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Russia Program
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International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
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Adults
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<p><p >Today, the United
States and Russia continue to work towards the “reset” of relations
promised by President Obama and President Medvedev. EWI has been building
strategic trust between Russia and the U.S,—and, more broadly, between Russia
and the West—for a long time. It engages policy makers, business leaders and
experts to achieve breakthroughs in critical areas. In 2009, for instance, EWI brought
together top Russian and American scientists for the first- ever Joint Threat
Assessment, which focused on Iran’s nuclear and missile potential.</p></p>
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Program:
China Program
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International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Population Served:
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Adults
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<p>By
any measure, the past few years have been challenging for the United States-China relationship.
Tensions have ranged from China’s objections over U.S. arms sales to Taiwan,
U.S. discontent with China’s diplomatic response to the 2010 events on the
Korean peninsula, disagreements over human rights, to skirmishes over the South
China Sea. China and the United States share one of the most
strategically-important relationships in the world and must work together to
solve challenges to world security. Since 2006, EWI has created opportunities
for the United States and China to work together, building trust by fostering
more effective communication. We have engaged with China’s political, military
and academic leaders, facilitating highly productive official and semi-official
dialogues between China, the United States and other key powers.</p>
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Program:
Worldwide Cybersecurity Initiative
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International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Population Served:
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Adults
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<p>Securing
cyberspace is a global challenge – one that cannot be solved by a single
company or country alone. That is why the EastWest Institute launched the Worldwide Cybersecurity Initiative in
2009, bringing together government and corporate partners to protect our
world’s digital infrastructure. Drawing on a thirty-year history of building
trust, EWI formed the Cyber40, a coalition of representatives from the world’s
most digitally- advanced countries. Its goal: to shape “rules of the road” for
cyber conflict and fighting cyber crime through international cooperation. EWI
is also helping to build innovative private-public partnerships on
cybersecurity.</p>
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Program:
Regional Security
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International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Population Served:
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Adults
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<p><p >EWI’s Regional
Security Initiative aims to defuse tensions and build trust in the world’s
most volatile neighborhoods. EWI’s regional security work has its roots in the
end of the Cold War, when local and ethnic conflicts erupted across Eastern
Europe. Working from its Prague offices, EWI developed programs to foster
economic stability, encourage cross-border cooperation and prepare a new generation
of leaders for new states.</p>
<p >Today, EWI’s regional security work focuses on Southwest
Asia, with an emphasis on Afghanistan and Pakistan, whose complicated
relationship has wide implications for global security. Through confidential
dialogues, EWI is working to build person-to-person trust and contribute to
stability in the region.</p></p>
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Program:
Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
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International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Population Served:
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Adults
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<p><p >EWI’s Weapons of Mass
Destruction program began in direct response to the United Nations’ 2005
Millennium Review summit in 2005, when UN member states called nuclear weapons
as one of the most serious and imminent threats to human security. Since 2006, EWI
has worked to help countries surmount the political obstacles to achieving a
world free of nuclear weapons. Our work ranges from high-level consultations at
the United Nations, to organizing bilateral teams to examine specific problems,
to less formal discussions at our New York offices.</p></p>
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