2010 Asia Policy Assembly: Roundtable Sessions
The 2010 Asia Policy Assembly convened in Washington, D.C., on June 17-18, 2010, consisted of five plenary sessions, twenty-one roundtable sessions, and four keynote addresses.Audio from four of the roundtable sessions is included below.
ROUNDTABLE 1: North Korea after Kim Jong-il
Welcome Remarks and Introductions
Scott Snyder, The Asia Foundation
North Korea and Nuclear Weapons: History and Implications
Jonathan Pollack, Naval War College
Sung-Yoon Lee, Tufts University
Discussant
Sue Terry, National Intelligence Council
Roundtable 1 Q & A
ROUNDTABLE 2: U.S. Security Alliances in East Asia
NOTE: Due to technical difficulties with the audio recording, there are a few minutes missing from the end of Victor Cha’s presentation and the beginning of Michael Finnegan’s presentation.
Welcome Remarks and Introductions
Kenneth Pyle, University of Washington
U.S. Security Alliances and Asia’s Regional Security Architecture
Victor Cha, Georgetown University
Recalibrating the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance
Michael Finnegan, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Roundtable 2 Q & A
ROUNDTABLE 3: The Geopolitics of China’s Rise
Welcome Remarks and Introductions
Thomas Christensen, Princeton University
Blowing Back at Beijing: The Future Threats that Will Shape China’s Rise
Ely Ratner, The RAND Corporation
Asia’s Complex Strategic Environment: Nuclear Multipolarity and Other Dangers to Asian International Security
Christopher Twomey, Naval Postgraduate School
Sino-Japanese Relations: Ties and Tensions
June Teufel Dreyer, University of Miami
Roundtable 3 Q & A
ROUNDTABLE 4: Maritime Security in East Asia
Welcome Remarks and Introductions
Sheldon Simon, Arizona State University
Military Activities in Asian EEZs: Conflict Ahead?
Mark Valencia, Nautilus Institute
China-Japan Cooperation in Maritime Security
James Manicom, University of Toronto
Threats from the Periphery: The Challenge of Terrorists, Smugglers, and Pirates in Southeast Asia’s Border Regions
Justin Hastings, Georgia Institute of Technology
Roundtable 4 Q & A
Pieter Bottelier moderating a roundtable discussion on China and globalization.
2010–11 National Asia Research Associate Stephen Blank discussing Russia’s great power status.
