About the IIP
Chris Coward, Director, CIS
Ha Yong-Chool, Adviser
Director, Unification Forum
Seoul National University
Florian Alburo, Adviser
Professor, School of Economics
University of the Philippines
Caroline Benner, Fellow
Mission
The Institute for International Policy (IIP) is based on the premise that the international university is uniquely situated and equipped to bring to bear new ideas and technologies on the full array of problems and actors - governments, multinational corporations, and international governmental and non-governmental organizations - that make up the contemporary world.
The activities of the IIP give emphasis to three areas:
The political and economic challenges of East Asia and the Pacific Rim
The impact of the Internet on the global political economy
The need for new international institutions appropriate to a technologically transformed, inter-dependent but non-convergent world
Organization
As an independent University unit with ties to the Jackson School of International Studies and several professional schools, the IIP is able to access resources and specialists from a wide range of disciplines. A distinct feature of this program is the IIP's numerous partnerships with international universities, institutes, corporations, and governments. These partnerships inject a rich set of perspectives into its activities.
Programs
The programs of the IIP are primarily designed to create venues that promote discussion of critical policy issues in international affairs. The goal is to meld the long-term theoretical perspectives of academics with the immediate and practical concerns of government policy-makers, international businessmen, and members of multilateral international organizations. The venues include:
Seminars
Monographs
Conferences and Workshops
Conference Reports
Digital and Print Publications
Funding
Primary support for the Institute for International Policy comes from the University of Washington. This has been supplemented by grants and contracts from a number of foundations, corporations, and governmental and international organizations. Supporters and partners include:
Foundations:
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation
The GE Foundation
The Korea Foundation