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Understanding the world’s fastest-growing region
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Understanding Indonesia’s Recent Election
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Institutional Change and Adaptive Efficiency: A Study of China’s Hukou System Evolution
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Bold new ideas for scholars and public leaders
The Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia advances research and teaching about policy challenges within the region and Asia’s place in the global community.
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Our Work
From Harvard Square to Hanoi, we address some of Asia’s most intractable public policy challenges.
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Rajawali Semester in Review
This past semester, the Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia engaged in conversations and research on topics ranging from Indonesia’s election to US-Taiwan relations with the goal of continuing to develop policy solutions to the region’s most pressing concerns.
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Harvard research project aids return of wartime personal effects to Vietnamese veterans and families
U.S. Embassy event in Hanoi was culmination of months of detailed archival research – and helped to unearth information about the final resting place of fallen soldiers.
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Understanding Indonesia’s Recent Election
Democracy and development were on the ballot during Indonesia’s national elections earlier this month according to experts at a Rajawali Foundation Institute for Asia event on what Prabowo Subianto’s victory now portends for the future of the country.
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Ash Center Open House
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Ash Center Foyer, Suite 200, 124 Mount Auburn Street
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT
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