美国“东西方研究中心”(The East West Center)全称“东西方文化暨技术交流中心”(The Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West)于1960年5月14日成立于夏威夷州檀香山。根据美国第34任总统德怀特·艾森豪威尔签署的有关法案,该中心的宗旨是:“通过合作研究、培训和探索,促进美国与亚太地区国家之间的关系和相互了解。”该中心作为一个公共的、非盈利性的教育与研究机构,其资金主要来源于美国国会的拨款。 The Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, the United States “East-West Research Center,” was established on May 14, 1960 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Under the bill signed by the 34th president of the United States, Dwight Eisenhower, the mission of the center is “to promote relations and mutual understanding between the United States and countries in the Asia-Pacific region through cooperative research, training and exploration.” As a public Nonprofit educational and research institutions whose funding comes primarily from grants from the United States Congress.