Op-ed in The Jerusalem Post by Israel-Asia Center’s founder & executive director, Rebecca Zeffert, on how we are connecting Israel and Indonesia, despite the lack of diplomatic ties, and where the untapped potential lies between these two countries.
Trans–Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject–matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Rebecca Zeffert – Founder and Executive Director of the Israel–Asia Center in Jerusalem – is 140th in “The Trans–Pacific View Insight Series.”
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Japan is effectively leading a double life – constantly strengthening connections with both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict, writes Israel-Asia Leaders Fellowship alum, Gilad Kabilo, in Israel’s Calcalist.
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2014-15 Israel-Asia Leaders Fellow, Iren Reznikov, weighs in on why the highest levels of female entrepreneurship are in Asia.
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The recently signed bilateral investment treaty between Japan and Israel is an important part of Israel’s “pivot to Asia”. But unless Israel negotiates the obstacles along the way, it will never realize the full potential of trade with the world’s third-largest economy.
China-Saudi Arabia ties are seeing more political-military cooperation, but oil continues to dominate, writes Israel-Asia Leaders Fellowship alum, Wang Jin, in The Diplomat.
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Chinese conglomerate Kuang-Chi recently announced it is investing $20M in Eyesight, an Israeli machine vision and gesture recognition company – yet another example of the growing China-Israel tech collaboration.
In an interview with World Politics Review, Israel-Asia Center board member, Emanuel Shahaf, discusses Israel’s ties with Singapore, following Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s recent visit to Israel.
Koreans are even smarter than Jews, but Israelis are much braver, Vice Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Jong-lok Yoon has claimed.
