Fifth Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow | Bangkok Workshop

The Fifth Intellectual Dialogue, held in Bangkok on December 11-12, 2002, was designed to explore key indicators of human security and feasible methods of evaluation for human security projects. It was attended by Human Security Commission members, including Mrs. Sadako Ogata, among others.

Fourth Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow

The Fourth Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow was held on March 16–17, 2002, in Kisarazu, Japan, on the theme of “Health and Human Security: Moving from Concept to Action.” It had been stressed at previous meetings that in order to further advance the international debate on human security, more practical policy discussions were required and that this could best be accomplished by examining in-depth case studies of effective responses to specific human security threats.

JCIE Publications | Health and Human Security

This report summarizes discussions and recommendations of the fourth meeting in the “Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow” conference. It also contains presentations by Dr. Surin Pitsuwan and Dr. Keizo Takemi.

JCIE Publications | Cross-Sectoral Partnerships in Enhancing Human Security

This report summarizes the third meeting in the “Intellectual Dialogues on Building Asia’s Tomorrow” conference and provides case studies on several challenges to human security.

Third Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow

The Third Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow was held in Bangkok on June 18-19, 2000, focusing on “Cross-Sectoral Partnerships in Enhancing Human Security.” The dialogue injected further momentum into the vital process of addressing human security concerns arising from the Asian financial crisis and of rethinking the development strategies of Asian countries.

JCIE Publications | Sustainable Development and Human Security

This report provides a detailed synopsis of the presentations, discussion, and principal points from a two-day conference of leading intellectuals considering the underlying human security requirements for generating sustainable development in Asia Pacific.

Second Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow

The Second Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow was held on July 12–13, 1999, in Singapore on the theme of “Promoting Sustainable Development and Human Security.” Participants assessed key issues in the emerging debate on sustainable development and human security in Asia and the role that global and regional institutions, as well as civil society in general, can play in promoting sustainable development and human security.

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.”

First Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow

The First Intellectual Dialogue on Building Asia’s Tomorrow was held on December 2–3, 1998, at the Hotel Okura in Tokyo, on the theme of “The Asian Crisis: Meeting the Challenges to Human Security”. The purpose of the conference was to strengthen the network among intellectual communities in this region through discussing the challenges of the Asian crisis threatening human security and how to meet them.

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).