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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.
Challenges and Choices
OPENING REMARKS
David M. Lampton, Dean of Faculty and Director of China Studies, SAIS
Richard J. Ellings
President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
U.S. POWER IN ASIA
Overview: Key Issues Facing U.S. Policy
Ashley J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The United States and Asia
Richard K. Betts, Columbia University
CHINA AND JAPAN
Managing China as a Strategic Challenge
Michael D. Swaine, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Japan: Divided Government, Diminished Returns
Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Introduction
Richard J. Ellings, President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Keynote Address
Senator Chuck Hagel
Q&A with Senator Chuck Hagel
RUSSIA AND INDIA
Mind the Gap: Russian Ambitions vs. Russian Reality
Eugene B. Rumer, National Defense University
Partnering with India: Regional Power, Global Hopes
Teresita C. Schaffer, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Q&A
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Richard J. Ellings, President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Asia’s Wildcards: Pakistan, North Korea, and Iran
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
