Newsletters
The SPF Newsletter is a quarterly (with the exception of FY1998) publication which features project reports and other articles highlighting the efforts of SPF.
Copies of the Newsletter are available free from SPF. If you would like to receive a copy or would like to be on our mailing list, please E-mail spfpr@spf.or.jp.
Listed below are the newsletters available on-line:
FY2001
- SPF Newsletter Vol. 4, FY2001(published March, 2002) (PDF 276.6KB)
- What's inside:
- The quest for understanding with the Islamic World
- Opinions:
- The Pitfalls of “Islamic wathers”
Jordan: An inside of perspective
- Reports from the Field:
- Planning an evaluator education program in Japan
- Interview:
- The case for "Structural transformation": Rethinking scholarship and education
- SPF Publication
From the editor's desk
- SPF Newsletter Vol. 3, FY2001(published Jan, 2002) (PDF 429.8KB)
- What's inside:
- Implementing market economics in Central Asia
- Opinions:
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- Turkmenistan and the bombing of Afghanistan
Iran and Turkey vie for regional influence
- Reports from the field:
- Japan-China database building
- Interview:
- The electoric power industry in the coming broadband age Eyewitness Account
Living with the specter of Anthrax
- Foundation Updates:
- “Asian Voices” Seminar in Washington, D.C.
- SPF Publication
From the editor's desk
- SPF Newsletter Vol. 2, FY2001 (published Nov, 2001) (PDF 880.7KB)
- What's inside:
- What in the “public interest?”
- Foundation Updates:
- Central European NGO representatives visit Japan
Symposium on Islam and the IT revolution
- Project Report:
- Mobilizing the potential of the media in the region,
- Opinions:
- The state of the press in Southeast Asia
The media in Laos and other Southeast Asian countries
- Eyewitness Account:
- Terror in New York City - a firsthand account
- Reports from the Field:
- Role of Mongolia for Peaceful and Stable Development of Northeast Asia project
- SPF Publication
From the Editor's desk
- SPF Newsletter Vol. 1, FY2001(published August, 2001) (PDF 440.9KB)
- What's inside:
- What SPF can do for East-West dialogue
- Project Report:
- Business-NPO partnerships aid in conflict prevention,
- Opinions:
- Conflict prevention as a tool of foreign policy
Promising initiatives in preventive diplomacy
- Reports from the Field:
- Research on the water supply of the West Route from the Yangtze River to the Yellow River
Promoting civil society resource organizations in Southeast Asia
- Foundation Updates:
- EastWest Institute Peace Building Award given to SPF
Policy dialogues for conflict prevention and human security in Indonesia
Interview series starts with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir
Sasakawa Southeast Asia Cooperation Fund grows
- From the Editor's desk
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