Director Annelise Riles is the Jack G. Clarke Professor of Far East Legal Studies and Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University. She is the founder and director of Meridian 180.
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Transforming the Transpacific Dialogue
Yuji Genda is Professor of Labor Economics at the University of Tokyo.
Douglas Holmes is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Fleur Johns is Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales.
Eunice Kim is Professor of Law at Ewha Womans University Law School.
Hirokazu Miyazaki is Professor of Anthropology, Director of the East Asia Program, and Coordinator of the Global Finance Initiative at Cornell University.
M180 offers a forum for debate that provides examples of ‘good practices’ that otherwise would have been difficult if not impossible to learn about. Dr. Jonas Grimheden Head of Sector Access to Justice European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Vienna, Austria
Eric San Juan is Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University and formerly acted as the Tax Legislative Counsel in the U.S. Treasury Department.
Xingzhong Yu is the Anthony W. and Lulu C. Wang Professor in Chinese Law at Cornell University Law School.
Learn more about Meridian 180 To read our forum summaries, book reviews, and other articles please visit meridian-180.org For further information please email meridian180@cornell.edu
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Meridian 180 is a nonpartisan community of exceptional Pacific Rim intellectuals that pools expertise across professional domains. We are dedicated to enhancing the transpacific dialogue and to finding novel solutions to some of the most difficult policy issues facing the Asia-Pacific region.
Area of Focus Our principal areas of focus include the
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regulation of markets’ wider effects on politics, labor, intergenerational equity and the environment, international law, security and diplomacy, and the rule of law and constitutional reform.
Our Membership With over 600 members, Meridian 180 gives voice 46% to a wide range of views in the Asia-Pacific region as expressed by their most distinguished, creative and articulate proponents.
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What takes place in Meridian 180 is “uncharted conversation” that no one has experienced before. This uncharted world reaches beyond individual countries, regions, professions, and domains of expertise.
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Our members include legal 16%
scholars, business people, lawyers, anthropologists, policymakers, economists, political scientists, bureaucrats, sociologists, religious leaders, artists and philosophers across the Asia-Pacific region.
Yuji Genda Professor of Labor Economics Institute of Social Sciences Tokyo University
■ U.S. ■ China, Hong Kong, Taiwan ■ Japan ■ Korea ■ Europe, U.K. ■ Australia ■ S.E. Asia, Latin America, Middle East
In providing a platform for robust exchange on topical issues that is stimulated by provocative prompts, Meridian 180 is a unique site of/for intellectual dialogue on the Pacific Rim. It helps me stay informed and sharply attuned to the most pressing issues of the moment. Anne Allison Robert O. Keohane Professor of Cultural Anthropology; Professor of Women’s Studies Duke University
The Meridian 180 Model: A 3-Step Process 1
Multilingual Online Dialogue Online Forums / Idea Exchange Meridian 180 members exchange ideas — in English, Chinese, Japanese and Korean — about key issues facing the Asia-Pacific region. Our broad expertise incubates new perspectives and research directions. Recent conversations include: ■
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The success and failure of Bitcoin and its implications for state-backed currency;
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International Conferences Live Meetings / Intensive Collaboration Meridian 180 hosts international conferences in partnership with leading universities. These meetings expand on the ideas generated in our online forums. They also build strong networks among leading thinkers in the Asia-Pacific region and expose our members to new ideas. Examples include: ■
Trans-Pacific Partnership and its international legal, economic and political impact; National and trans-national privacy rights and how culture and evolving legal frameworks affect views on privacy.
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A conference at Ewha Womans University in Seoul on democracy in an age of changing demographics (March 2015); A conference at Cornell University on central bank accountability (February 2013); A workshop in Tokyo on comparative tax policy (October 2012).
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Global Impact E-books, Academic Articles, and Policy Interventions Ideas that emerge from our online forums and live meetings are distributed in various forms to ensure maximum impact: ■
Multilingual E-book Series
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Newspapers and Journal Articles
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Policy papers and policy briefings: We make the results of our work available to policy makers in various regions. Policy consulting: Meridian 180 members work with policy makers on a pro bono basis to provide objective analysis and innovative solutions to problems that require transnational and crossdisciplinary expertise.