The CSIS Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative are pleased to present the Fourteenth Annual South China Sea Conference on Thursday, July 11, 2024, from 9:00 am-4:00 pm ET. This full-day conference will provide opportunities for in-depth discussion and analysis of developments in the South China Sea over the past year and potential paths forward. Panels will address the state of play in the South China Sea, legal developments and dispute management, evolving alliance networks, and the role of outside parties, such as the Quad, AUKUS, and Europe.
This event is made possible by support from the FESS Foundation, the Embassy of Australia, the Embassy of New Zealand, the Embassy of the Philippines, and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), House Foreign Affairs Committee
Moderator:
Gregory Poling, Director and Senior Fellow, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS
Harrison Prétat, Deputy Director and Fellow, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS
Nguyen Hung Son, Vice President, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam
Hong Nong, Executive Director and Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies
Lynn Kuok, Lee Kuan Yew Chair, Brookings Institution; Senior Fellow, University of Cambridge
Moderator:
Lily McElwee, Deputy Director and Fellow, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS
Jay Batongbacal, Professor and Director of the Institute for Maritime Affairs and Law of the Sea, University of the Philippines
Chi-Ting Tsai, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University
Aristyo Darmawan, Lecturer in International Law, Universitas Indonesia
Bich Tran, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and Adjunct Fellow, CSIS
Moderator:
Andreyka Natalegawa, Associate Fellow, Southeast Asia Program, CSIS
Ely Ratner, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
Moderator:
Gregory Poling, Director and Senior Fellow, Southeast Asia Program and Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, CSIS
Saya Kiba, Associate Professor, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Charmaine Willoughby, Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, De La Salle University
Bec Strating, Professor of International Relations and Director of La Trobe Asia, La Trobe University
Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Moderator:
Charles Edel, Australia Chair and Senior Advisor, CSIS
Ben Bland, Director, Asia-Pacific Program, Chatham House, United Kingdom
Ty Curran, Deputy Director General for International Security Policy, ADM (Policy), Department of National Defence, Canada
David Capie, Professor of International Relations and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, University of Wellington
Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow and Director, Indo-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security
Moderator:
Kathryn Paik, Senior Fellow, Australia Chair, CSIS
