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| Formation | 2016 |
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| Type | Regional Forum |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
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Region served | Asia |
| Website | www |
TheAsia Council is a pan-Asian organization constituted in 2016 to serve as a continent wide forum to address Asia's key challenges and foster regional integration.[1][2]
The Asia Council provides a permanent platform where heads of state, ministers, policymakers, experts and leaders from diverse field gather to deliberate on issues that affectAsia as a whole. It functions through a combination of an Annual Summit, Ministerial meetings and high-level specialized forums throughout the year focused on thematic issues like economic cooperation, climate change, regional security, biodiversity, counter-terror strategies, and intercultural dialogue.[3]
The council has its headquarters inTokyo and regional directorates inDoha,Chengdu andBangkok.[4][5][6]
The Asia Council operates through the council headquarters inTokyo, three regional directorates and country offices.[7]
The Asia Council is organized into three administrative divisions. TheEast Asia division has its regional directorate inTokyo, theSouth Asia &South East Asia division has its regional directorate inBangkok and theWest Asia &Central Asia division has its regional directorate inDoha.[8]
The Asia Council covers 48 countries and 6 dependent territories.[9]
The Asia Council fellowship provides financial grant to students from Asian countries to study for a graduate degree in world's top universities.
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 ofAsia to undertake graduate studies at some of world's top universities inUnited States andUnited Kingdom.[10]
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 atAsia's top universities.[11]
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 atTokyo Institute of Technology,Nanyang Technological University,KAIST,Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, andTsinghua University.[12]
The council's research and publishing division produces several reports on Asia including the Asia Security Report and Asia Statistical Report.
The Asian Review is a journal published by the Asia Council. It covers political,economic andstrategic review of the continent.[13]
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.[14]
The Asia Security Dialogue is a bi-annual meeting held by the Asia Council on most pressing security issues relating Asia.
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