U.S.-Asia relations in the new administration

The Trump administration brings with it great uncertainties for domestic and foreign policy. It faces a changing strategic landscape in Asia with shifting security dynamics and ongoing economic integration. The Trump administration’s Asia strategy remains in flux, and Asian countries are waiting to see how the president’s team of adviser’s formulate their policy toward the region.

On March 22 to 23, the Brookings Center for East Asia Policy Studies and John L. Thornton China Center, in conjunction with the Japan Center for Economic Research, the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and the East Asia Institute, hosted leading experts from Southeast Asia, India, Japan, and Korea, to discuss the future contours of geopolitics and economic connectivity in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.

Economic dynamics of the Asia-Pacific

Security dynamics of the Asia-Pacific

Concluding remarks

America's Future

Conversations on key issues: Economic integration

Keynote address

Conversations on key issues: North Korea

Conversations on key issues: Maritime Asia

U.S.-Asia relations in the new administration - Day 1

U.S.-Asia relations in the new administration - Day 2

Agenda

March 22
- Wednesday, March 22, 2017
  
  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  
  SR
  
  Stanley Roth Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific
- Economic dynamics of the Asia-Pacific
  
  2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  Joseph Chinyong Liow Former Brookings Expert, Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
  
  Panelist
  
  David Dollar Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, John L. Thornton China Center
  
  KI
  
  Kazumasa Iwata President - Japan Center for Economic Research
  
  PK
  
  Pravin Krishna Distinguished Professor - Johns Hopkins University
  
  KP
  
  Karen Pitakdumrongkit Assistant Professor - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
  
  Sohn Yul President - East Asia Institute, Professor - Yonsei University
- Security dynamics of the Asia-Pacific
  
  3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  WX
  
  Wu Xinbo Professor and Executive Director, Center for American Studies - Fudan University
  
  Panelist
  
  Ha Young-Sun Chairman of the Trustees - East Asia Institute, Professor Emeritus - Seoul National University
  
  Joseph Chinyong Liow Former Brookings Expert, Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
  
  Tanvi Madan Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy @tanvi_madan
  
  AT
  
  Akihiko Tanaka President - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
  
  SZ
  
  Suisheng Zhao Director, Center for China-U.S. Cooperation - Professor, University of Denver
- Concluding remarks
  
  5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
  
  ESM
  
  Evan S. Medeiros Managing Director and Practice Head for Asia - Eurasia Group, Former Senior Director for Asia - National Security Council
- Thursday, March 23, 2017
  
  9:00 am - 10:30 am
  
  Moderator
  
  Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
  
  Panelist
  
  E.J. Dionne, Jr. W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow - Governance Studies @EJDionne
  
  William A. Galston Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow - Governance Studies
  
  Ted Gayer President - Niskanen Center, Former Executive Vice President - The Brookings Institution
  
  Constanze Stelzenmüller Director - Center on the United States and Europe, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe, Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Trans-Atlantic Relations @ConStelz
- Conversations on key issues: Economic integration
  
  10:30 am - 11:45 am
  
  Moderator
  
  Tanvi Madan Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy @tanvi_madan
  
  Panelist
  
  CEB
  
  Claude E. Barfield Resident Fellow - American Enterprise Institute
  
  KI
  
  Kazumasa Iwata President - Japan Center for Economic Research
  
  KP
  
  Karen Pitakdumrongkit Assistant Professor - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
- Lunch
  
  11:45 am - 12:15 pm
- Keynote address
  
  12:15 pm - 1:00 pm
  
  Michael Green Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Conversations on key issues: North Korea
  
  1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  AT
  
  Akihiko Tanaka President - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
  
  Panelist
  
  Chun Chaesung Chair - National Security Research Center, East Asia Institute, Professor - Seoul National University
  
  Jonathan D. Pollack Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
  
  WX
  
  Wu Xinbo Professor and Executive Director, Center for American Studies - Fudan University
- Conversations on key issues: Maritime Asia
  
  2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  
  Moderator
  
  Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
  
  Panelist
  
  Bonnie Glaser Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Program - The German Marshall Fund of the United States @BonnieGlaser
  
  SS
  
  Sinderpal Singh Senior Fellow - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies @mpstaton
  
  Sheila Smith John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies - Council on Foreign Relations @SheilaSmithCFR
  
  WX
  
  Wu Xinbo Professor and Executive Director, Center for American Studies - Fudan University