Book Launch Events:"Challenges and Choices in Asia" and "Asia's Wildcards"
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.
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Event Agenda for "Challenges and Choices in Asia."
Opening Remarks audio
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 audio
Ashley J. Tellis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The United States and Asia audio
Richard K. Betts, Columbia University
China and Japan
Managing China as a Strategic Challenge audio
Michael D. Swaine, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Japan: Divided Government, Diminished Returns audio
Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
Keynote Address
Introduction audio
Richard J. Ellings, President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
Keynote Address audio
Senator Chuck Hagel
Q&A audio
Senator Chuck Hagel
Russia and India
Mind the Gap: Russian Ambitions vs. Russian Reality audio
Eugene B. Rumer, National Defense University
Partnering with India: Regional Power, Global Hopes audio
Teresita C. Schaffer, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Q&A audio
Concluding Remarks audio
Richard J. Ellings, President, The National Bureau of Asian Research
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