Honolulu

===Research institutions===
[[File:Downtown, Honolulu, HI, USA - panoramio (8).jpg|thumb|Pacific Forum, one of the world's leading Asia-Pacific policy research institutes, is on Bishop Street.]]
Honolulu is home to three renowned international affairs research institutions. The [[Pacific Forum CSIS|Pacific Forum]], one of the world's leading Asia-Pacific policy research institutes and one of the first U.S. organizations to focus exclusively on Asia, has its main office on Bishop Street in downtown Honolulu. The [[East–West Center]] (EWC), an education and research organization established by Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the U.S., is headquartered in [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa|Mānoa]], Honolulu. The [[Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies]] (APCSS), a [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]] institute, is based in [[Waikiki]], Honolulu. [[Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies|APCSS]] addresses regional and global security issues and supports the [[United States Pacific Command|U.S. Pacific Command]] by developing and sustaining relationships among security practitioners and national security establishments throughout the region.