The United States and Southeast Asia: Toward a Strategy for Enhanced Engagement (Day 2)

Agenda

U.S. Bilateral Relations in Southeast Asia

9:00 a.m. U.S. Strategic Partnerships in Southeast Asia: Thailand, the Philippines, and Singapore

• What does it mean to be an ally of the United States in Southeast Asia today?  Upon what are these alliances based today?
• What dynamics, if any, exist that facilitate or constrain the development of U.S. alliance relationships in coming years, and is there anything the United States can do to shape developments?
• How have these alliance relationships evolved from the Cold War to the present?

Panel 1 Audio (mp3, 01:23:25)
Moderator:                    
Catharin Dalpino, Professor, Georgetown University

Panelists:                      
Dr. Chulacheeb Chinwanno, Vice Rector for International Affairs, Thammasat University
Herman Kraft, Director, Strategic Studies Program,
Institute for Strategic and Development Studies
Ambassador K. Kesavapany, Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Dr. Marvin Ott, Professor, National War College

10:45 a.m. U.S. Emerging Partnerships in Southeast Asia:
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam

• • • What is the status and prospects for these relationships?  Upon what are their relationships with the United States based today?
    • What value do these nations place on their relations with the United States? Toward what tactical goals and strategic ends?
    • How have these relationships evolved from the Cold War to the present?
    • What dynamics, if any, exist that facilitate or constrain the development of U.S. relationships with these nations in coming years, and is there anything the United States can do to shape developments?

Panel 2 Audio (mp3, 01:16:05)

Moderator:                    
Derek Mitchell, Senior Fellow & Director for Asia,  International Security Program, CSIS

Panelists:                      
Dr. Hadi Soesastro, Executive Director,
Centre for Strategic and International Studies - Jakarta
Dzirhan Mahadzir, Journalist
Dinh Quy Dang, Director General, Institute for International Relations

Closing Remarks (mp3, 00:20:49) Video (18:51 wmv)
12:30 p.m. Closing Lunch & Remarks
The Honorable James Clad, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia, U.S. Department of Defense

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