Nadia Badrawi, President of the Arab network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ANQAHE), and Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) discuss ongoing and upcoming challenges for QA professionals internationally.

Concepcion V. Pijano, Executive Director of the Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (PAASCU) and of the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines (FAAP), and Richard Ekman, President of the Council of Independent Colleges, discuss cross-border higher education assurance programs in the Philippines and ASEAN states.

Stamenka Uvalić-Trumbić, senior advisor with Academic Partnerships, and MaryAnn Baenninger, President of Drew University, discuss cooperation among quality assurance experts in higher education. The discussion focuses on better cross-border collaboration.

Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and Richard Ekman, President of the Council of Independent Colleges discuss the primary needs of independent colleges in facilitating greater internationalization of curricula and programs. They further discuss the opportunities and roadblocks to current trends.

Prashanth Parameswaran discusses what the United States needs to do in order to engage Southeast Asia collectively. He further discusses the role for U.S. security architecture in the region under the new administration. Prashanth Parameswaran is senior editor at The Diplomat based in Washington, D.C., where he writes mostly on Southeast Asia, Asian security affairs […]

Desi Indrimayutri & Tina Jamaluddin discuss why the ASEAN region is important to the private sector and U.S. investment success stories. Desi Indrimayutri is the US-ASEAN Business Council’s managing representative in Indonesia and its senior liaison with the Indonesian Government, the ASEAN Secretariat, the U.S. diplomatic presence in Indonesia and other key high-level stakeholders. The […]

What are the main non-traditional security issues facing Southeast Asia today, and how can the US play a constructive role in helping countries in this region deal with these issues? Analyst Courtney Weatherby explains. Courtney Weatherby is a research analyst with the Southeast Asia and the Energy, Water, & Sustainability programs at the Stimson Center. […]

What is the nature of China’s engagement in Southeast Asia? Is there a willingness on behalf of China to cooperate with the US on certain areas and issues? Christine Susana Tjhin explains further. Christine Susanna Tjhin is senior researcher at the Department of International Relations, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia. She is also […]

Jeannie Sowers, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire, discusses some of the obstacles to food security in the Middle East & North Africa, particularly the challenge of the inclusion of rural populations in food security strategies. She further highlights good examples from the region.

Martin Keulertz, Assistant Professor at the American University of Beirut, discusses the challenges the MENA region faces in achieving food security and discusses possible ways to address those challenges. Most importantly, the outlook can be optimistic with attention to key issues and the development of new strategies.