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Building Trust with Turkey
03-May-2008
EWI and leading Turkish and Belgian politicians called for more innovative thinking about the EU-Turkey relationship. During a conference co-sponsored by the Eastwest Institute, Dr. Greg Austin, an EWI vice-president, stressed that "the EU should be more creative in how it approaches Turkey for its contribution as a peace-broker and economic engine in the West Asia region." He added that "Turkey is very important for Europe. Turkey has the world's 17th-largest economy, and it has a very dynamic population. Europe cannot ignore Turkey." More | Media Coverage
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In recognition of her lifetime of devotion to preventing conflict and promoting peace through understanding -- and in honor of her 100th birthday -- the EastWest Institute has launched the " Dr. Kathryn W. Davis Peace & Security Fellows" initiative. |
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The 20th century was dominated by Western power and culture. That century of pre-eminence is over and being replaced by something quite different. This transition requires the developed West to sit down with the emerging East and decide on shared responsibilities and new rules of the game.
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Market economist Angelica Austin gives an overview of the causes of rising food prices globally. She argues that the resource insecurities caused by water shortages and rising energy prices have produced a combined effect with negative results for the world's poorest. She calls for more effective action by the UN Security Council. More
| Food Security: Food Prices are the Water-Energy Nexus
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On Thursday, May 1, 2008, the Countering Violent Extremism Initiative (CVEI) of the EastWest Institute hosted an event entitled “Building a Virtual Platform for Moderates: Reconciling Traditional and Religious Wisdom with Public Life in the 21st Century.” CVEI brought together members of the diplomatic, entertainment, business, policy, and academic communities to discuss the portrayal of violence in the media. More
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By invitation of Yale University and its World Fellows program, the EastWest Institute held the fourth Core Group meeting of its International Task Force on Preventive Diplomacy at the Yale campus in New Haven, Connecticut, April 13-15, 2008. More
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The EastWest Institute (EWI) convened a roundtable of international policymakers and academic experts on April 17, 2008, to evaluate the need for a more consistent and permanent regional security apparatus in the Middle East. Seeking to address the critical deficiencies of past structures—which been largely ad hoc and excluded key actors—Mr. Sundeep Waslekar, president of the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG) made the case that as the region continues to fragment, it will become ever more difficult to arrive at universally amenable arrangements. It is therefore urgent and imperative that an inclusive, sustainable, and open-ended security mechanism be created if the further deterioration of the region’s security is to be stemmed. More
| April 17 event report
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The EastWest Institute’s 5th Worldwide Security Conference (WSC5), held in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the World Customs Organization, was a great success. WSC5 gathered around 750 leaders from business, civil society, governments and academia at the World Customs Organization Headquarters in Brussels from February 19 through February 21, 2008. More | Media Coverage | Attachments
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The EastWest Institute (EWI) convened a roundtable of Middle East experts on April 16, 2008, to discuss the Arab Islamic Renaissance Initiative, a project led by the Strategic Foresight Group (SFG), to formulate a strategy to restore the intellectual and economic prominence of the Middle East on the world stage. The initiative highlights the necessity of finding a strategy rooted in the region’s own cultural and historical traditions and that addresses the threat of an emerging ‘dignity gap.’ More
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The March 6 bombing of the Times Square Army Recruitment Center in New York City by an as yet unknown individual or group, raises a variety of interesting questions about the global media’s response to the incident. The location of the attack leaves little doubt that a strong case exists for arguing politically or ideologically motivated violence. What is different about this attack is that this display of violence was not immediately written off as terrorism in the Western media. More
| Commentary: Times Square bombing and the media
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