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
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March 22
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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 StudiesPanelist
Kazumasa Iwata President - Japan Center for Economic ResearchPravin Krishna Distinguished Professor - Johns Hopkins UniversityKaren Pitakdumrongkit Assistant Professor - S. Rajaratnam School of International StudiesSohn Yul President - East Asia Institute, Professor - Yonsei University -
Security dynamics of the Asia-Pacific
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Moderator
Wu Xinbo Professor and Executive Director, Center for American Studies - Fudan UniversityPanelist
Ha Young-Sun Chairman of the Trustees - East Asia Institute, Professor Emeritus - Seoul National UniversityJoseph Chinyong Liow Former Brookings Expert, Dean and Professor of Comparative and International Politics - S. Rajaratnam School of International StudiesAkihiko Tanaka President - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, JapanSuisheng Zhao Director, Center for China-U.S. Cooperation - Professor, University of Denver -
Concluding remarks
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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 Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterPanelist
Ted Gayer President - Niskanen Center, Former Executive Vice President - The Brookings InstitutionConstanze 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
Panelist
Claude E. Barfield Resident Fellow - American Enterprise InstituteKazumasa Iwata President - Japan Center for Economic ResearchKaren Pitakdumrongkit Assistant Professor - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies -
Lunch
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
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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
Akihiko Tanaka President - National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, JapanPanelist
Chun Chaesung Chair - National Security Research Center, East Asia Institute, Professor - Seoul National UniversityJonathan D. Pollack Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterWu 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 Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterPanelist
Bonnie Glaser Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Program - The German Marshall Fund of the United States @BonnieGlaserSheila Smith John E. Merow Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific Studies - Council on Foreign Relations @SheilaSmithCFRWu Xinbo Professor and Executive Director, Center for American Studies - Fudan University
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