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<p><b>The Asia Foundation</b> ist heute eine gemeinnützige internationale Entwicklungsorganisation, die sich für „die Verbesserung des Lebens in einem dynamischen und sich entwickelnden Asien einsetzt“. Ihre Vorläuferorganisation, das <i>Committee for Free Asia</i>, wurde 1951 vom <a href="Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">CIA</a> als Tarnorganisation gegründet.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1954 wurde der Name in <i>The Asia Foundation</i> geändert.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Die Asia Foundation hat ihren Sitz in <a href="San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>. Ihre Hauptziele sind nach eigenen Angaben: Stärkung der Regierungsführung, Stärkung von Frauen, Erweiterung der wirtschaftlichen Möglichkeiten, Erhöhung der Umweltverträglichkeit und Förderung der internationalen Zusammenarbeit.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The Asia Foundation verfügt über ein Netzwerk von Niederlassungen in 18 asiatischen Ländern und einer Vertretung in <a href="Washington%2C_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> In Zusammenarbeit mit öffentlichen und privaten Partnern erhält die Stiftung Mittel von bilateralen und multilateralen Entwicklungsagenturen, Stiftungen, Unternehmen und Einzelpersonen. Im Jahr 2019 stellten sie direkte Programmunterstützungen in Höhe von 84,9 Mio. USD zur Verfügung und verteilte Lehrbücher und andere Lehrmaterialien im Wert von 7,3 Mio. USD.<sup id="cite_ref-Who_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Who-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://asiafoundation.org/">Homepage</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">John Crewdson: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1977/12/26/archives/worldwide-propaganda-network-built-by-the-cia-a-worldwide-network.html"><i>"Worldwide Propaganda Network Built by the C.I.A."</i></a> In: <i>New York Times.</i> 26. Dezember 1977,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 1. September 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asia+Foundation&rft.title=%22Worldwide+Propaganda+Network+Built+by+the+C.I.A.%22&rft.description=%22Worldwide+Propaganda+Network+Built+by+the+C.I.A.%22&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1977%2F12%2F26%2Farchives%2Fworldwide-propaganda-network-built-by-the-cia-a-worldwide-network.html&rft.creator=John+Crewdson&rft.date=1977-12-26"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Emma Best: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/nov/02/taf-1/"><i>"The stolen history of the CIA and the Asian Foundation Financial records and declassified files reveal decades of distortions regarding the Agency's ties to the non-profit".</i></a> In: <i>Muckrock.</i> 2. November 2017,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 1. September 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Asia+Foundation&rft.title=%22The+stolen+history+of+the+CIA+and+the+Asian+Foundation+Financial+records+and+declassified+files+reveal+decades+of+distortions+regarding+the+Agency%27s+ties+to+the+non-profit%22&rft.description=%22The+stolen+history+of+the+CIA+and+the+Asian+Foundation+Financial+records+and+declassified+files+reveal+decades+of+distortions+regarding+the+Agency%27s+ties+to+the+non-profit%22&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.muckrock.com%2Fnews%2Farchives%2F2017%2Fnov%2F02%2Ftaf-1%2F&rft.creator=Emma+Best&rft.date=2017-11-02"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-Who-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Who_3-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">The Asia Foundation: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://asiafoundation.org/about/"><i>Who we are</i></a>, abgerufen am 16. Oktober 2020.</span>
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