Asia Council

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Asia Council

Formation	2016
Type	Regional Forum
Headquarters	Tokyo
Location	Doha, Chengdu, Bangkok, Tokyo
Region served	Asia
Website	www.theasiacouncil.org

The Asia Council is a pan-Asian organization constituted in 2016 to serve as a continent wide forum to address Asia's key challenges and foster cooperation among countries of Asia. The council has its headquarters in Tokyo and regional directorates in Doha, Chengdu and Bangkok.^[1][2][3]

Organization[]

The Asia Council operates through the council headquarters in Tokyo, three regional directorates and country offices.^[4]

Administrative Divisions[]

The Asia Council is organized into three administrative divisions. The East Asia division has its regional directorate in Tokyo, the South Asia & South East Asia division has its regional directorate in Bangkok and the West Asia & Central Asia division has its regional directorate in Doha.

Countries[]

The Asia Council covers 48 countries and 6 dependent territories.^[5]

Forums[]

The Asia Council has seven forums. Each forum is mandated to deliberate on a defined area relating Asia. The forum is attended by decision makers and experts.^[6]

• Forum on Biodiversity
• Forum for Asian Economic Cooperation
• Forum on Energy Security
• Forum on Climate Change
• Forum for Inter-cultural Dialogue
• Forum on Counter-terror Strategies

Fellowships[]

The Asia Council fellowship provides financial grant to students from Asian countries to study for a graduate degree in world's top universities.

Global Leaders Fellowship[]

The Asia Council Global Leaders Fellowship is an international graduate fellowship scheme which supports students with exceptional leadership qualities from 48 countries and 6 dependent territories of Asia to undertake graduate studies at some of world's top universities in United States and United Kingdom.^[7]

Asia Fellowship[]

The Asia Fellowship is an international graduate fellowship scheme which supports students with exceptional leadership qualities from 48 countries and 6 dependent territories of Asia to undertake graduate studies at Asia’s top universities.^[8]

Einstein Fellowship[]

The Asia Council Einstein Fellowship is an international fellowship scheme which supports students with exceptional leadership qualities from 48 countries and 6 dependent territories of Asia to undertake study for a degree at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nanyang Technological University, KAIST, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Tsinghua University.^[9]

Reports and Publications[]

The council's research and publishing division produces several reports on Asia including the Asia Security Report and Asia Statistical Report.

Asian Review[]

The Asian Review is a journal published by the Asia Council. It covers political, economic and strategic review of the continent.^[10]

Events[]

Asia Roundtable[]

The Asia Roundtable is an international conference held by the Asia Council outside Asia. The meeting discusses in detail a single issue that is geopolitically significant for the Asian region. The conference is attended by regional leaders and policy experts.^[11]

Asia Security Dialogue[]

The Asia Security Dialogue is a bi-annual meeting held by the Asia Council on most pressing security issues relating Asia.

See also[]

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• East Asia Summit
• Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
• Asian Development Bank

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Asian Review^{[permanent dead link]}