WSD-Handa Fellowship Program

WSD provides both resident and non-resident fellowships to increase East Asian, US and European participation in Pacific Forum programs. Pacific Forum is a Honolulu-based foreign policy research institute forced on the Indo-Pacific. Founded in 1975, the forum’s programs encompass current and emerging political, security, economic and business issues. Its work aims to help stimulate cooperative policies in the Indo-Pacific region through analysis and dialogues undertaken with the region’s leaders in the academic, government and corporate areas.

WSD also supports Pacific Forum CSIS Young Leaders Forum and WSD Handa Young Leaders Forum through sponsoring conferences and seminars that promote debates related to politics and international security, thereby cultivating the next generation of world leaders.

Other activities include:
• WSD Handa Fellowship luncheon and discussion with Sir John Key (2018)
• WSD Handa Fellowship luncheon and discussion with Enda Kenny (2019)
• WSD Handa Fellowship luncheon and discussion with Enda Kenny (2022)