澳大利亞前總理領銜亞洲問題研究所

The Asia Society announced on Tuesday that Kevin Rudd, the former prime minister of Australia, would lead a new research Institute it has created that specializes in Asian issues and policy making, a reflection of Asia's increasing global influence.

亞洲協會(Asia Society)週二宣佈，澳大利亞前總理陸克文(Kevin Rudd)將領導協會創立一家專注於亞洲事務和決策的新研究機構。這反映了亞洲日益增長的國際影響力。

Mr. Rudd, 57, a longtime statesman, Asia scholar and a fluent Mandarin speaker, will become the first president of the Asia Society Policy Institute in January. His appointment was announced six months after the Asia Society formally launched the institute, which it has described as "a new kind of think tank on the rise of Asia."

57歲的陸克文曾長期從政，是一名亞洲問題學者，普通話流利。他將於明年1月成爲亞洲協會政策研究所(Asia Society Policy Institute)的首任負責人。他的任命是在亞洲協會正式成立該機構六個月後宣佈的。亞洲協會稱其爲“旨在關注亞洲崛起的新型智庫”。

Based in New York and Washington, the institute has sought to establish itself as a hub for research and analysis on Asia, which accounts for 60 percent of the world's population and is projected to account for more than half of global economic output by 2050.

研究所設在紐約和華盛頓，希望能成爲亞洲研究和分析的一箇中心。亞洲擁有世界60%的人口，其經濟產出預計將於2050年超過世界總量的一半。

Josette Sheeran, president of the Asia Society, said in an announcement that Mr. Rudd is "the ideal choice to lead the Asia Society Policy Institute at this historic moment."

亞洲協會會長施靜書(Josette Sheeran)在通告中稱，陸克文是“在此歷史時刻領導亞洲協會政策研究所的理想人選”。

Mr. Rudd is a senior fellow at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, where he has been working on a research project on United States-China relations over the next decade.

陸克文目前是哈佛大學貝爾福科學與國際事務研究中心(Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard)的高級研究員。在該中心，他一直進行的是一個有關中美未來十年關係的項目。

Mr. Rudd was Australia's 26th prime minister, serving from 2007 to 2010, then foreign minister from 2010 to 2012, and prime minister again in 2013.

陸克文曾是澳大利亞第26任總理，任期從2007年到2010年。2010到2012年期間，他出任了澳大利亞外長，後來又在2013年再度短暫出任總理。

He has been internationally recognized as one of the founders of the G20 group of nations and as an early advocate of aggressive efforts to combat climate change.

他是國際公認的20國集團(G20)發起人之一，還一早期倡導大力抗擊氣候變化。

His Labor Party's hold on power in Australia was upended by internal disputes and voter weariness. The party suffered a stinging loss a year ago to a conservative opposition coalition led by Tony Abbott, a former seminarian and Rhodes scholar who replaced Mr. Rudd.

在澳大利亞，他領導的工黨(Labor Party)的執政地位被內部紛爭和選民的不滿推翻。一年前，該黨遭遇重創，敗給了前神學院學生、羅德學者託尼·阿博特(Tony Abbott)領導的反對黨聯盟。阿博特繼而取代了陸克文成爲總理。

The Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd.

亞洲協會由約翰·D·洛克菲勒三世(John D. Rockefeller 3rd)於1956年創辦。