Asia Forecast 2019

Join CSIS experts for their annual preview of political, security, and economic developments across Asia. 

8:00-8:30 - Registration

8:30-8:40 - Welcoming Remarks 

Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS ; Director of Asian Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
 
8:40-9:40 - Geopolitics, Leadership, and Alignment

Christopher K. Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

Richard M. Rossow
Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, CSIS 

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

Sue Mi Terry
Senior Fellow, Korea Chair, CSIS 

Moderator 
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS ; Director of Asian Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

9:40-10:40 - Security Threats

Patrick Buchan
Fellow, Alliances and American Leadership Project, CSIS

Victor D. Cha
Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS

Gregory Poling
Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative and Fellow, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS

Nicholas Szechenyi
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair, CSIS

Moderator 
Bonnie S. Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia and Director, China Power Project, CSIS
 
10:40-10:50 - Break
 
10:50-11:50 - Trade, Growth, and Innovation

Scott Kennedy
Senior Adviser, Freeman Chair in China Studies and Director, Project on Chinese Business and Political Economy, CSIS

William A. Reinsch
Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in International Business, CSIS

Stephanie Segal
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS

Kartikeya Singh
Moderator  
Matthew P. Goodman
Senior Adviser for Asian Economics and William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
  
11:50-12:00 - Closing remarks

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