What new challenges and opportunities will the United States face in the Asia-Pacific region in the year ahead? Will China embark on a new charm offensive in Southeast Asia to counter the pivot? How will Japan manage its relations with its neighbors? Can the Trans Pacific Partnership be completed within the year? How will U.S.-India relations change with the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan? Is North Korea on the path to nuclear tests, dialogue, or both? Three of the nation's leading foreign affairs and economic correspondents join the CSIS Asia scholars to look at the year ahead with input from the audience through multimedia technology.
Agenda
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30
Welcoming Remarks
John J. Hamre, President & CEO, CSIS
8:35-8:45 Introduction: What to Watch
8:45-9:45
Panel One - Political Transitions
Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Associate Professor, Georgetown University
Christopher K. Johnson, Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Moderator: Fred Hiatt, Editorial Page Editor, Washington Post
9:45-9:55 Break
9:55-10:55
Panel Two - Security Flashpoints
Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS
Bonnie S. Glaser, Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Karl F. Inderfurth, Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies,CSIS
Moderator: David E. Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, New York Times
10:55-11:55
Panel Three - Economic Strategies
Ernest Z. Bower, Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, CSIS
Matthew P. Goodman, William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS
Moderator: John Bussey, Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Business Editor, The Wall Street Journal
11:55-12:00
Closing Remarks
Michael J. Green, Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS; Associate Professor, Georgetown University
12:00
Adjourn
Brought to you by the generous support of C.V. Starr & Co., Inc., Exxon Mobil Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation and MetLife, Inc.
