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32. Speech by South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon at Asia Society: "The Quest for Peace and Prosperity in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond"
- Author:
- Ban Ki-moon
- Publication Date:
- 09-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- I would first like to thank Dr. Desai, Ambassador Holbrooke and the Asia Society for inviting me to speak tonight. I remember well the very enjoyable evening I had with President Desai and Vice President Metzl in Seoul last July. I remain grateful for the exchange of insightful and informed views. Today, I have a few topics that I want to discuss. But first, I would like to say a few words about the Asia Society and its unique contributions to Asia-US relations.
- Topic:
- Development, Economics, and Peace Studies
- Political Geography:
- United States and Asia
33. Interview with South Korean Foreign Minister and UN Secretary General-designate Ban Ki-moon
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 09-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon is presently the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea. His election as new UN Secretary-General seems certain following the decision by all the other candidates to withdraw from the race. This interview with AsiaSource was conducted by Nermeen Shaikh on September 26th, while Foreign Minister Ban was in New York for the UN General Assemby session. The Foreign Minister also delivered a speech to the Asia Society the previous day, "The Quest for Peace and Prosperity in the Asia-Pacific and Beyond".
- Topic:
- International Relations, Development, and United Nations
- Political Geography:
- New York, Asia, and South Korea
34. Isher Ahluwalia on India in the Global Economy
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 02-2006
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Isher Ahluwalia is currently the Vice Chairperson of the Planning Board of the Government of Punjab, India and Member of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council, Government of India. Dr. Ahluwalia is also Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), a research institute based in New Delhi. She had earlier served as ICRIER's Director and Chief Executive from 1997-2001. Dr. Ahluwalia was a Visiting Professor at the School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland--College Park in 2002 and 2003. She received her B.A. from Presidency College at Calcutta University, her M.A. from the Delhi School of Economics, and her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, all in economics. This interview with AsiaSource was conducted on February 2nd, 2006, while Dr. Ahluwalia was in New York for the Asia Society panel discussion on Encyclopedic India: Ancient Cultures and New Opportunities.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Economics, and Globalization
- Political Geography:
- New York, India, Asia, New Delhi, Punjab, and Calcutta
35. Asma Jahangir: The Military in Pakistan
- Author:
- Nermeen Shaikh
- Publication Date:
- 10-2005
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Asma Jahangir is a leading human rights advocate in Pakistan. A prominent lawyer, she has worked both in Pakistan and abroad to prevent the exploitation of religious minorities, women, and children. She is currently UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief of the Commission on Human Rights. She assumed this position after being UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, arbitrary and summary executions. This interview with AsiaSource was conducted while Ms Jahangir was in New York for the Citigroup Series on Asian Women Leaders presented at the Asia Society
- Topic:
- International Relations, Gender Issues, and Human Rights
- Political Geography:
- Pakistan and Asia
36. Terrorism Eclipses the Sunshine Policy: Inter-Korean Relations and the United States
- Author:
- Kongdan Oh
- Publication Date:
- 03-2002
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- A half-century of zero-sum confrontation between South and North Korea ended symbolically when the two leaders of divided Korea finally met on June 13, 2000. The 74-year-old Kim Dae-jung, president of South Korea (the Republic of Korea, or ROK), flew to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK), to meet his counterpart, 58-year-old Kim Jong-il, chairman of the National Defense Committee. At Sunan Airport, the two leaders embraced while thousands of mobilized North Koreans sent up rousing cheers. Tens of thousands more lined the motorcade route into the city, and millions around the world watched the television coverage, fighting to keep back tears of joy.
- Topic:
- Nuclear Weapons
- Political Geography:
- United States, Israel, East Asia, Asia, South Korea, North Korea, and Korea
37. The India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs to Know
- Author:
- Justin Sommers and Rapporteur
- Publication Date:
- 11-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Asia Society are pleased to present the report of our conference entitled “The India-China Relationship: What the United States Needs to Know,” which took place in Washington, D.C., on November 30, 2001. The conference, engaging experts and policymakers both in and out of government, was one phase in a larger joint project of the two organizations that will result in a scholarly volume.
- Topic:
- Diplomacy and Political Economy
- Political Geography:
- United States, China, South Asia, Washington, India, and Asia
38. The Asian Economic Crisis
- Author:
- Linda Y.C. Lim, Frank Ching, and Bernardo M. Villegas
- Publication Date:
- 02-1999
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- The ongoing Asian economic crisis that began in mid-1997 ranks as Asia's second biggest event in since world war ii. the crisis abruptly halted the region's unprecedented three decades of rapid economic growth. It has also had wider global repercussions-not only in terms of its effects on non-Asian economies but also its implications for established canons of Western economic theory and policy-making, particularly with respect to exchange rate management and open capital markets. Many noted American economists and international capital market actors now publicly disagree on these matters.
- Topic:
- Economics
- Political Geography:
- America and Asia
39. Asia's Choice
- Author:
- Stanley Fischer, Joseph E. Estrada, Fidel Valdez Ramos, Mei-Wei Cheng, Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala II, Linda Y. C. Lim, Jose Trinidad Pardo, H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Aroyo, Tadao Chino, and Jose L. Cuisia
- Publication Date:
- 02-1999
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- I am pleased to welcome all of you to the Philippines on the occasion of the tenth Asia Society's Annual Corporate Conference, which is being held for the first time in Manila. I am also glad that this event marks the official launching of the Society's office in our country.
- Topic:
- Economics
- Political Geography:
- Asia and Philippines
40. Speeches and Transcripts: 1997
- Author:
- Frederick Z. Brown, William Clinton, Jiang Zemin, and William Itoh
- Publication Date:
- 01-1997
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Asia Society
- Abstract:
- Next week, when President Jiang Zemin comes to Washington, it will be the first state visit by a Chinese leader to the United States for more than a decade. The visit gives us the opportunity and the responsibility to chart a course for the future that is more positive and more stable and, hopefully, more productive than our relations have been for the last few years.
- Topic:
- International Relations
- Political Geography:
- United States, China, New York, Asia, and Southeast Asia