Strategic Asia 2008–09 Book Launch Events
NBR launched Strategic Asia 2008–09: Challenges and Choices at two public events in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2008. The first event, "Challenges and Choices in Asia," featured keynote speaker Senator Chuck Hagel as well as presentations by select volume authors. Collectively, the authors argued that the Asia-Pacific has emerged as a center of global power and influence and should be a major focus of the next administration’s foreign policy agenda. The second launch event, "Asia's Wildcards: Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran," which took place on Capitol Hill, highlighted the most imminent challenges in Asia that could upset regional security and frustrate U.S. interests. View the press release and follow links below to download audio from "Challenges and Choices in Asia."
ASIA'S WILDCARDS
Prepared Policy Statement
Senator Robert P. Casey Jr.
Opening Remarks
Richard J. Ellings
President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Asia's Wildcards
Overview: Key Challenges Facing U.S. Policy in Asia
Ashley J. Tellis
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Pakistan: How National Strategies are Impacting U.S. Interests and Options
Daniel Markey
Council on Foreign Relations
The Korean Peninsula in U.S. Strategy: Policy Issues for the Next President
Scott Snyder
The Asia Foundation
The Iran Nuclear Challenge: Asian Interests and U.S. Policy Options
George Perkovich
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Concluding Remarks
Meredith Miller
Director, Congressional and Media Outreach, The National Bureau of Asian Research