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history the center undertakes research, disseminates information and facilitates discussion on issue related to APEC (

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) involving political, economic and business trends in the Asia-Pacific region. The Berkeley center is part of the APEC Study Centers Consortium (ASCC), a network of over a hundred research institutions and university centers across twenty APEC member economies.APEC Study Center Consortium
In addition to the Berkeley center, sister APEC centers are headquartered at

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. For the past several years, the Berkeley center has served as co-chair of the U.S. Consortium of APEC Study Centers. Since its establishment, the center has published over a dozen volumes related to trade and economy in the Asia-Pacific region. It sponsors conferences, symposia, and visiting lecturers. In addition to participating in ASCC conferences in

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, the center has hosted conferences pertaining to the

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, the economic resurgence of Russia,BASC: Responding to a Resurgent Russia
Industrial Policy in the Post-Financial Crisis Era, and Mega Free Trade Agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on the UC Berkeley and

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History and mission

The University of California, Berkeley established the APEC Study Center in October 1996 at the request of the

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in response to the APEC Leaders' Education Initiative introduced by President Bill Clinton. The initiative was endorsed on November 20, 1993 by the leaders of the other APEC member nations at their historic meeting "held in a Native American-style long house on

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, in Kitsap County" near

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. This initiative called on institutions of higher education in the United States and throughout the Asia-Pacific region to collaborate on "Asia-Pacific policy research, and through exchanges, joint research, conferences and other contacts, to help establish an emerging region-wide network of personal and institutional relationships for all member economies." Conducting policy research on Asia-Pacific issues and exchanging ideas and technologies, students and scholars engaged in advanced studies of regional economic importance became the guidelines for BASC's research agenda. BASC conducts multidisciplinary research activities that analyze political, economic and business trends in the Asia-Pacific region with a special emphasis on the APEC forum.BASC Newsletter (Winter 1998)
/ref> The center also provides academic supports for the dissemination of APEC's mission and conducts "international conferences, colloquia, and outreach to the business and policy community." BASC is currently engaged in researching domestic determinants of

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- EU transatlantic alliance, the growing prevalence of

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in the Post-Financial Crisis Era, and the effects and implications of Mega Free Trade Agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).Berkeley APEC Study Center
homepage Previous areas of research include Northeast Asian and Asian institutional architecture, bilateral trade agreements in the Asia-Pacific, EU transregionalism strategies, and strategies for international trade and politics in

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Staff and publications

The center is directed by Dr.

Vinod Aggarwal Vinod K. Aggarwal (born November 26, 1953) is an American professor and holds the Alann P. Bedford Endowed Chair of Asian Studies in the Travers Department of Political Science. He is an Affiliated Professor in the Haas School of Business, and d ...

, an eminent international political economist. In addition to serving as directory, Aggarwal is a Professor in the Department of Political Science, an Affiliated Professor in the Business and Public Policy group in the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, and Co-Chair of the U.S. Consortium of APEC Study Centers. Its project directors include Andrew Reddie and Bora Park. Research affiliates include Professor Cédric Dupont of the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland; Professor Seung Joo Lee at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Korea; Professor Min Gyo Koo at Seoul's Yonsei University, John Ravenhill, Director of the Balsille School of International Affairs and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, and Professor Shujiro Urata at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Members of the center research, teach, write books, articles,

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s, and podcasts. BASC publications include a large number of books and journal articles, as well as an annual newsletter.BASC Newsletters
The center's newsletter is available for download on its website. The center hosts a research blog that publishes commentaries by its staff and research affiliates.Berkeley APEC Study Center
research blog The center also has affiliates and alumni who participate in BASC projects each year.See curren

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lists.

References

External links

Berkeley APEC Study Center
homepage
Berkeley APEC Study Center
research blog
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
website
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding APEC
{{APEC University of California, Berkeley Research institutes in the San Francisco Bay Area Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 1996 establishments in California Political and economic think tanks in the United States

History and mission

Staff and publications

See also

References

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