Asia Society

The Asia Society is America's leading institution dedicated to fostering under-standing of Asia and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific.

A national nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization, the Society provides a forum for building awareness of the more than thirty countries broadly defined as the Asia-Pacific region - the area from Japan to Iran, and from Central Asia to New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands.

Through art exhibitions and performances, films, lectures, seminars and conferences, publications and assistance to the media, and materials and programs for students and teachers, the Asia Society presents the uniqueness and diversity of Asia to the American people.

"For nearly half a century, The Asia Society has been an invaluable asset to both America and to Asia. You have helped to acquaint the American people and their leaders with the changing face of Asia, and Asians with us. In particular, I want to applaud your national campaign to improve teaching about Asia in our schools. The rising generation of young people here and in Asia need to learn much more about each other because they will be building and sharing the same future. As Americans and Asians work together to meet the challenges of a 21st century world, we will need the Asia Society more than ever."

— Colin L. Powell, U.S. Secretary of State, June 10, 2002

In addition to information about the Asia Society and our programs, AsiaSociety.org offers a wide range of services including roundtable discussions, transcriptions of speeches presented at the Asia Society, and annotated links to hundreds of resources on Asia. Visit the Asia Society on the World Wide Web (www.asiasociety.org).

AsiaSource (www.asiasource.org), a comprehensive new web resource from the Asia Society, features news updates, interviews and Special Reports on pressing topics of the day, country profiles, and much more.

Additional Asia Society materials: Working Papers

 

Books

Title: The Philippines: New Directions in Domestic Policy and Foreign Relations
Author: David G. Timberman (ed.)
Date: 1998

Title: Cambodia and the International Community: The Quest for Peace, Development, and Democracy
Authors: Frederick Z. Brown and David G. Timberman (eds.)
Date: 1998