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The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), or Centre for Public Policy Analysis, was established in Washington, D.C., in 1988 and describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, think tank and research organization. The CPPA is a non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on foreign policy, national security, human rights, refugee and international humanitarian issues.[1] Its current executive director is Philip Smith.[2]
The CPPA focuses on key domestic and international public policy issues, including those in the United States, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. It has frequently raised concerns about international security, counter-terrorism, civil society, the environment, international trade and tariffs, press and internet freedom, human rights, and religious freedom issues, including the plight of political asylum seekers and refugees, in Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia.[3][4][5][6]
The CPPA researches and writes about press and internet freedom, and the persecution of journalists, in the Philippines and elsewhere.[7][8]
Concerned about environmental issues, the CPPA has raised awareness about illegal logging, and environmental degradation, in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and elsewhere.[9]
The CPPA also focuses on economic, political, human rights, religious freedom and humanitarian issues in Indochina. The organization is described as an "outspoken supporter" and human rights proponent for ethnic, minority Laotian and Hmong people in Laos and Vietnam.[10][6][9]
From 1998 to 2013, the CPPA in cooperation with members of the U.S. Congress has hosted the U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos, in the U.S. Congress, in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos brings together policy experts, diplomats, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), human rights and environmental groups, community leaders, business leaders, Members of the U.S. Congress, political and religious dissidents and others to discuss current issues of concern regarding the nation of Laos and the region.[11][12]
The CPPA says it conducts public policy events and briefings in the US Congress and Washington, D.C., on a range of public affairs issues. It says it organizes research and fact-finding missions in the United States and abroad with US policymakers to gain first-hand information about key issues, developments and events.[13][14]
The CPPA also researches military and national security history issues regarding World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (First and Second Indochina Wars), the first and second Gulf War (U.S.-Iraq War) and the "War on Terrorism," (both before and after the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001).[15] The CPPA is concerned about the plight of veterans, including minority veterans, of these conflicts, and is active in policy research and debate on key issues.[16]
The CPPA also works to honor Vietnam War veterans of the First and Second Indochina War who served in Vietnam, the Kingdom of Laos, Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand, including American, South Vietnamese, Royal Laotian, Cambodian and French military and clandestine veterans.[17][18]
- ^ "Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), United States, Washington, D.C." www.centerforpublicpolicyanalysis.org.
- ^ "Colonel vowed Hmong veterans would be remembered. Now he's one honored at Fresno funeral". Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ "Minneapolis Star Tribune ( 26 June 2011) "A New Era of Abuse in Southeast Asia"". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ "Mubarak Urged to Halt Attacks on Journalists, Internet". www.scoop.co.nz.
- ^ "Once a foe of Saddam, Iraqi cab driver now branded a terroristwebsite=www.sltrib.com".
- ^ a b "Area Hmong worried for relatives overseas: Refugees moved from Thai camp rumored to be beaten, seriously hurt". Green Bay Press Gazette. 29 December 2009. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013.
- ^ "US think tank: Massacre victims' kin need counseling".
- ^ "Philippines Urged To Assist Families of Slain Journalists - Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.
- ^ a b "Asia Times Online - Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam". www.atimes.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Vietnam troops 'use force' at rare Hmong protest". Bangkok Post. 5 May 2011.
- ^ "Congressional Record, Volume 148 Issue 139 (Thursday, October 24, 2002)". www.gpo.gov. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ "Laos, Thailand Crisis: US Congressional Forum To Discuss Legislative Action on Lao, Hmong Refugees". PRLog.
- ^ "About us". The Centre for Public Policy Analysis. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Acts of Betrayal: Persecution of Hmong", by Michael Johns, National Review, October 23, 1995.
- ^ "Canada National Day, Royals' Visit, Commemorated - Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.
- ^ "The Business Journal, California, (8 February 2013), "Murkowski, Costa introduce Lao and Hmong veterans bill"". Archived from the original on 13 September 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ^ "Robert Jambon: A Bold Life & Death For Laos and Hmong - Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.
- ^ "Laos, Vietnam Human Rights Defender Mourned At Arlington - Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.