands Forum. governmental organizations. Charles E. Morrison, President Karen Knudsen, Director Assessing Obama’s Foreign Policy in a Changing Asia Office of External Affairs continued from page 1 For information, contact: They’re focusing instead, as I think they should, on Amity and Cooperation and, of course, the president’s The East-West Center shoring up their alliances with Korea and Japan, and connection to Indonesia has been important,” Green 1601 East-West Road working through the Security Council to contain the said. “Here they’ve been lucky in a way where China Honolulu, HI 96848-1601 problem.” has helped them out” by acting in a manner some Telephone: 808-944-7111 On the other hand, the U.S.-South Korea Southeast Asian countries consider “arrogant.” relationship is much stronger. “Barack Obama gave a “As a result the United States is finding itself Fax: 808-944-7376 speech saying Korea is the lynchpin of America Asian pushing on an open door in Southeast Asia,” Green said. Email: strategy,” Green said, an indication of how well “And I think that’s an area where the administration is [email protected] Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak going to have a lot of room to do more. The key is Website: EastWestCenter.org clicked in their meetings. going to be trade. Can they put together a trade agenda Editor: Susan Yim And he believes the Obama administration has that helps and builds ties.” Design: Kennedy & Preiss “doubled down on ASEAN.” “Signing the Treaty of 3

Q&A WITH : Michelle Staggs Kelsall A Milestone for International Justice at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Q: What’s been the reaction in Cambodia to the outcome Q: It was reported that three million viewers or 20 of the trial of Duch, the chief jailer for the Khmer Rouge? percent of Cambodia’s population watched the proceedings during a weekly broadcast on television, a collaborative Fairly mixed. While most international lawyers A: production of AIJI and Khmer Mekong Films. Why was watching the proceedings agree that the verdict and it so important to broadcast the trial? sentence are fair (by international standards), most Cambodians I have spoken to have expressed A: Trials such as the one occurring in Cambodia are disappointment and have difficulty squaring Duch’s really public events or monumental spectacles that are sentence with the crimes he confessed to aimed at responding, on a symbolic level, to committing. This includes the atrocities committed during the Khmer Cambodians from the legal Rouge era. This is a society’s way of community. Victims who holding accused persons accountable, but participated in the process to some extent, it’s also holding itself have expressed a range of accountable at the same time: questions emotions: Some did say that such as “Why did Cambodians kill the trial had brought them a Cambodians?” pervade the national sense of closure, but many are consciousness, and the hope is that the outraged by what they see as a trials will give people a sense of very lenient sentence. I think understanding the period in a new light. there needs to be greater Additionally, it’s hoped that the trial outreach efforts from the court will have a demonstration effect — in to explain the judgment, that it will illustrate to Cambodians otherwise there may be negative what a fair trial looks like, and raise consequences as a result. expectations of their own justice sector. The Deputy Director of What do you think is most What’s next? the Asian International Q: Q: significant about the trial, which Justice Initiative (AIJI) Case 002 — the trial of Khieu was backed by the U.N. and A: discusses the recent Samphan, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith, Nuon began two years ago? conviction of Kaing Chea and again Duch will be held next Guek Eav (Duch), the A: Obviously it’s the first time in Cambodia that a year. Most people seem to think around March 2011. chief jailer for the Khmer former Khmer Rouge cadre at a fairly senior level has Rouge, at the first trial of admitted responsibility for the crimes committed Q: What do you hope will be the long-term impact of the the Extraordinary between 1975 -79. This is significant in and of itself: tribunal? Chambers in the Courts that Duch testified extensively on his involvement in I hope it provides a sense of justice and closure of Cambodia (ECCC). the Khmer Rouge regime provides a form of historical A: for some of the victims of the Khmer Rouge; that it AIJI, a collaboration record that is unlike any other Cambodia has had to promotes greater understanding and empathy in both between the East-West date. Additionally, for better or for worse, the Court the way Cambodians view their own history (and their Center and the War facilitated a victims’ participation process that enabled part in it) and outsiders view Cambodia; and that it Crimes Study Center at victims to be involved in the proceedings. While it is can be a catalyst for igniting the imagination of judges the University of far from perfect, it has facilitated greater engagement and lawyers working within the institution and around California-Berkeley, by victims in the proceedings and allowed for ongoing it, to consider what “lessons learned” from the ECCC provides training, dialogue about victims’ experiences to occur in parallel might be usefully transported into the domestic legal monitoring and outreach to their participation. sector. The ECCC can’t be seen as a panacea for all for the Khmer Rouge that happened during the Khmer Rouge era, but it Tribunal in Cambodia. What was the biggest challenge AIJI faced during this Q: might be the start of a national dialogue that both Reports and videos of process? acknowledges that period of Cambodian history, while “Duch on Trial” are Our ‘Duch on Trial’ series aired weekly through - at the same time moves on from it and concerns itself available online at the A: out the trial proceedings and so we had our hands full with contemporary issues facing the country. In many Time for Justice website (together with Khmer Mekong Films) getting scripts respects, that is already occurring and has been at http://forum. finalized and selecting footage for a 24-minute show occurring for some time, in part thanks to the tribunal. Q&Aeastwestcenter.org/ each week. We wanted to convey the complex Khmer-Rouge-Trials/ messages of the proceedings in layman’s terms and this wasn’t always easy. Trying to ensure we didn’t miss the For more information, visit: nuances of testimony and legal arguments while still EastWestCenter.org/staff/1051 keeping the message clear and simple was the greatest challenge. 4

News in Brief

EWC Announces New China-U.S. Journalists Exchange Program The East-West Center launched a new journalism exchange program that will bring six U.S. journalists to China and six Chinese journalists to the U.S., culminating in a dialogue between the two groups at the EWC in Honolulu. The inaugural China-United States Journalists Exchange, scheduled for September 11-25, will examine “China-U.S. Relations: Impacts and Implications for the Global Economic Recovery.” Robert Nakasone “With China’s increasing economic and political coordinates the EWC power, and the growing importance of China-U.S. Obuchi program. relations in global affairs, we believe it is more important than ever that journalists from the two nations have an opportunity to better understand each other’s societies, and to exchange viewpoints on major Supporting the Center issues of common concern,” said Susan Kreifels, Recent Grants and Contracts The Honorable Yuko Obuchi, member of the Japanese Diet coordinator of the Center’s media seminar programs. and daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi The program is co-sponsored by the EWC, the Research / greets the conference participants. All-China Journalists Association and the Better Hong Politics & Security Kong Foundation. Center for Global Partnership, Obuchi Scholarship Program Japan Foundation For more information, visit: Marks 10th Anniversary EastWestCenter.org/chinausjournalists $9,510 The East-West Center marked the 10th anniversary of Government of the Obuchi Okinawa Education and Research Program United Kingdom Foreign & Hadi Soesastro, Commonwealth Office and the golden anniversary of the Center at a series of events in Okinawa in June. International Advisory Board Member $34,402 Hadi Soesastro, one of During the past decade, the Obuchi program has Indonesia’s foremost Research / brought 49 Okinawan students and scholars to the economists and former Population & Health Center to engage in multilateral educational and executive director of the The Global Fund research activities. The program, supported jointly by $148,109 Centre for Strategic and the East-West Center and the Japan Foundation, also International Studies serves as an important educational link between Research /Environment (CSIS) died in May at Okinawa and the United States. Institute for Global the age of 65 in Jakarta. “The program’s impact can be seen in the changes Environmental Strategies He served as a member of $85,000 in the participants’ lives as a result of this experience the EWC International U.S. Department of State and what they have brought back to Okinawa from that Advisory Board and $239,802 experience,” said EWC President Charles E. Morrison participated in numerous EWC activities over the years. at the 10th anniversary program. Pacific Islands As one of the most prominent and respected The program included welcome remarks by Development Southeast Asian intellectuals promoting regional Governor Hirokazu Nakaima of Okinawa Prefecture U.S. Department of State economic cooperation and freer trade, he was a mentor and Chōkō Takayama, president of the EWC Alumni- $396,040 and adviser to many younger Southeast Asian scholars Okinawa Chapter. The Honorable Yuko Obuchi, and government officials. Education member of the Lower House of the Diet in Japan and “We will deeply miss Hadi for his brilliant mind, Center for Global Partnership, daughter of former Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, also his warm and unassuming character, and his profound Japan Foundation presented a keynote address. $40,000 commitment to our Asia Pacific community-building Government of France For more information, visit: EastWestCenter.org/go/85 mission,” said EWC President Charles E. Morrison. $35,230 U.S. Department EWC Welcomes 167 new students of Education The East-West Center welcomed 167 new student fellows $146,780 and affiliates form 33 countries in August. That brings External Affairs the total of new and returning students to 387 representing 50 countries altogether. Though the EWC Foundation $63,800 majority of students come from throughout Asia, the Pacific and the United States, this year the reach of the Center extends to students from Ireland to Palestine, Armenia to Brazil, and Peru to Tunisia, among others.

New EWC students participated in various orientation activities before beginning classes. 5

ifferent “voices” and perspectives were exchanged workshops on “History and Commemoration: Legacies Don the legacies of World War II in the Asia Pacific of the Pacific War,” examined a history the region region, when 75 college professors from nine nations shares but still views in different and at times participated in summer workshops offered by the conflicting ways. EWC Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP). The EWC AsiaPacificEd program previously In collaboration with hosted similar workshops for U.S. and Japanese high the National Park Service school teachers which delved into the multiple Educators Explore and Pacific Historic Parks histories surrounding the Pearl Harbor attack. As an (formerly the Arizona expansion on that theme, the ASDP “Legacies of the the Multiple Histories Memorial Museum Pacific War” examined issues stemming from the war Association), the two across the wider Pacific region, bringing together National Endowment for educators from Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, the of the Pacific War Humanities-sponsored Netherlands, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea and the United States to engage in dialogue and hear perspectives from individuals who actually lived through the war. For more information, visit: Personal stories were shared by civilian survivors EastWestCenter.org/go/86 of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the war in the Marshall Islands and the Japanese internment camps on the U.S. mainland. Participants also heard from U.S. veteran Pearl Harbor attack survivors and expert historians from the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial . Hungdah Su, a professor of international history Educators from the Asia- at National Taiwan University, noted that because of Pacific-U.S. region came lingering World War II animosities in Asia, “such a together with veterans and workshop could not be held in any other Asian survivors of the Pacific War country — only America. The workshop is an to discuss WWII. important step toward reconciling histories.”

he recent catastrophic floods in Pakistan have 60,000 Pakistani troops diverted to relief work, the T created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in a fight against the Taliban insurgency could be hindered. nation already struggling with poverty, political insta - “The Obama administration has exercised bility and violent militancy. “Supporting the Pakistani leadership, however, contributing $150 million in people in their hour of need is the best investment the new aid, in addition to $200 million from existing U.S. can make to bridge the ‘trust deficit’ that exists commitments that could also be used for recovery,” Cheema: between the two allies in the war against terror and Cheema said. As a result of the U.S. role, he extremism,” advises anticipated the U.N. was likely to exceed its target of U.S. Response to Shabbir Cheema, director $460 million for immediate relief for flood victims. of the EWC Asia-Pacific In August, the U.S. Department of State set up a Governance and special Pakistan Relief Fund. Declaring that the disaster Pakistan Floods – An Democracy Initiative. reflects “painful images of human suffering at its “While the first order worst,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Investment in Trust of business must be to Americans to contribute to the fund at www.State.gov, provide relief for the or to send $10 simply by millions whose homes and livelihoods have been texting the word destroyed,” he added, “alarms have been raised about FLOOD to 27722. the potential impact on the long-term stability of the “The U.S. has good nuclear-armed nation of 167 million and the fight against reason to be actively the Taliban and Al Qaida in neighboring Afghanistan.” engaged,” Cheema said. He noted that Pakistan has shown resilience in “Success in Afghanistan coping with crises in the past. But in the aftermath of a — where America is 2005 earthquake which killed 73,000 people and an spending $16 to $20 ongoing Taliban insurgency that has cost the country billion annually, in more than $30 billion, “the worst natural disaster in addition to the loss of Pakistan’s history could set the country back for years,” life — depends upon the Cheema said. support of Pakistan, He warned that if the Pakistani government fails especially its military.” to coordinate relief efforts effectively, that failure could be exploited by extremist groups. And with Shabbir Cheema 6

New Publications Spotlight EWC Alumni N Legacy N Art Collection

Three softcover Fifty Years, Fifty Stories highlights the lives and Manmohan Singh publications were achievements of 50 alumni. Each has a unique story to Navigating India’s Path to Globalization

When Manmohan Singh Born in Gah (now part of Pakistan), Singh’s “I was at the East-West Manmohan Singh was tapped as Finance family moved to Amritsar in 1947, displaced by the India Minister in 1991, India’s partition at the arrival of India’s independence. 1964, Trade Center in 1964. I enjoyed published to share demonstrating leadership tied to service, expertise economy was sliding Life was extremely difficult. At times, the toward bankruptcy. Singh swiftly instituted family couldn’t afford food or electricity. my time there very much reforms that liberalized the economy and placed Young Manmohan walked to school barefoot; the South Asian nation on the path to globalization. he studied under a street lamp. and believe that its Under his stewardship, the economy revived and Hungry to learn, he applied himself to his commemorate the and collaboration — which many trace to their days at grew at an annual rate of 7 percent. studies, graduating from Punjab University, then mission now is even more However, quiet, brilliant economists don’t attending Cambridge and Oxford universities on usually make successful politicians. So no one scholarships, where he distinguished himself in important than before.” expected Singh to emerge as India’s prime economics. After returning to India to teach at his minister in the nation’s 2004 elections, let alone alma mater, he came to the East-West Center for a Center’s 50th the East-West Center. Included are world leaders such as be re-elected overwhelmingly to a second term. program on international trade. Soon after that he But that’s exactly what happened in May 2009, joined the Delhi School of Economics, during its when more than 400 million voters in the world’s golden era — and began his ascent as an economics largest democracy gave Singh’s Congress Party its reformer. biggest election victory in years. In 2004, when Congress Party President Anniversary and India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, champions Singh, who had already made history as the Sonia Gandhi nominated Singh to be prime first Sikh to hold the nation’s top post, became minister, observers considered it a gamble that only the second prime minister — Jawaharlal the low-profile economist could win. But he did, Nehru was the first — to win another five-year and his election eased tensions between the term. Congress Party and India’s Sikhs. made available at for the poor such as Nobel Laureate Muhammad Upon Singh’s re-election, an Indian political In a notoriously divisive political climate, analyst explained on National Public Radio, “The he steadied India’s economy — which grew more athan Indian electorate preferred him because he was than 8 percent when Western economies took a S.R. N low-key, he seemed different. He was an educated nose dive. And in 2009, Singh earned a clear-cut Singapore man who was known for his scholarship, and it mandate from Indian voters to continue both President of the EWC/EWCA Yunus and microcredit pio - kept his voice and rhetoric at a low level.” economic and much-needed social reforms. N A Z U

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The East-West Center Legacy spotlights the ways in which the Center and its network of staff, professional participants and alumni have helped shape the region. The vignettes, selected from hundreds of collaborative projects over five decades, illustrate the diversity of the Center’s activities. In the opening message, EWC President Charles E. Morrison notes that “all [the vignettes] underscore the power and creativity inherent in the Center’s cooperative work, in which small, multicultural groups draw from each other’s experience, strengths and dedication to achieve a result important to the region.”

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Wood Pillow Da Tan Ke, artist Print, 1970 | Taiwan | Ink on paper Gift from David Wu This print is by an artist from the Paiwan community, one of nine aboriginal groups in Taiwan. The Paiwan call themselves the descendents of the paipushe snake. They revere the snake and, consequently, its likeness appears on Paiwan clothing, totem carvings and in this print.

East-West Treasures: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection showcases gifts of art, architecture and artifacts presented to the

Elephants Woman and Bird ofParadise Maori Female Ancestor Figure Bamboo Genesis: East-West Center since its Mohammad Yasin, artist Unknown artist Unknown artist The Filipino Legend ofCreation Painting, 1986 | India | Acrylic on canvas Sculpture, 1960s | Sepik River Valley, Papua New Guinea Detail: Carving, 1970s | Aotearoa (New Zealand) Unknown artist Gift from the artist, created during his Carved wood with natural pigments, natural fiber Carved tokara wood, inlaid with paua, Bas relief storyboard, 1980s | Philippines EWC artist-in-residency, 1986 Gift from Francis M. Therada, 2008 mother of pearl Carved nara wood ts Elephants is based on a Jataka The Sepik people are renowned for their Gift from Dame Te Atairangikaahu, 1979 Gift from the EWCA Philippines Alumni Chapter, 1986 presen ogram story relating Lord Buddha’s early superb artistic ability in painting and carving. This traditional style wall panel In the Filipino traditional story of founding in 1960. These Arts Pr enter life, and is rendered in the style of In common with much of the art of Oceania, figure is of Taranga giving birth to the creation, a great primeval bird pecking at -West C s East e The sur 1st century B.C. Ajanta cave art in the carvings were traditionally created to be god Maui—an important figure to both bamboo released the first man and woman— Trea the Indian State of Maharashtra. inhabited by benevolent spirits. These spirits Maori and Native Hawaiians. strong (malakas) and beautiful (maganda)— est Since the white elephant is one of are intended both to help people meet the Dame Teata, queen of the Tainui from non-being. Together they stepped into -W the incarnations of Buddha, artist challenges of everyday life and to ward off the Maori group, was the leader of the life hand-in-hand, equal and bound to each gifts reflect the richness ast Yasin—a Muslim living in India— influences of malefic spirits. Many of the Maori delegation visiting the EWC en other by a common nature and simultaneous E s makes a strong statement about carvings were used in ceremonies and rituals route to dedicating the new Chancellery emergence, each one with particular ork ction communal harmony. that mark the important stages of life. Each of New Zealand in Washington, D.C. attributes to complement the other. ted W Colle Sepik community has its own local beliefs and Selec nent recognizes spirits, deities, totems and ancestors and diversity of the Asia rma unique to their clans. As a result, each village Pe has developed its own artistic style. from the Pacific region, including the United States, and serve as 4 5 educational tools — as well as inspirational works of great beauty.

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Exciting New Scholarships

Puongpun and Thanh-Lo Sananikone Scholarship Chairman of the EWC Board of Governors Puongpun Sananikone and his wife Thanh-Lo have created the Puongpun and Thanh-Lo Sananikone Scholarship as a $50,000 Permanent Named Endowment. Awards will assist Degree Fellows, Student Affiliates or Asia Pacific Leadership Program participants from Laos and Vietnam, or of that heritage. Puongpun and Thanh-Lo met while they were students at the East-West Center in the 1960s.

FIFTY YEARS, FIFTY STORIES | 7 Puongpun and Thanh-Lo EWCA Okinawa Chapter Awards Sananikone The EWCA Okinawa Chapter has established the first scholarship fund by an Alumni Chapter! A gift of $30,000 (L to R) Charles E. was presented by Chapter President Chōkō Takayama Morrison, Chōkō Takayama to EWC President Charles Morrison at the 2010 EWC/ and Puongpun Sananikone EWCA International Conference. The EWCA Okinawa Chapter Awards will be used to provide awards of not less than $1,000 to deserving Degree Fellows or Asia Pacific Leadership Program participants from Okinawa. Awards may also be used to fund student travel grants for research, conference papers, internships or summer institutes on a theme broadly related to Okinawa.

Paul M.F. Cheng Scholarship Awards Paul Cheng, co-chair of the EWC Foundation Board of Directors, has established the Paul M.F. Cheng Scholarship Awards with a gift of $25,000 for deserving Asia Pacific Leadership Program candidates from Hong Kong. The first fellowship has been awarded to Hau Yin (Raymond) Yuen, a 2010-2011 APLP participant from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 39 “Founders” Already Qualify for Permanent Recognition

It’s easy to donate 50th Founders Society 50th Founders Freeman Foundation Dr. Edison H. Miyawaki online using our The 50th Founders Society Society Members Friends of Hawai‘i Charities Charles & Chieko Morrison secure website service: honors and permanently (as of July 2010) Buddy & Melga T. Gendrano Robert T. & Wakako recognizes those who have Stephen Haus Nakasone Anonymous EastWestCenter.org/ contributed $50,000 or The Hawaii Pacific Rim Gerald & Tsue Ostermann Bank of Hawaii donatenow more to the Center since Society Jean E. Rolles Carnegie Corporation Paul S. Honda, Ambassador Charles B. its founding in 1960. of New York Donors can qualify for the Honda Foundation Salmon, Jr. Center for Global Spencer H. Kim Puongpun & Thanh-Lo Society through cumulative Partnerships – Korea Foundation Sananikone giving, and pledges of Japan Foundation Ted & Doris Lee Toufiq & Ulrike Siddiqi $50,000 over as many as 5 Edgar W.K. Cheng Philip H. Loughlin III Barbara B. Smith years can count, as long as Lorinda Cheng-Arashiro Patricia M. Loui & Dr. Lawrence K.W. Tseu at least $20,000 is received Amanda Ellis & Keric Chin Michael L. Schmicker Urasenke Foundation before December 2011. (In- EWCA Okinawa Chapter Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. of Hawai‘i kind contributions and First Hawaiian Bank John D. & Catherine T. Sarah K. Vann bequest intentions are Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki MacArthur Foundation Indru & Gulab Watumull always welcome, but not Ford Foundation Sumi Y. Makey included in the $50,000 McInerny Foundation needed to qualify.) 8

EWC Programs Help Build an Asia Pacific Community

AsiaPacific Breakfast Briefing July 13, 2010: Dr. Michael Green, Senior Advisor and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic & International Studies, described how the Obama administration is engaging China, strengthening alliance ties, and keeping pressure on North Korea during his talk, “Unbundling Obama’s Asia Strategy.”

Arts ‘Ohana June 28, 2010: As part of the “East-West Treasures: Works from the Permanent Collection” exhibition, guests enjoyed the Video Art Work presentation with music by I Made Widana and Anna Reynolds.

Nippon Club June 17, 2010: Denny Roy, EWC Senior Fellow, spoke on Naobumi Nomura, President of Sony Hawai‘i, Kohei Yamazato, EWC Student, “The Okinawa Base Issue and U.S. – Japan Relations in Denny Roy, and Tsukasa Namiki, President and CEO of Pacific Guardian Life. Perspective” to members of the Nippon Club.

Anonymous (2) Gaye Glaser Mara Miller Ambassador Raymond R.M. Donors William R. Armbruster Dr. Gloria Golec Frank S. Mishina Tai Richard R. Arnold Kiyoshi Hamano Katherine T. Nakata, Ph.D. Betty Y. Taira On behalf of the Tomohide Ashida Anjum Riyazul Haque Helen J. Nicholson Kathryn Waddell B. Takara, Ph.D. East-West Center, Fusako & Masao Baba Eugene Hermitte Fumiteru Nitta Nobukazu Tanii we would like to thank Pura T. Badoy Hoang-Tam (Tammy) Nika Nordbrock Gek C. Thai all those who have Dr. Yukiko N. Bedford Nguyen Hilton Tae Okada Pirith Thipphavong generously contributed James M. Bedore Bradley Hirano Yumiko Okamoto Judith R. Titus to the East-West Center Daniel & Elizabeth Berman Honda Foundation, Ken & Yahui Olenik Paul Honda Prijono Tjiptoherijanto Foundation between Ardith Miller Betts Gerald & Tsue Ostermann Terry & Valerie Hull U Maung Maung June 1, 2010 and Mark & Carolyn Blackburn James E. Owens Everett Hyland Hisashi Ujiie July 31, 2010. William Bodde Thomas M. Pendergast Marion R. Boultbee Teruhisa Ichihara Elaine Margaret Pospishil Sarah K. Vann Mr. Herng Chen & Akiyo Imamura Rawewan Prakobpol, Ph.D. Associate Professor The East-West Center Nopamat Veohong Mrs. Leticia G. Chen Ralph Izard Herbert A. Probasco Foundation has made Lucila G. Vicuna Lorinda Cheng-Arashiro Ron Jackson Meherunnissa N. Ramani every effort to present an Noriyuki Watamori Ma Mirella Gotangco-Clarete Rosemary Janson-Wong Thomas F. Ramsey accurate listing of donors. Diane Yurie Watanabe Jean F. Cornuelle Katherine C. Jay Helen H. Rhee If your name has been Shinichi Watanabe Dr. Ajit K. Das Lynne S. Joiner Linda K. Richter omitted or erroneously Bermin & Phiengphen William Theodore deBary Yoshio Kadekaru Delia B. Rodriguez-Amaya listed, please call Weilbacher Mendl W. Djunaidy David Kaeuper Robert E. Rogers Elizabeth Kuioka in the Jerry & Rosalie Wilcox Meril Dobrin Fujiki Annie Kaneshiro Eiji Saito EWC Foundation office Vivien Wong (Seah) Masao Doi Mary-Ann Filotas Kim Masaaki Sakashita at 808-944-7105. David Y. Wu Lawrence M. G. Enomoto, Esq. Yoon H. Kim Ambassador Charles B. WUB Brazil Chapter EWCA Kansai Chapter Masashi Kimura Salmon Jr. Laurence J. Wulker EWCA Okinawa Chapter Victor & Cleo Kobayashi Puongpun & Thanh-Lo It’s easy to donate Layla E. Yaftaly EWCA Tokyo Chapter Stephen Lane Sananikone online using our Victor M. Yano EWCA Yangon Chapter Claire Langham Richmond Maureen Sato secure website service: Mimi Beng Poh Yoshikawa David W. Faust & Dennis Richmond Richard Scaglion EastWestCenter.org/ Dr. Fereidun Fesharaki Suzanne Brown Little Scarsdale High School In Honor of donatenow W. Miles Fletcher Sumi Y. Makey James Schweithelm, Ph.D. Trudy & Alvin Wong Scott Ford Taizo Makishi Cindy Yoshiko Shirata Bryan Bushley Larry & Brenda Foster Dr. Karen O. Mason & Curtis D. Smith Dr. John R. Sibert Jeff & Linda Newman Mary Jo Rossi Furgal Darlene Spadavecchia Masakazu & Nancy Tory, Orit, April, Alex & Seiko Furuhashi John & Sandra Stephenson Matsumoto Lyla Olshansky Milann Gannaway & Mitsue Stout Keizo Matsumura Daniel Romano John Hoy Paul & Proserfina Strona Sheila A. Meehan Kiran Sagoo Song Gao Wen-Yu Su Judge Marie Milks (Ret.) Deborah Schandler Reynaldo P. Garay, Ph.D. Mr. & Mrs. Dening Sun David A. Miller & Ari and Shaaroni Wong Nancy J. Geiss Christine K. Sutow Brigitte Hahn-Miller 9 EWC Associates Update

A Publication of the East-West Center Associates Office | EastWestCenter.org/alumni SUMMER 2010

800 Alumni from 35 Countries Mark EWC’s 50th Anniversary continued from page 1 the alumni network that the East-West Center has made enormous strides in improving health, mission continues to be carried out.” education, living standards, gender relationships Hawai‘i Governor Linda Lingle called the and governance,” he said, “East-West Center Center “an essential institution of our world alumni have played critical roles.” going forward” and an integral part of bringing He spoke of the unprecedented pace of the APEC summit meeting to Honolulu in change and the increased need for Asia Pacific November 2011. and American leaders of tomorrow well- The 2010 conference, at the Hawai‘i trained in the issues of the region and in a Convention Center, included panel discussions global setting. “Gazing toward the future of featuring alumni with expertise on key regional enhanced needs in U.S.-Asia Pacific research, Conference organizers included EWCA issues, including climate change, U.S. foreign education and exchange, a challenging but President Lyn Flanigan, Co-chair Dan Berman, policy, education and governance. rewarding agenda lies ahead,” he said. “We Co-chair Cleo Kobayashi and EWCA Chair Participants, many of whom had not seen have, we can and we will make a difference.” Khaleda Rashid. each other or returned to Hawai‘i since they At the opening ceremony, Maya were students at the Center, revisited the Soetoro-Ng, daughter of two EWC grantees from the 1960s, called the conference “a great EWC campus in Manoa. They also attended a and an education specialist at the Center, homecoming for the worldwide EWC ‘ohana series of events, including a dinner honoring conveyed a message of welcome from her (family).” “As alumni, we have a responsibility Hawai‘i Senator Daniel K. Inouye with the brother, President Barack Obama. “My to tell the East-West Center’s story and share East-West Center Association’s Makana brother is grateful to all of you for your its lessons and its legacy with the world,” he Award; a luncheon recognizing distinguished important contribution over the last 50 years added. alumni and exceptional volunteers and alumni in building bridges and working collaboratively “With its accomplishments and progress, chapters; and an Independence Day reception. throughout the countries of the Asia Pacific EWCA is now an indispensable partner in the At the traditional “Aloha Dinner” and region,” she said. “He thanks you for all the Center’s mission to build a peaceful, prosperous talent show, the alumni association presented a grassroots diplomacy you do so well, and that and just Asia Pacific Community,” he said. special tribute to EWC Alumni Officer makes his job much easier.” “Alumni are the most important asset of the Gordon Ring, who has served the Center in a EWC Board of Governors Chairman East-West Center. They are the foot soldiers variety of capacities since he first arrived as a Puongpun Sananikone, a Center alumnus of the East-West Center mission. It is through student in 1963.

Everyone joined in to sing “Aloha Oe” at the Closing Banquet, including Puongpun Sananikone, David McCauley, Maya Soetoro-Ng and Charles Morrison.

“Individually and collectively, we alumni are essential building blocks for the EWC’s future stability. It is up to all of us to carry the torch forward, fanning the flame, and spreading the East-West Center fire of hope among our fellow alumni, colleagues, and contacts in our personal and professional lives.”

—Puongpun Sananikone, (Student 1964-68) Board of Governors, EWC Chairman

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The ’60s reunion reception drew lots of oldtimers. The University of Hawai‘i reception on EWC Day was held in front of Kennedy Theatre.

The Okinawa Chapter always brings a large and enthusiastic group. Among the many panels was one on women’s issues.

Leaders of 31 alumni chapters attended a workshop before the conference. This panel focused on the professional achievements of EWC alumna Ann Dunham Soetoro, President Barack Obama’s mother. 11

EWC staff and volunteers made it all Alumni rode the shuttle bus between the Milly and Gordon Ring enjoyed the Closing Banquet with happen. Convention Center and EWC campus. Lyn Flanigan and Khaleda Rashid.

The Royal Hawaiian Band entertained at the July 4th reception. Hawai‘i Governor Linda Lingle addressed the alumni at the opening ceremony.

SPONSORS

Special thanks to the PIKAKE SPONSORS following businesses and Cooray Products, Inc. individuals whose generous East-West Center Foundation support helped make the Global Environment and Energy 2010 EWC/EWCA Gordon Biersch Conference a success. Hawaiian Host, Inc. Mahalo! Hokulani Bake Shop Sumi Y. Makey Sodexho MAILE SPONSORS Sprint Hawai‘i L&L Hawaiian Barbecue Styrophobia Obun Hawai‘i Group Trade West Inc. Roberts Hawai‘i 212 Communications Tori Richard PLUMERIA SPONSORS Conference-goers enjoyed the many demonstrations presented on EWC Day. ABC Stores Hilo Hattie Menehune Water Company Proforma 12

Makana Award Awarded for life-long dedication to the East-West Center’s mission

Senator Daniel K. Inouye was presented the Makana Award for his long and steadfast support of the East-West Center and as one of its Receiving Distinguished Alumni Awards: Shankar Sharma, Delia Rodriquez-Amaya and Maya founding Soetoro-Ng, on behalf of her mother Ann Dunham Soetoro. fathers. Inouye also was recognized for 2010 EWCA Distinguished Alumni Awards his instrumental role in promoting understanding and better his year’s recipients of the EWCA (Nepal) (Ph. D., relations with the Asia Pacific-U.S. region Shankar Prasad Sharma Distinguished Alumni Awards were Student 1979) Sharma, who has a long and throughout his distinguished public service T announced at the EWC/EWCA Conference. distinguished career with the government of career. The alumni are recognized for outstanding Nepal, was appointed the nation’s ambassador accomplishments, including significant to the U.S. in November 2009. It’s the latest contributions to the promotion of better distinction for the international economist, relations and understanding among the a former vice chairman of the Planning countries of East and West through activities Commission in Nepal and consultant to the of cultural and technical interchange, Constitution Assembly, charged with drafting significant achievement in one’s career, and a new constitution. He also has worked with continuing support for the goals of the Center. international organizations addressing energy The awards were established and endowed by issues, challenges facing Asia’s least developed Dai Ho Chun, former director of the EWC countries and, for UNESCAP, the implications Institute for Technical Interchange. of the global financial crisis on fiscal policy in the Asia Pacific region. This year’s recipients are: Outstanding Volunteer Awards Delia B. Rodriquez-Amaya (Brazil-Philippines) Hao Ping (China) (Research Intern, ASDP (MA Student 1963-65) Rodriquez-Amaya is Recognized for leading by example 1993) Hao, president of Beijing Foreign an internationally recognized expert on food and outstanding volunteer service were Studies University and Vice Minister of the science and related fields of food technology Trudy Schandler-Wong , Loretta Pang , Chinese Ministry of Education, was honored and nutrition. A faculty member of the Kok Kian Poh and Thanh-Lo Sananikone . for his accomplishments as a leading national University of Campinas in Brazil since 1977, educator and government official in China, she is deeply committed to undergraduate combined with his work with the Center’s and graduate teaching and research. Her Asian Studies Development Program. He groundbreaking international work includes exemplifies, both personally and professionally, scientific adviser for a regional project aimed the Center’s core mission of community at combating vitamin deficiency in seven building and facilitating intercultural African countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, South exchange and understanding. Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana and Mozambique. Rajendra K. Pacahuri (India) (Fellow, Resource Systems 1982) Long before climate Ann Dunham Soetoro (Ph.D. Student in change became a household worry, Pachauri Anthropology, 1973-78 Resource Systems) identified the dangers of global warming and Soetoro receives this award posthumously Outstanding Chapter Awards related environmental issues. As Director in recognition of her outstanding work in General of India’s The Energy and Resources anthropology, with a focus on social and Saluted for providing significant Institute (TERI) and Chairman of the economic development in Indonesia. As a contributions to the goals and programs Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change pioneer in the field of microfinance and of the EWCA were the Kathmandu, Nepal (IPCC), he is respected internationally as a gender equity, her anthropological research Chapter ; Asian Studies Development leading global thinker and researcher on helped shape policies set by the institutions Program Chapter ; and Jakarta, Indonesia environmental issues. In 2007, the IPCC she worked with in Asia, including the Ford Chapter . shared the Nobel Peace Prize with U.S. Vice Foundation, USAID, the Asian Development President Al Gore. Bank, and the oldest bank in Indonesia. 13

Alumni Happenings

Amy Agbayani (64 – Thet Sambath (06 – Jefferson Fellow) was Ph.D. – Political Science), featured in a New York Times story titled “In founding director of the a Cambodian Friendship, a Secret Quest” by University of Hawai‘i correspondent Seth Mydans on August 6th. Student Equity, The 42-year-old Cambodian works for the Excellence and Diversity Phnom Penh Post , one of the nation’s two program, was honored English-language dailies. The story recounts with the Hawai‘i how Thet Sambath sought out and inter - Peacemaker Award for viewed the Khmer Rouge leader responsible her decades-long advocacy of social justice for the death of 1.7 million Cambodians, and civil rights. including his parents. This “quest for answers” is the subject of a documentary Amanda Ellis (86 – Ph.D. “Enemies of the People,” recently shown in – Political Science) New York City. The film reveals how over a assumed the position of period of seven years Thet Sambath shared Deputy Secretary - meals with Nuon Chea, and recorded Development in New thousands of hours of interviews on audio Zealand’s Ministry of and videotape until the former Khmer Rouge Foreign Affairs and Trade Speare Lee , (78-79 – PI), served as a leader confessed his guilt. (MFAT) in July. She will volunteer at the speed-skating venue during lead the MFAT business the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in Sombath Somphone (71 – PI), director of the unit which manages the international aid and February. Lee reports that he greeted and Participatory Development Training Centre development program and advises the govern - assisted athletes as well as spectators from all (PADETC) in Laos, was featured in a ment on international development issues. over the world. television series produced by TVE Asia Ellis joins the Ministry’s senior leadership Pacific that was broadcast globally. The third team after serving as Lead Specialist, Poverty Ashok Kumar Malhotra episode of the series Saving the Planet took Reduction and Economic Management for (63 – Ph.D. – Philosophy) viewers into villages in Laos where Somphone the World Bank Group in Washington D.C. received a 2010 and the center continue to have widespread Distinguished Alumni success promoting education for sustainable Paul Holthus (88 – PA – Government), is Award from the University development. founding executive director of the World of Hawai‘i Alumni Ocean Council (WOC), the only international Association in May. business leadership alliance on ocean sustain - He received his Ph.D. in ability. The WOC organized the Sustainable philosophy in 1969 as an Ocean Summit in Belfast, Ireland, held in EWC grantee and is currently distinguished June. It was the first multi-sector international Teaching Professor of Philosophy at State industry conference on “Corporate Ocean University of New York at Oneonta. Responsibility.” Clyde Prestowitz (63 – MA – OOP), founder Lorraine Isaacs (69 – and president of the Economic Strategy MA – English), received Institute (ESI), recently published The the Insignia of a Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Companion of The Delusions, America’s Decline, and How We Queen’s Service Order Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era . His latest for services to television, book addresses how the U.S. can restore education and women, in economic leadership and excellence New Zealand. Isaacs has been involved in TV, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake education and women’s organizations for (07 – NGS) was elected more than 30 years, including as executive mayor of Baltimore, producer at Television New Zealand. Maryland in February. In 2007, she participated Meheroo Jussawalla (94 – Fellow), EWC in the EWC New senior fellow emerita and a founding member Generation Seminar of the Pacific Telecommunications Council, as president of the was honored by the international organization Baltimore City Council. with the creation of a new award, the Meheroo Jussawalla Research Paper Prize. This year’s award was presented to Nir For more Alumni Happenings Kshetri, assistant professor at the University visit the EWCA Blog at of North Carolina-Greensboro. EastWestCenter.org/go.php?23 14

AROUND the Globe

SOUTH ASIA

India – Mumbai At the chapter’s successful East-West Center Day celebration, guests included U.S. Consul General Paul Folmsbee and Governor of Maharashtra K. Sankaranarayanan.

Pakistan – Islamabad Chapter members participated in an “Inspirational Fair” at the Islamabad College for Girls in January. The three-day program brought together more than 400 students in grades 4 to 12 and their teachers for song, dance and performance and to hear from guest speakers. This year’s theme was “Tolerance Through Education, Self Reliance and Understanding Minorities.” Chapter President Arjumand Faisel gave a multi-media presentation on Pakistan from 1947 to 2010 and showed a video produced by the EWC Arts Program in conjunction with “Unseen Visions,” an exhibition of contemporary Pakistani arts at the EWC Gallery in 2007. In March the chapter held a family picnic EWC Director of External Affairs Karen Knudsen met with alumni in Seoul (top photo) and for members and their families, one of a Taipei (bottom photo) in April. number of events planned this year to commemorate the EWC’s 50th anniversary. Burma On May 14th, the chapter celebrated East- In May, the chapter celebrated East-West West Center Day by organizing an exhibition Center Day with a presentation by Chapter of 30 paintings from local cinema billboard President U Maung Maung and the reading painters, part of a Community Service of a message from EWC President Morrison. project. Cinema billboards, with their As part of the celebration, a cake-cutting dazzling images were part of the popular ceremony was led by the eldest chapter culture in major cities in Pakistan. member, 89-year-old Daw Pwa Yin. In August, Chapter leader U Maung Maung reported on the EWC/EWCA 50th Anniversary Conference, which he attended Members of the Islamabad Chapter in July in Hawai‘i. Then four new APLP participated in an ‘Inspirational Fair.’ students were introduced to senior members of the chapter and discussion took place about their welfare, travel and study. Soe Naing spoke of his APLP student experiences in 2002. U Maung Maung also discussed the EWC Alumni Chapter Myanmar 5th Anniversary Celebration in October and formation of a new chapter.

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In Memorium The Southern California Chapter gathered at a Nancy Foskett Piianaia (65 Malaysian restaurant to celebrate EWC Day. – MA), food historian, Among the members attending the dinner were writer, founder of the local Taroo Punn, Claire Langham and Jon Beaupre. Slow Food movement in Hawai‘i and proponent of fresh food, farmers’ markets and maintaining SOUTHEAST ASIA cooking traditions, died in January at the age of 67. Vietnam – Hanoi Piianaia was born and raised in Massachusetts. On EWC Day, chapter members gathered for a meeting at Hanoi University to discuss Vincent Pollard (93 – Ph.D. – Education), a attendance at the EWC/EWCA International popular teacher and prodigious scholar and Conference. Chapter chair Hoang Hoe UNITED STATES writer at the University of Hawai‘i in Asian reported members also planned a tour to Studies and Political Science, died in June at Tam Dao National Park in July. Southern California the age of 66 in Honolulu. He was also a At a February gathering. Bonita Chamberlain, Faculty Affiliate of the UH Center for who taught at the Thunderbird School of Philippine Studies, with a worldwide Management, spoke of her experiences in reputation in all aspects of Asian contemporary Afghanistan over the past 25 years. affairs, including film and popular culture. In 2002, Chamberlin created an income- (79 – PA), died in May generating project providing jobs for women William E. “Ted” James at the age of 58 in the Philippines. He joined and men which has generated $850,000 for the Center in 1984 as a Research Associate in humanitarian projects in Nuristan. the Development Policy program in the Resource Systems Institute. In 1991-92, James Washington D.C. was appointed assistant director for Research In May, members attended a joint UH alumni and Education in RSI. A memorial gathering and EWC alumni dinner to welcome EWC was held in the EWC Art Gallery in July. EAST ASIA President Charles E. Morrison and UH President M.R.C. Greenwood to William King (66 – MA), a Japan – Osaka Washington, D.C., and to honor Franklin retired lawyer who Chapter leader Seiko Furuhashi hosted a Odo (both EWC and UH alum) for a lifetime specialized in intellectual general meeting in March at Osaka Gakuin of contributions to Asia Pacific American property law, died in March University, her new home institution. EWC studies and to celebrate his recent retirement at the age of 67 in Virginia. Foundation Officer Gary Yoshida and Nick as director of the Smithsonian Museum’s Asia He received a degree in Barker of the EWC Education Leadership Pacific American Program. Morrison and Asian Studies from the Program were warmly welcomed by Greenwood spoke briefly about the two UH in 1968, served in the members. institutions, celebrating their achievements Peace Corps in Thailand, and looking to the future. Also, attending was then returned to UH where he earned a law Ambassador Shankar Sharma of Nepal, who degree and master’s degree in business. obtained his Ph.D. at UH through an EWC (61 – Attendees at the UH-EWC reception in scholarship. Dr. Sharma and EWC alumna Didin Sastrapradja Ph.D.) died in Indonesia in Washington, D.C., included Franklin Odo, Amanda Ellis spoke briefly about how the July. Respected internationally UH President Greenwood, Ambassador EWC changed their lives. as a proponent of biological Sharma and EWC President Morrison. diversity, he worked on a global scope, including with UNESCO and the United Nations Environment Programme. In Indonesia, he served as Deputy Minister of Development of Science and Technology in the Ministry of Research and Technology, before being elected a member of Parliament. For his lifelong dedication to the EWC mission and years leading and advising the EWCA and Indonesia Alumni Chapter, he was presented the Makana Award in 2008.

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Help Build an EWC Community More than 55,000 men and women have been EWC participants in its 50-year history, and many have joined the 48 established EWCA chapters in 20 countries. The East-West Center Association, the Center’s official alumni organization, works with alumni to strengthen the EWC network. We hope that you’ll keep in touch with us. Send us your current contact information so you can participate in our inter national network. Send it to: [email protected].

The EWC Associates Update is published by the Center for Introducing the Fall 2010 EWCA Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West, Inc. East-West Center, Alumni Scholarship Recipients 1601 East-West Road, t the annual Aloha Ceremony in August the East-West Center welcomed 167 students from Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96848-1601. A35 countries in the region. A total of 545 students from 56 countries are enrolled at the EWC Center for the 2010 fiscal year. Charles E. Morrison, President After the ceremony, EWCA Alumni Scholar Award recipients gathered for a group photo EWCA on the grounds of the Imin International Conference Center. Khaleda Rashid, EWCA Chair Lyn Flanigan, EWCA President Left to Right, back row: Travis Seifman (USA), Kazufumi Taira (Japan), Kevin Imafuku (USA), Nanise Jessie Young (USA), Rony Jose Garcia (USA), Bonnie Tolson (USA), Jacob Barsky (USA). Office of External Affairs Karen Knudsen, Director Left to Right, front row: Anita Varghese (India), Mami Orikasa (Japan), Chankanitha Vong (Cambodia), Chantevy Khourn (Cambodia), Abraham Flores, Jr. (USA), Sheela Wati Sharma Associates Office (USA), Alaya Manalastas De Leon (Philippines), Kencho Dem (Bhutan), Hong Thi Phuong Ngo Gordon Ring, Alumni Officer Noreen Tanouye, (Vietnam), Patrick “Virtue” Leong (USA). Center front: Dr. Ricardo Trimillos. Assistant Alumni Officer Not pictured: Mohammad Masudul Alam (Bangladesh), Arnoldus Berek (Indonesia), Vinogiri Damian Davila Rojas, Alumni Assistant Krishnan (Malaysia), Igor Olegovich Nikitin (Russia), Malini Paramaguru (Bangladesh). Itsuko Suzuki, Student-Alumni Coordinator Mamta Panwar, Program Assistant Associates Office East-West Center 1601 East-West Road Burns Hall 1065 Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96848-1601 Phone: (808) 944-7506 Fax: (808) 944-7376 Email: [email protected] Website: EastWestCenter.org On-line Community: MemberConnections.com/EWCA

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