Videos from East-West Center in Honolulu

In February 2026, the East-West Center, in partnership with the US Department of State and US Indo-Pacific Command, convened The Pacific Agenda: Investment, Security, and Shared Prosperity Summit. ...

french polynesia pan pacific relations asia and pacific south pacific ocean american samoa question

Over the past decade, the Chinese government has spent some $100 billion to build its semiconductor supply chain, at the same time weaning itself from American and other nations’ competing technolo...

industrial policy industrial development electronics industry space industrialization indo china situation

Narrated by Daniel Dae Kim, directed by Jay Hanamura, and produced by AJ Halagao Some footage for this video came from A Bridge for the Pacific, produced by George Tahara (Cine-Pic Hawaii, 1971). ...

documentary films pan pacific relations pacific ocean south pacific ocean north pacific ocean

ft. Aynne Kokas Director, University of Virginia East Asia Center C.K. Yen Professor, Miller Center for Public Affairs Professor, Media Studies, University of Virginia Speaker's summary: Globally,...

international trade ocean governance container ships belt and road asian studies

A promotional film about the East-West Center from the 1970s produced, directed and filmed by George Tahara, Cine-Pic Hawaii. Footage from ʻUluʻulu Moving Image Archive of Hawaiʻi and the East-We...

educational films cultural cooperation east west relations cultural relations cultural exchanges

Japan’s China Grand Strategy: A Blueprint for Transatlantic Players? How best to explain the quiet security recalibration by European players, especially G7 members, of their relations vis-à-vis C...

east asia east west relations pan pacific relations east south relations asian studies

featuring Carole J. Petersen, Cades Foundation Professor, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Speaker’s Summary: The International Covenant on Civil and Political R...

hong kong human rights judicial reform judicial independence law reform

featuring Michelle T. King Professor of History University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Speaker's Summary: Fu Pei-mei (1931-2004), Taiwan's beloved and pioneering postwar cookbook author and t...

chinese cabbage food policy food consumption food composition food and nutrition

This talk explores Switzerland’s dual-education model as a strategic engine for both technological leadership and economic stability. By seamlessly integrating classroom theory with high-level work...

vocational training skills development youth employment workforce development skilled workers

European and Indo-Pacific security are inextricably linked. Indeed, Germany’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific has been growing for years – a reflection of the region’s importance for Germany’s tradi...

public diplomacy international cooperation pan pacific relations political affairs international security

featuring Brig. Gen. David R. Stilwell, Former Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs Speaker's summary: While many news reports focus on the likelihood of a direct m...

asian studies east asia chinese language east west relations pan pacific relations

featuring Mark L. Clifford President Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation Link mentioned at end of video: https://thecfhk.org Speaker's summary: Five years ago, Beijing imposed a sweepi...

hong kong political prisoners freedom of expression police reform communist revisionism

featuring Ling Xin Science Reporter South China Morning Post Speaker's summary: This talk will focus on how space programs are organized in China and how its approach differs from NASA’s. It will ...

space science policy space sciences space flight space communication space exploration

For almost four decades, the United States has tried to stop North Korea’s attempts to build nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. Based on more than 300 interviews with officials in Wa...

nuclear weapons nuclear arms race nuclear disarmament nuclear non proliferation nuclear terrorism

European and Indo-Pacific security are inextricably linked. Indeed, Germany’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific has been growing for years – a reflection of the region’s importance for Germany’s tradi...

public diplomacy international cooperation pan pacific relations political affairs international security

Japan’s defense policy has evolved dramatically over the past three decades. A large body of scholarship has focused on the growing role of elected officials in security and defense policymaking. S...

political leaders military policy political scientists public administration reform political science research

Featuring East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellows, Swapnil Jhajharia and Anita Aravena.

educational exchanges international education college graduates asian studies educational assistance

Excavating the Ghosts of War: Interdisciplinary Approaches to MIA Recovery 2025 marks 50 years since the Vietnam War’s end and 30 years since the normalization of US-Vietnamese diplomatic relation...

interdisciplinary research explosive remnants of war post conflict recovery war victims military affairs

featuring Dr. Jingyan Elaine Yuan, Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago Speaker's summary: AI is set to drive the next technolog

digital divide artificial intelligence ai governance asian studies digital transformation

The US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities have far-reaching consequences for the non-proliferation regime. What are the implications of these actions for North Korea and the United States? What...

nuclear non proliferation diplomatic relations foreign relations preventive diplomacy nuclear disarmament