The Asia Institute for Political Economy (AIPE) is an academic program designed to promote discussions of political economy with other young leaders. Analyze and debate issues of economics, global trade and economic developments with a group of outstanding students, well-known professors, and notable guest lecturers.
The Institute's curriculum engages students examination of the and theories of Political advanced course in American and panel discussions from the University of Hong regional experts and business lectures and discussions by faculty. These sessions enable concepts of international covered during the course to own countries.
For three weeks, students will attend classes, interact with prominent speakers, and attend special events to engage students in an educational, cultural, and social exchange. This combination of activities leads to an exploration of challenging ideas and life-long friendships that cannot be gained elsewhere.
The political economy component of the course examines the structure and functions of a market economy in the context of such fundamental issues as competition, trade policy, fiscal and monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, and international financial markets. The course wil explore the benefits and challenges of globalization as well as the impact of government intervention in the economy.
The American Studies component allows students to explore historical and cultural aspects of American society. The course examines the theories, structures and principles governing the American system of constitutional government. Lectures will focus on the structure, role and relationship of the major branches of the national government, as well as the role of political parties, media and interest groups in transforming public opinion into public policy
Asia Institute on Political Economy was an outstanding program with its challenging curriculum and engaging classes. The program faculty was distinguished scholars in their respective areas, Economics and Government. Three weeks that I had spent in Hong Kong was full of learning, personal growth, many friends and lifelong lessons learned.
From the very first day of the program, I understood that it was going to be a great experience. Fifteen students from different Southeastern Asia countries travelled to the region’s financial center, Hong Kong, to learn ideals of free market economics and democratic republic. During the three weeks, we had two classes, Economics and Government.
Economics class, taught by Dr. Andrew Morris was really cognitive and challenging, forcing us to be able to think outside of the box. Not only did we have to go through lectures in this class, but we also had a chance to apply our knowledge by going out in Hong Kong and making market analysis. Based on our analysis, we then had to present to our classmates. The course also touched base of such hot topics in Economics such as free trade. We were divided into different groups and given different issues related to free trade, and we had to argue our respective sides, either for or against free trade. I can say that through these courses I was able to better understand the importance of Economics in a country and the right application of it in order to conduct proper government policies.
The Government classes, taught by Dr. John Baker, were very impressive. We read a lot of Federalist papers that founding fathers of America wrote and did group discussions on them. The depth of thinking of founding fathers of America was quite fascinating as they were trying to create a constitution that would not allow any branch within the government to have a majority power and abuse it. The ideas they came up with were truly genius. I think issues that we talked in the programs were really relevant to that region as countries, such as Nepal, are in early stages of writing of their new constitution.
The cultural aspect of the program was very interesting as well as I was able to learn a lot about Southeastern Asia countries: their traditions, values and culture. I was particularly impressed by how hard working and curious Asian students are. The developments we have seen in the last decades in that region should come as no surprise.
I want to cordially thank Office of International Programs for financial assistance. All I had to enjoy, wonder, question and learn would not be possible without assistance from OIP.
Sincerely yours,
Fayzillo N. Akhmedov
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