An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow
In a May 1998 speech, the late Keizo Obuchi expressed his concern for the human toll that economic crisis was taking in East Asia, calling for the mobilization of intellectual resources to respond to these consequences. His initiative resulted in the creation of An Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow, launched by JCIE in collaboration with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).
Health, Resilience, and the Added Value of the Human Security Approach
As part of the Global Health and Human Security Program, JCIE and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) have collaborated on a project to analyze case studies of how the human security approach is being implemented on the ground and how it can contribute to broader goals of health, resilience, and development.
Human Security Approaches to HIV/AIDS in Asia and Africa
Starting in late 2005, a JCIE research team developed case studies of projects in Asia and Africa that take a human security approach to HIV/AIDS in order to better understand how these approaches work on the ground. Research was carried out in Tanzania, Thailand, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, and a workshop was held in Pretoria, South Africa on March 10, 2006, with aid workers and UN officials from around Africa.
Human Security in the United Nations
In 2003, JCIE was commissioned by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct an assessment of several projects funded by the Trust Fund for Human Security (TFHS), with a focus on how the human security concept has been incorporated and applied in TFHS-funded projects from the conception phase through the design and implementation processes.
Human Security Challenges of AIDS and Communicable Disease in Asia—Exploring Effective Regional and Global Responses
JCIE, in collaboration with Asia Society, co-sponsored a one-day international conference titled “Human Security Challenges of AIDS and Communicable Disease in Asia”. Policymakers, media representatives, business executives, academics, and representatives from NGOs, health organizations, and other international agencies gathered to explore strategies for enhancing regional and global collaboration in the fight against HIV/AIDS and other major diseases.
JCIE Publications | East Asia at a Crossroads
This book analyzes the dynamics of regional community building and proposes ways of moving forward to enhance regional peace and prosperity while strengthening East Asia’s capacity to meet its growing responsibilities.
JCIE Publications | Building Resilience: Human Security Approaches to AIDS in Africa and Asia
This report analyzes five projects funded by the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security that deal with AIDS from various angles, such as the intersection between AIDS and issues of poverty, migration, education, and gender inequality.
JCIE Publications | The Asian Crisis and Human Security
This publication provides the speeches, background papers, and synopses of presentations and discussions from a dialogue carried out in response to Japan’s then-foreign minister Obuchi Keizo’s suggestion for “an intellectual dialogue on building Asia’s tomorrow.”
Health and Human Security in the Americas
On September 6-7, 2012, JCIE organized a public seminar and workshop on “Health and Human Security in the Americas” in Lima, Peru, in partnership with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO). The meetings build on the discussions at JCIE’s “Health and Human Security in Africa” seminar and follow PAHO’s 2010 resolution to integrate the human security concept into member countries’ national health plans.
JCIE Global Health Special Series | Viewing UHC through a Human Security Lens
The second blog post in the JCIE Global Health Special Series, considers how questions of human security should play a role in the implementation of Universal Health Coverage.