Kazakhstan Partnership To Strengthen Pacific Voice On Climate Change
Kazakhstan and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) have signed a new agreement to support action on climate change and renewable energy solutions in the...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific Countries Strengthen Regional Cooperation In Trade And Investment
Senior government representatives from more than 30 Asia-Pacific countries ended three days of United Nations-sponsored talks in Bangkok this week, calling for strengthened regional cooperation in...
View ArticleCarter: Response To Russia, China Involves Innovation
By Cheryl Pellerin National defense in today’s time of transition and turbulence calls for technical as well as strategic and operational innovation, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said earlier this...
View ArticlePACOM’s Role In Sustaining Indo-Asia-Pacific Security – Analysis
By Paul Lushenko and Jon Lushenko* As the successful completion of negotiations on the Trans‐Pacific Partnership (TPP) free‐trade deal – the economic pillar of President Obama’s rebalance to Asia –...
View ArticleAsia Pacific: Response To Climate Change – OpEd
Global leaders are gathered in Paris for the COP21 climate summit. Given Asia-Pacific’s size and its contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions, its voice and commitment are critical to achieving...
View ArticleUN Warns El Niño Is Strongest Since 1998, To Continue Into Early 2016
The third Advisory Note on El Nino for Asia-Pacific countries, issued jointly by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Regional Integrated...
View ArticleMigrants Shape A Better Asia And Pacific – If We Let Them – OpEd
By Dr. Shamshad Akhtar and Ambassador William Lacy Swing Over land, by air and by sea, the people of Asia and the Pacific are on the move – this is the finding of the forthcoming Asia-Pacific Migration...
View ArticleIndo-Pacific Asia Balance Of Power – Analysis
By Dr Subhash Kapila* The global shift of power center from the Atlantic to the Asia Pacific in the last decade was a monumental shift of power pregnant with newer strategic possibilities, but without...
View ArticleAsia-Pacific: Reinvigorating Domestic Demand Important For Reviving Growth
Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region is neither robust nor inclusive enough to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, according to the year-end update of the flagship report of the...
View ArticleReinvigorate Domestic Demand To Revive Growth And Support Sustainable...
Economic and financial stability in Asia is critical as we embark on the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – a universal and ambitious blueprint that expands the horizons of policymaking to...
View ArticleDifficult Days Ahead For Washington: Forecast 2016
By Chintamani Mahapatra* The Obama administration faced many thorny challenges in 2015, and none of those are likely to fade away in 2016. While foreign policy challenges encountered by the US are...
View ArticleCarter Says US Welcomes Rise In Power Of Asia-Pacific Nations
By Terri Moon Cronk China as a rising power is a major factor in Asia and the South China Sea that’s welcomed by the United States in almost every way, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at the World...
View ArticleRegional Economic Integration Key To Development Success In Central Asia And...
As the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus celebrate the 25th anniversary of their independence, structural reform has become critical. The key to meeting many of the challenges, and seizing the...
View ArticleZika Risk Governance And Climate Change – Analysis
WHO has declared the Zika outbreak as a global public health emergency. While uncertainty on the linkage between Zika and microcephaly remains, it is time to understand the potential formation of...
View ArticleSustainable Development Impossible In Asia-Pacific Without Better Data – OpEd
2016 marks the start of the aspirational and transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The first priority for all national governments in strategizing for implementation of the 17 new...
View ArticleChina Downturn Spurs Industry Cutbacks – Analysis
By Michael Lelyveld After a decade of promises with few results, China is pledging to close thousands of factories, steel mills, and mines to cut the country’s staggering industrial overcapacity. On...
View ArticleUN Report Finds Migrants Play Critical Role In Asia-Pacific Development
Migrants from countries across Asia and the Pacific play a key role by helping to drive economic growth in their countries of destination while also supporting families in their countries of origin,...
View ArticleUN Highlights Need To Close Critical Gender Gaps In Asia-Pacific On...
For the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to succeed, we must root out the causes of inequality between women and men by addressing unequal gender relations and tackling structural barriers such...
View ArticleFinding Partners In The South China Sea – OpEd
Despite ongoing distractions in the Middle East, Ukraine, and elsewhere, the U.S. government has continued to make steady progress towards its so-called “Pivot to Asia”, a foreign policy realignment...
View ArticleSocial Protection Is Key To Tackle Asia-Pacific’s Inequality Trap – OpEd
Rising inequality threatens to derail, from the start, successful implementation of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific region. Stronger, more equitable social...
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