The following grantee publications are from the period beginning January 1, 2006.
University
of California, Berkeley, APEC Study
Center
Bilateral Trade
Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: Origins,
Evolution, and Implications
Vinod Aggarwal and Shujiro Urata, ed.
A collection of essays that examine the underlying political
and economic factors driving the rapid rise of bilateral preferential trade
agreements at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Some argue these
accords will spur multilateral negotiations, while others believe that they
will irreparably damage the trading system. Contributing authors include CGP
grantees Fukunari Kimura, T.J. Pempel, Richard Feinberg, and Min Gyo Koo.
(New York and London: Routledge, 2006,
309 pp.)
East West Center
Shifting Terrain: The
Domestic Policies of the U.S.
Military Presence in Asia
Sheila Smith
A report from a project which focuses on the U.S.
troop presence as an issue of national governance, with a particular emphasis
on citizens’ perspectives. It examines
how and why the presence of U.S.
forces in Asia is affected by domestic
political change and suggests how alliance policies can better address citizen
concerns.
(Honolulu: East West Center Publication Sales Office, Number
8, 2006, 64 pp.)
Institute for International Economics
Accelerating the
Globalization of America:
The Role for Information Technology
Catherine Mann with Jacob Funk Kirkegaard
Information
technology (IT) is the most robust sector in the global economy,
outpacing investment and trade growth for any other product and also
pusing for more globalization of many other industries. The authors
trace the globalization of the industry, its diffusion into the US
economy, and the implications of more extensive technology-enabled
globalization of products and services.
Washington: Institute of International Economics, 2006, 237 pp.
Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars
China Environment Forum
Reaching Across the
Water: International Cooperation Promoting Sustainable River Basin Governance
in China
Jennifer Turner and Kenji Otsuka
A seminar report from a project that investigates the
options for the government, NGO, and research sectors in the US and Japan
to undertake collaborative river basin governance projects in China. Top-down reforms are crucial
for true reform, but equally important will be the greater empowerment of citizens
and NGOs to participate in the decision-making and monitoring of river
development and protection.
(Washington, DC: China
Environment Forum, Woodrow
Wilson International
Center for Scholars,
2006, 42pp. English and Chinese)
