MacArthur Foundation Commits $68 Million to Support Regional Cooperation for Peace and Security in Asia

MacArthur’s initial grantmaking focuses on three particularly critical security issues: strengthening regional cooperation, preventing conflict in Northeast Asia, and building international cooperation to respond to internal challenges. In each area, a group of grantees will work together to conduct analysis and suggest new ways forward. The work of each group will be coordinated by a leading Asian institution. These three core institutions were selected through an exhaustive two-year search to identify regional leaders in the field of security studies: