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71. 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

72. 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

73. South Asia After the Tests

Author:
Marshall Bouton
Publication Date:
07-1998
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Asia Society
Abstract:
It was recognized at the outset of the workshop that India's and Pakistan's nuclear tests in May 1998 raised a number of questions, both broad and specific. Three broad, but counter-intuitive questions were identified. First, just how much have the tests really changed the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and South Asia's security situation? A case can be made that the two countries' tests do no more than make explicit their nuclear capabilities, which have been fairly confidently known for years if not decades. Second, are there enhanced opportunities for stability and security as a result of the tests? While on the one hand the tests increase risks of conflict resulting from miscalculations and accidents, it is also possible that they will focus the attention of India and Pakistan on reducing tensions between them, and on increasing the security of the region as a whole. The tests might also have the benefit of making external actors such as China more aware of South Asia's security dynamics and the implications of its own policies for the region. Third, how much influence does the international community have on India's and Pakistan's nuclear weapons programs? In the past, India and Pakistan have been strongly resistant to external efforts to influence their security policies, and it is quite likely that this will remain the case despite strong responses to the tests from countries such as the United States.
Topic:
Nationalism and Nuclear Weapons
Political Geography:
Pakistan, United States, China, South Asia, and India

74. 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

75. Bridges with Asia: Asian Americans in the United States

Author:
Vishakha N. Desai, Chang-lin Tien, Sanford J. Ungar, Robert T. Matsui, and Shirley Young
Publication Date:
05-1996
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
Asia Society
Abstract:
From its inception, more than two years ago, “Bridges with Asia: Asian Americans in the United States” has sought to explore the implications of the bicultural identity—felt or perceived—of the Asian American in a global community in which the Asia-Pacific region has become increasingly predominant. The purpose was to examine the possible relationship between two significant factors in America's national and international experience: the unprecedented growth of the Asian American population in the last three decades and the rise of the Asia-Pacific region as one of the world's most dynamic areas as well as the one most crucial to the future of the United States. With an active advisory committee composed of scholars, community leaders, and representatives of other cultural organizations (see the end of this report), we attempted to address a number of key issues ranging from economic relations between different regions of Asia and the United States to generational attitudes toward Asian Americans' countries of origin. The following questions provided the framework for discussion: What roles do Asian Americans play in the increased interaction between U.S. companies and Asian countries? How are they affecting the domestic economies of their countries of origin? How are Asian Americans perceived by local American political leaders and what is their impact upon American domestic politics? What role, if any, do they play in U.S. foreign policy toward particular Asian countries? How is the notion of “home” used by writers and artists of Asian origin? How are conceptions of loyalty or nationalism made manifest for diverse groups of Asian Americans who often have very little in common except for a census category, or how they are perceived by others?
Topic:
Foreign Policy and International Cooperation
Political Geography:
United States, America, and Asia