Results for “Asia Society Policy Institute”

…the face of the country’s leaders. Often a questioner will refer to her in fractured English as “President Clinton.” In Asia, this can be especially mortifying for the shy audience. She’ll cheerfully reply “I wish!” or “Almost!” to disarm the situation, before going on to explain...

…y 2012 Launch of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor Invitation received from Prime Minister of Bangladesh fe) Location: Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue (at 70" Street) fe) President + Foreign Minister + Environment Minister+ PR Tanzania Foreign Minister fe) Location: bilateral bo...

…aler network are a proxy for global trends. Caterpillar’s US sales are leading the pack for the first time in a while, Asia is moderating, and Europe trails with a distinctly negative trend. We expect a recovery in US payrolls this year, and eventually, in labor incomes. The U...

…VILLE SCHELL Senior Fellow Arthur Ross Director The Hoover Institution Center on US-China Relations Stanford University Asia Society HOOVER INSTITUTION PRESS STANFORD UNIVERSITY | STANFORD, CALIFORNIA HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020448

…ctively making the performer a dancing instrument. Named by Dance Magazine as one of the “25 to Watch,” Huang is one of Asia’s most prolific choreographers. Harmoniously weaving together the art of dance and the science of mechanical engineering, HUANG YI & KUKA is a poetic work...

…don't have aspirations, and engage with key decisionmakers — parents, teachers and religious leaders," said Javid Syed, Asia programme officer for AJWS. AJWS helped change Zeenat's life. It provided her with vocational training, allowing her to become financially independent and...

Eye on the Market | November 21, 2011 J.P Morgan Topic: The quixotic search for energy solutions Another Don Quixote Thanksgiving. Every year at Thanksgiving’, we look in-depth at an issue that affects markets and portfolios. Last year, we examined the unraveling situation in E...

Restructure Medicare & Medicaid: Policy Option #4 Reducing Optional Services + Optional Beneficiary Groups' Could Save Up to ~60% of Annual Medicaid Cost, per Kaiser Family Foundation Note: 1) Medicaid is a jointly financed federal and state program that provides health and lon...

30 ideas are often stymied by an inexperienced White House that doesn’t understand the role of drama and stagecraft in diplomacy. They say that Hillary is the daring, decisive risktaker, while the president is hampered by slow reflexes and an overly cautious and unimaginative ap...

Investment (saving) under the mattress yields only the psychic value of liquidity. Actual capital growth depends on rate of return as much as amount invested. If return holds the same as it was before, growth and net ex ante investment will be equal. Growth will be less than cons...

bother you most. The war-or-peace dilemmas of foreign policy are an essential case — when they go wrong, they hammer all of us. And we can see in the ripples of global power ideas that are of use in nearly any sphere. How, for instance, to fight a network. The struggle of JIEDDO...

Eye on the Market | November 21, 2011 J.P Morgan Topic: The quixotic search for energy solutions Wind should play an important role, but unless there is a high-voltage, high-capacity, high-density grid to accompany it (as in Northern Europe), or electricity storage, the variabi...

22 Of course, this is anathema to the U.S., particularly its navy. In this case, the DOC or even a convention will be of little utility. Let us hope that the real explanation is more benign. One possibility is confusion and lack of coordination between high policy officials in f...

further rate cuts and lowered the deposit rate to -0.40%. Second, it increased the size of its asset purchase program from €60 billion to €80 billion per month, effectively buying more Eurozone bonds each year than are actually issued (see Exhibit 90). Finally, it continued to li...

... ow Might One Think About Turning Around USA Inc.? One might consider... e Options for reducing expenses by focusing on entitlement reform and operating efficiency — Formula changes could help Social Security's underfunding, but look too draconian for Medicare/Medicaid; the...