Managing Tensions in the South China Sea Conference at CSIS

WASHINGTON, June 4, 2013– The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asian Studies will host the Third Annual CSIS South China Sea Conference. This two-day conference will feature speeches and discussion from South China Sea experts, including representatives from China, India, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. The focus of the discussion will be ideas for resolving differences between the six claimants in the South China Sea. Full details appear below.

WHEN/WHERE:
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
10 AM – 5:00 PM
&
Thursday, June 6, 2013
9:45 AM - 12:15 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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Agenda

Wednesday, June 5

1015   Significance of the South China Sea Dispute

Speakers:

Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
Senior Advisor and Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program
Center for a New American Security

Mr. Alexander Metelitsa
Economist
Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy

Dr. Robert S. Pomeroy 
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Connecticut 

Moderator:

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Advisor and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1200   Luncheon & Keynote Speech

Keynote Address:

Mr. Joseph Y. Yun
Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State

Moderator:
Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Advisor and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1315   Break

1330   Recent Developments in the South China Sea

Speakers:

Dr. Wu Shicun
President
National Institute for South China Sea Studies

Dr. Tran Truong Thuy
Director, South China Sea Studies Program
Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Dr. Renato C. De Castro
Professor
De La Salle University

Dr. Yann-Huei Song
Research Fellow
Institute of European American Studies

Moderator:

Mr. Murray Hiebert
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1500   Break

1515   South China Sea in Regional Politics

Speakers:

Amb. Hemant Krishan Singh
Wadhwani Chair in India-U.S. Policy Studies
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

Vice Admiral Hideaki Kaneda, JMSDF (ret.)
Director, The Okazaki Institute
The Japan Institute for International Affairs

Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer
Emeritus Professor
University of New South Wales, Australian Defense Force Academy

Dr. Donald K. Emmerson
Director, Southeast Asia Forum
Stanford University

Moderator:

Mr. Murray Hiebert
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1700 End of Day One

Thursday, June 6 

0845   Presentation: Defining the Limits of the South China Sea Disputes

Mr. Gregory B. Poling
Research Associate, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

0900   Role of International Law in Managing the Disputes

Dr. Zhang Xinjun
Associate Professor of Public International Law
Tsinghua University Law School

Mr. Henry S. Bensurto, Jr.
Secretary General, Commission on Maritime and Ocean Affairs Secretariat
Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines

Dr. Peter Dutton
Professor and Director, China Maritime Studies Institute
U.S. Naval War College

Dr. Nguyen Dang Thang
Vietnam Lawyer’s Association

Moderator:

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Advisor and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1030   Coffee Break

1045   Policy Recommendations to Boost Cooperation in the South China Sea

Ms. Bonnie S. Glaser
Senior Adviser for Asia, Freeman Chair in China Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Mr. Leonardo Bernard
Research Fellow, Centre for International Law
National University of Singapore

Mr. Christian Le Miere
Senior Research Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security, Defense and Military Analysis Program
International Institute for Strategic Studies

Moderator:

Mr. Ernest Z. Bower
Senior Advisor and Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies

1215   End of Conference

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