CSIS to host Asia Pacific Forecast 2013

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2013 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) will host a half-day forum discussing  new challenges and opportunities for the U.S. in the Asia-Pacific region for 2013. The conference will feature CSIS Asia scholars along with three of the nation's leading foreign affairs and economic correspondents to look at the year ahead with input from the audience through multimedia technology. The panels appear below.

WHEN/WHERE:
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
B1 Conference Center
CSIS, 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006


Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org

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Welcoming Remarks by:

John J. Hamre
President, CEO, and Pritzker Chair, CSIS


Panel 1: Political Transitions
(8:45 AM- 9:45 AM)


Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Associate Professor, Georgetown University

Christopher K. Johnson
Senior Adviser and Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

Moderated by:

Fred Hiatt
Editorial Page Editor, Washington Post


Panel 2: Security Flashpoints
(9:55 AM- 10:55 AM)

Victor Cha   
 
Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, CSIS

Bonnie S. Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies, CSIS

Karl F. Inderfurth
Senior Adviser and Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies, CSIS

Moderated by:

David E. Sanger
Chief Washington Correspondent, New York Times


Panel 3: Economic Strategies
(10:55 AM-11:55 PM)


Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Adviser and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies, CSIS

Matthew P. Goodman
William E. Simon Chair in Political Economy, CSIS

Moderated by:

John Bussey
Assistant Managing Editor and Executive business Editor, The Wall Street Journal


Closing Remarks
 
Michael J. Green
Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, CSIS
Associate Professor, Georgetown University


 
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