AnnualReport2012 www.ewi.info BUILDING TRUST BETWEEN THE EMERGING AND DEVELOPED WORLDS. ADVANCING SOLUTIONS TO PROMOTE STABILITY, GROWTH AND SUSTAINABILITY. AnnualReport2012 Copyright © 2013 EastWest Institute [email protected] ISBN: 978-0-9856824-3-9 Photos: Reporters.be/AP National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing. 2 Chairman's Letter 4 President's Report 6 Who We Are 10 AnnualReport2012 Strategic Trust-Building 12 Regional Security 18 Economic Security 24 Cybersecurity 30 Publications and Outreach 36 The Year in Pictures 40 The Year in Numbers 47 Our Donors 48 Our People 50 3 Chairman's Letter Making the world a safer and better place is not simply a slogan at EWI, it is what we do. ost of us are engaged in help- dinator for the U.S.-China Sanya ing further the work of hos- Dialogue. Our spring meeting was Mpitals, universities and other hosted by the United States Naval charities. Few of us, however, have For 32 years, Academy and led to serious discus- the opportunity to be engaged in a the EastWest sions on a range of significant issues. truly strategic organization that has The importance of the process was played a role in helping address some Institute has underscored in December when of the major problems of our time. a team of American senior retired For 32 years, the EastWest Institute been known generals, as part of the Sanya Dia- has been known to those who govern to those who logue, traveled to Beijing and became around the world as an independent, the first foreigners to meet the new trusted player providing thought govern around leadership of the Central Military leadership and mobilizing resources Commission. to work on some of the most critical the world as an issues facing the international com- independent, In addition to our work with China, munity. EWI continued to bridge major pow- trusted player ers like Russia and India with the U.S., I am proud to share some of the the European Union and Japan. EastWest Institute’s significant ac- providing complishments in 2012. thought In July we launched a significant part- nership with the 20-20 Investment This past year we were able to signifi- leadership Association. Formerly known as the cantly deepen our work on strategic Russell 20-20 Association, this im- trust-building between China and the and mobilizing pressive organization of 35 pension United States. Our ongoing political resources to funds and money managers from process of engaging leaders from the around the world controls over $8 Communist Party of China with their work on some trillion of investment funds. EWI was Democratic and Republican counter- pleased to help organize the success- parts is the foundation of that work. of the most ful working trip in October by 20-20 The meetings in Washington, Salt critical issues members to Turkey and Erbil in the Lake City, Denver, Colorado Springs Kurdish Regional Government area and the United States Air Force facing the of Iraq. There are enormous possibili- Academy of important individuals ties for collaboration between the from both countries are the latest international 20-20 Investment Association and examples of these efforts. community. EWI to make a difference in global challenges such as food, water and Our work in China was bolstered energy issues. by EWI’s new role as the U.S. coor- 4 Building on several years of work, we In 2012 the institute welcomed accelerated our efforts to protect cy- Ambassador Dr. Beate Maeder- berspace in 2012. Our 3rd Worldwide Metcalf, loaned to us by the German Cybersecurity Summit in New Delhi, diplomatic service for three years as India represented a milestone for Ambassador-at-large, Vice President EWI, attracting strong representation for Regional Security and director of from a part of the world that is critical EWI’s Brussels center. Ambassador to our success. We greatly benefited Maeder-Metcalf is already provid- from our partnership with the high- ing key leadership to EWI, including est levels of Indian government and directing our flagship Abu Dhabi business. Process. Our special thanks goes to Ambassador Guenter Overfeld, who The institute had two productive held Ambassador Maeder-Metcalf’s board of directors meetings this EWI continues titles from 2009 to 2012, and is now year—the first in Scotland thanks to the German ambassador to Mali. the generosity of Louise Richardson, to bridge major Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the powers like We also deeply appreciate the gener- University of St Andrews, and our osity of the donors to EWI led by the second meeting in the fall in San China, Russia very special Dr. Kathryn W. Davis who Francisco, made special by the gener- recently died at age 106. She kept up ous intervention of EWI Director John and India with with great regularity on EWI’s proj- Hurley and a close friend of EWI, the U.S., the ects and accomplishments. That kind John Gunn. of enthusiasm and solidarity is what European Union makes this institution very special. The members of the board and I are deeply grateful to our remark- and Japan. We look forward to another high- able team of men and women from impact year in 2013 and hope that around the world who make this you will be part of what we do and important work happen. I would accomplish. particularly like to single out a true friend, former EWI Chairman and Co- Chairman Francis Finlay who played Sincerely, a critical role in EWI’s success for the past two decades. I also thank our CEO John Edwin Mroz for his vision and tireless work. His stewardship of EWI has been a significant reason for Ross Perot, Jr. our many successes. Chairman of the Board 5 President's Report In 2012, EWI made a major push to expand our network, which included bold steps to broaden the communities of interest with whom we need to work to effect positive change. otwithstanding the gloomy We worked to regularize our engage- predictions for the world at ment with key military players. The Nthe start of 2012, the past year cornerstone of that development represented an important year of was the opportunity EWI was given growth and impact for the EastWest This to take responsibility for the United Institute. Our job is to make this States’ side of the U.S.-China Sanya world a safer and better place and groundbreaking Dialogue between retired senior to do so in ways that can be mea- military leaders. The full-scale spring sured. Our full-time staff of about alliance Sanya meeting hosted by the U.S. 50 is strengthened by a large global between a Naval Academy and the follow-up network of values-based “can do” December session, where we were women and men around the world. global given the rare opportunity to talk In 2012, EWI made a major push to at length with members of China’s expand our network, which included think-and-do Central Military Commission, laid a bold steps to broaden the communi- institution strong foundation for the success of ties of interest with whom we need to this work. Special thanks to new do- work to effect positive change. working directly nors Hank Greenberg and the Starr Foundation as well as the MacArthur The most dramatic was our formal with one of Foundation, who have joined the linking to the global institutional the more China-U.S. Exchange Foundation and investment community. On July 1, Ross Perot, Jr., in making the ongoing EWI launched its special relation- important military program a reality. ship with the “20-20 Investment Association”—a 20-year-old effort global Our launching of EWI’s nextgen ef- founded as the Russell 20-20 As- investment fort to engage the best and bright- sociation with about 35 members est minds globally of the under-30 constituting some eight trillion USD groupings generation began to show serious of investment funds. This ground- promise—as was evident in the breaking alliance between a global holds enormous strong response to our global essay think-and-do institution working di- promise. contest and the significant rise of rectly with one of the more important our Facebook and Twitter followers. global investment groupings holds One of the lessons of that work is the enormous promise. need to develop intergenerational op- portunities for collaboration between the nextgen group with the current EWI Chairman Emeritus Francis Finlay, Chairman Ross Perot, Jr. 6 and President and CEO John Mroz. power establishment (the 30- to leaders. The media impact of our 65-year-old group) and the elders. cyber summit was far greater than Up until her recent death at the age we anticipated. The progress of our of 106, philanthropist Kathryn Davis Abu Dhabi Process on Afghanistan, continued to deliver sage advice, Pakistan and their neighbors was suggesting we find practical ways underscored in the 9th Worldwide to engage those who are 75 and Security Conference EWI convened over. She was right. Expanding the in Brussels. As the description in network means learning new ways this report explains, an enormous to collaborate to influence and effect amount of intense discussions and change. planning took place at this annual More than 300 event and was made possible in 2012 2012 saw an EWI-wide effort to learn leaders from by the generous support of Francis from and create relationships with Finlay. the top leaders and institutions in the 22 countries food, water and energy fields as we EWI released a number of insightful prepared to launch the Food, Water worked reports this year with major input and Energy Nexus Program in the together for from global experts.