Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia

MISSION

Building on trust and mutual respect established over a twenty-five year history of working in Asia, PISA prepares leaders for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century and mobilizes networks of scholars, policy makers, and advocates on both sides of the Pacific to address urgent national and transnational concerns.

Director's Note - Summer 2013

The halls are quiet. Students have left for summer jobs, internships or their family's home-cooked meals. At PISA, we are ramping up preparations for the Politics and Management Program to be held on campus June 3-14. Diplomats and public officials from developing countries are welcome to apply to this new program. We are especially pleased to welcome senior diplomats from Indonesia to the first cohort of this new program.

The PISA Climate Initiative moves into a new phase as we continue our work with Myanmar's leading environmental organization, ALARM to provide advanced training to government officials at key ministries. Scientists report that the concentration of atmospheric CO2 is a tad short of 400 parts per million gives new urgency to our programs to inform policy makers and encourage new thinking on climate-wise development.

We wish you a happy Northern Hemisphere summer with time to explore and appreciate the natural world.

Sincerely,

Linda J. Yarr