Asia Forecast 2017

8:30-8:35    Welcoming Remarks

Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

8:35-9:20    Keynote Address
    
General Robert B. Brown
Commanding General, U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC)

Moderator:    
Kathleen H. Hicks
Senior Vice President; Henry A. Kissinger Chair; Director, International Security Program, CSIS

9:20-9:30      CSIS Asia Program Overview

Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

9:30-10:15    Panel One: Who Will Write the Rules for Trade?
        
Scott Kennedy
Deputy Director, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Director, Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, CSIS

Scott Miller
Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS

Moderator:     
Matthew P. Goodman
William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy and Senior Adviser for Asian Economics, CSIS

10:15-10:30    Break

10:30-11:15    Panel Two: With Friends Like These... Leadership Transitions

Victor Cha
Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS;  Professor and Director, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University

Amy Searight
Senior Adviser and Director, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS

Andrew Shearer
Senior Adviser on Asia Pacific Security and Director, Alliances and American Leadership Project, CSIS

Moderator:
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

11:15-12:00    Panel Three: Maritime Asia—Biding Time or Calm before the Storm?    

Zack Cooper
Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS

Bonnie S. Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia and Director, China Power Project, CSIS

Moderator:
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University

12:00        Adjourn